Doom Patrol:The Silver Age Omnibus HC
Doom Patrol:The Silver Age Omnibus HC
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Artist: Jason Bone

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Title: "The Nightmare Maker"
Pages: 16

Feature(s):
Doom Patrol (of Earth-1)

Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Bruno Premiani

Reprinted From:
My Greatest Adventure #81 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • Dr. Janus (revealed as Josef Kreutz, ex-member of the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda and a wanted war criminal in this story; dies in prison some time after this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • The crew of a U.S. Naval destroyer (no further appearances)
  • The inhabitants of a northwestern Canadian town (no further appearances)
  • Dan Salem (last appearance in My Greatest Adventure #80; next appearance in Doom Patrol #87)

Cameo Appearance(s)

  • A sea monster, a snow-beast, and an extradimensional invader and his monster steed (all illusions created by Dr. Janus)
  • Adolf Hitler (in a portrait)
  • Several Nazi leaders (in a portrait)

Comments:
Part 2: "Doorway to Disaster"

Elasti-Girl is called "Elasti-Woman," Negative Man is called "The Negative Man," and Robotman is called "Automaton" in this story.

Synopsis:
On two separate cases, the Doom Patrol encounters monstrous creatures which Robotman is unable to see or hear, causing him to believe that his human brain is going insane within his robot body. The Chief deduces that the beings are illusions projected by a phony scientist, Dr. Janus, and that Robotman is immune to these projections due to the lead shielding around his brain. The Doom Patrol is then able to defeat Janus and reveal his true identity as a Nazi was criminal.


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