![]() ![]() Low sales led the team to be unceremoniously murdered on-page, leaving the creators to urge readers to write in to save them. The first run of the Patrol lasted thirty-five issues before cancelation in 1968. I could be persuaded, certainly, but the burden of proof would rest on whoever could prove that Stan ever paid close enough attention to National to ape a brand-new mid-tier launch mere months after release.) But honestly I would tend to think not, since while Stan was a thief, he was a lazy thief who preferred to grab whatever was close at hand. (As for whether Stan actually stole the idea of a group of misfit superheroes on the outskirts of society who fought to protect a world that hated and feared them at the command of a wheelchair-bound genius, we may never know at this late date. ![]() ![]() Their powers were more curses than gifts, leaving them stuck on the outskirts of a society that would only ever tolerate their scruffy presence alongside the lantern-jawed likes of Superman and Green Lantern. They were superheroes, yes, but explicitly positioned as outsiders and freaks. ![]() Whether or not, as co-creator Arnold Drake (alongside Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani) was wont to speculate, Stan Lee stole the basic shape of the premise for Marvel’s X-Men, the feature nevertheless tasted slightly different than the rest of the line. The Doom Patrol have always been an outlier in DC’s firmament of spandex stars. ![]()
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