Comic Title: Doom Patrol Archives Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2004
On Sale Date: March 10, 2004 Direct Market Date March 31, 2004
Source: Previews, Vol. 14 #1 (#181)

Direct Market Date March 10, 2004
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Direct Market Date March 31, 2004
Source: Comic Shop News, #870

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Menace of the Turnabout Heroes"
Pages: 25

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

Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Bruno Premiani

Reprinted From:
Doom Patrol #95 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; next appearance in Doom Patrol #96)
• Chief (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; next appearance in Doom Patrol #96)
• Robotman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; next appearance in Doom Patrol #96)
• Elasti-Girl (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; next appearance in Doom Patrol #96)
• Negative Man (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; next appearance in Doom Patrol #96)

Villain(s)

• Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man (last appearance in Doom Patrol #89; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The warden, guards, and inmates of a state penitentiary (no further appearances)
• A U.S. Army colonel (no further appearances)
• Dan Salem (last appearance in Doom Patrol #94; no further appearances)

Comments:
Part 2: "Return of the Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man"
Part 3: "Deadline for the Doom Patrol"

Elasti-Girl and Negative Man exchange powers in this story (Elasti-Girl called Negative Girl) and are restored to normal, and the Chief uses a robotic body to become a replacement for Robotman in this story.

Elasti-Girl is revealed to be dying prematurely due to her powers in this story.

Synopsis:
The Chief attempts to cure Elasti-Girl and Negative Man simultaneously of their "freak" states - a cure none of the team really desires since it will mean the end of the Doom Patrol. It is Robotman who disrupts the experiment, causing an explosion that disables him and causes Rita and Larry to exchange powers.

When the Animal-Mineral-Vegetable Man returns to menace them, the Doom Patrol is forced into action with their usual roles reversed. Rita becomes an uncontrollable "Negative Girl," and Larry is able to change size. The Chief inhabits a robotic shell, whose mechanical legs enable him to stand and walk, while Robotman, still incapacitated, becomes an immobile observer. The teammates are able to gain control over their new abilities in time to immobilize the A-V-M Man once more with the Chief's special ray.

The Chief then reverses the effects of his experiment, returning Elasti-Girl's and Negative Man's original powers just before they would have succumbed to deadly side-effects of the process.