Comic Title: Doom Patrol #23
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: June 1989
On Sale Date: April 25, 1989 Shipping Date April 25, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #163

Shipping Date April 25, 1989
Source: Previews, #2

Copyright Date April 25, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Direct Market Date April 27, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #93, #94, #95

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Greenberger

Title: "The Butterfly Collector"
Pages: 24

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

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

Reprinted In:
Doom Patrol:Crawling From the Wreckage TPB (1992)
Doom Patrol:Crawling From the Wreckage TPB [Variant] (2004)
Doom Patrol Omnibus HC (2014)
Doom Patrol Book One TPB (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #22; next appearance in Doom Patrol #24)
• Robotman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #22; next appearance in Doom Patrol #24)
• Chief (last appearance in Doom Patrol #22; next appearance in Doom Patrol #25)
• Crazy Jane (last appearance in Doom Patrol #22; next appearance in Doom Patrol #24)
• Rebis (last appearance in Doom Patrol #22; next appearance in Doom Patrol #24)
• Rhea Jones (last appearance in Doom Patrol #22; next appearance in Doom Patrol #24)

Supporting Character(s)

• Dorothy Spinner (joins the Doom Patrol; last appearance in Doom Patrol #18; next appearance in Doom Patrol #25)
• Joshua Clay (last appearance in Doom Patrol #22; next appearance in Doom Patrol #25)

Villain(s)

• Red Jack (last appearance in Doom Patrol #22; next appearance in Doom Patrol #24)
• Mr. Nobody (first appearance; last appearance in Doom Patrol #26; next appearance in Doom Patrol #24)

Other Character(s)

• Rhea's doctor and nurse (last appearance in Doom Patrol #22; no further appearances)
• Holly McKenzie (first appearance; next appearance in Doom Patrol #26)
• Dan (Elanor's fiance; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Doom Patrol #24.

Synopsis:
While the Chief analyzes strange weather patterns, Joshua Clay accepts a role as the Doom Patrol medic. He is then introduced to Dorothy Spinner, whom the Chief has invited to join the team. Meanwhile, Rebis meets with the fiance of Elanor Poole who is angry and hurt that Elanor now exists only in the merged being of Rebis.

Robotman and Crazy Jane attempt to visit Rhea Jones in the hospital where she remains comatose. When they arrive they discover that she was abducted. Jane is able to turn one of the hospital doors into a portal leading to the lair of her abductor Red Jack, a butterfly collector.