Comic Title: Doom Patrol #27
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: November 1989
Approx. On Sale Date: September 26, 1989 Shipping Date August 29, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #169

Shipping Date August 29, 1989
Source: Previews, #6

Shipping Date August 31, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #8

Direct Market Date August 31, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #110, #112, #113

Copyright Date August 29, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mark Waid

Title: "The Painting That Ate Paris"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Doom Patrol (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Richard Case
Inker: John Nyberg
Letterer: John E. Workman, Jr.
Colorist: Daniel Vozzo

Reprinted In:
Doom Patrol:The Painting That Ate Paris TPB (2004)
Doom Patrol Omnibus HC (2014)
Doom Patrol Book One TPB (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Robotman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Rebis (last appearance in Doom Patrol #24; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Chief (last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #30)

Supporting Character(s)

• Dorothy Spinner (last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #31)

Villain(s)

• Brotherhood of Dada (last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Mr. Nobody (last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Lloyd Jefferson (Frenzy; last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Holly McKenzie (Sleepwalk; last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• The Quiz (last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)
• Byron Shelley (the Fog; last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #28)

Other Character(s)

• Thomas DeQuincy and Mr. Coleridge (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Horst Eismann (a collector of occult items; next appearance in Doom Patrol #29)
• Mr. Ballard (no further appearances)
• Doctor Silence (no further appearances)
• Several security guards (Gustav and Poulsen named; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Doom Patrol #28.

Synopsis:
The Brotherhood of Dada break into the vault of Horst Eismann, a collector of occult items. They steal a painting with mystical properties which allow it to devour those who behold it. After stealing the painting, they bring it to Paris, where Mr. Nobody activates it with a poem. The entire city including the Brotherhood is then taken inside the painting.

Meanwhile, Rebis struggles to reconcile his new identity. Dorothy then alerts the Chief and Robotman to the trouble in Paris.