Comic Title: DC Universe by John Byrne HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2018
On Sale Date: December 13, 2017 Direct Market Date December 13, 2017
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Direct Market Date December 13, 2017
Source: Previews, #348

Cover Price: $39.99
Page Count: 352
Editor: Robin Wildman

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Secret Origin of the Doom Patrol"
Pages: 30

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

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Artist: John L. Byrne
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted From:
Secret Origins Annual #1 (1987)

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (in flashback to the creation of the new Doom Patrol; last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9; next appearance in Doom Patrol #1)
• Robotman (last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9; next appearance in Doom Patrol #1)
• Negative Woman (last appearance in Vigilante #43; next appearance in Vigilante #45)
• Chief (in flashback; last appearance in Doom Patrol #3; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9)
• Negative Man (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9)
• Elasti-Girl (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9)
• Celsius (in flashback; first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Doom Patrol #1)
• Tempest (in flashback; first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Doom Patrol #1)

Villain(s)

• General Immortus (in flashback to the Chief's origin; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9)

Other Character(s)

• Several armored soldiers (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Robotman (in flashback to his origin; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9)
• Negative Woman (in flashback to her origin; first appearance; next appearance in Vigilante #36)
• Robotman (during the creation of the new Doom Patrol; last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9)
• Doom Patrol (during the creation of the original team; next appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #9)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Brotherhood of Evil (in flashback)
• Brain (in flashback)
• Monsieur Mallah (in flashback)
• Mento (in flashback)
• Beast Boy (in flashback)
• Madame Rouge (in flashback)
• Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man (in flashback)
• Garguax (in flashback)
• Doctor Will Magnus (in flashback)
• Superman (in flashback)
• Power Girl (in flashback)
• General Zahl (in flashback)
• Reactron (in flashback)
• The Cossack (in flashback)
• Teen Titans (in flashback)
• Robin (in flashback)
• Starfire (in flashback)

Comments:
This story shows that in the Post-Crisis Universe, the Doom Patrol battled Reactron with the help of Power Girl, not Supergirl as they did on Earth-1.

Synopsis:
Robotman returns to the Doom Patrol's former headquarters in Midway City. He finds that the security system no longer recognizes him. To prove his identity he tells the computer system the origins of each of the original Doom Patrol members. The computer then checks the information against what is on file to confirm his story.

The computer check is really a stall tactic to keep Robotman from leaving the building. He is being watched by Valentina Vostok, his former teammate Negative Woman. She is now involved with a secret government organization and has sent armored agents to apprehend Robotman.

When the agents arrive Robotman fights them. Vostok then rescinds her order, and the agents leave. Robotman then decides to have his things boxed up and sent to California.