Comic Title: Showcase Presents the Doom Patrol Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: April 8, 2009 Direct Market Date April 8, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Direct Market Date April 8, 2009
Source: Previews, #244

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 520
Editor: Sean Mackiewicz

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Enemy Within the Doom Patrol"
Pages: 25

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

Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Bruno Premiani

Reprinted From:
Doom Patrol #90 (1964)

Feature Character(s)

• Doom Patrol (last appearance in Doom Patrol #89; next appearance in Doom Patrol #91)
• Chief (last appearance in Doom Patrol #89; next appearance in Doom Patrol #91)
• Robotman (last appearance in Doom Patrol #89; next appearance in Doom Patrol #91)
• Elasti-Girl (last appearance in Doom Patrol #89; next appearance in Doom Patrol #91)
• Negative Man (last appearance in Doom Patrol #89; next appearance in Doom Patrol #91)

Villain(s)

• Brotherhood of Evil (last appearance in Doom Patrol #87; next appearance in Doom Patrol #93)
• Brain (last appearance in Doom Patrol #87; next appearance in Doom Patrol #93)
• Monsieur Mallah (last appearance in Doom Patrol #87; next appearance in Doom Patrol #93)
• Madame Rouge (gains elastic powers in this story; last appearance in Doom Patrol #87; next appearance in Doom Patrol #93)

Other Character(s)

• Two Forestry Service rangers (no further appearances)
• A crew of miners (no further appearances)
• The students of Madame Rouge's girls' school (last appearance in Doom Patrol #86; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #65)

Comments:
Part 2: "The Deadly Replacements"
Part 3: "One of You Must Die"

This story is the first to foreshadow the eventual development of Madame Rouge's split personality, as she finds herself unable to kill Negative Man when she has the chance, although the Brain explains it away as a defect in the process that gave her her new powers.

Synopsis:
The Brain enhances Madame Rouge's powers of disguise by giving her the ability to elastically mold her flesh into any shape. She then attempts to destroy the Doom Patrol from within by disguising herself first as Elasti-Girl, then as Robotman, and then as Negative Man. Finally, when she masquerades as the Chief, Negative Man sees through her imposture and she is forced to use her stretching powers to flee while the Doom Patrol rescues the real Chief.