The Doom Patrol are a metahuman team of heroes consisting of freaks, outcasts, and social misfits whose powers cause them alienation and trauma. They dedicate their lives to protecting a society that will not accept them and rejects them outright. Their leader is a ruthless and manipulative scientific genius named Niles Caulder, but known more by his team as The Chief, who is possibly responsible for the accidents that gave them powers. The enemies and situations the patrol encounters on their adventures are often highly bizarre and outlandish in nature, even compared to other, more conventional superhero teams, such as the metamorphic supervillain Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man and the absurdist Brotherhood of Dada. The original members included Beast Boy, Elasti-Girl, Mento, Negative Man, and Robotman.
The Doom Patrol were created by Arnold Drake, Bruno Premiani, Murray Boltinoff, and Bob Haney, first appearing in My Greatest Adventure #80 (1963).
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