My Greatest Adventure #80 Massachusetts Copy Pedigree (DC, 1963) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages....

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My Greatest Adventure #80 Values

Publisher: DC, 1963

About My Greatest Adventure #80

The origin and first appearance of the Doom Patrol (the Chief, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl, and the Silver Age Robotman). Cover and art by Bruno Premiani.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Doom Patrol

Characters: Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus

Pencils: Bruno Premiani

Inks: Bruno Premiani

Letters: Joe Letterese

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff

Inks: Sheldon Moldoff

Notes: Inside front cover.

Title: The Doom Patrol [Chapter 1]

Characters: Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder] (intro); Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr] (intro, origin); Negative Man [Larry Trainor] (intro, origin); Robotman [Cliff Steele] (intro, origin)]; Mitch (Movie Producer)

Synopsis: A mysterious man known only as the Chief calls three people who have all escaped certain doom but were left outcasts because of their experiences. He recounts their individual stories. He asks them to become the Doom Patrol, and their first mission is to defuse a bomb.

Pages: 11.670

Script: Arnold Drake; Bob Haney

Pencils: Bruno Premiani

Inks: Bruno Premiani

Letters: Stan Starkman

Reprints: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238 (January 1972), | DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-8 (January 1972)

Notes: Based on an interview with Bob Haney by Michael Catron in "The Comics Journal" #277-278, Arnold and Bob were co-writers on this story. [added by Greg Fischer on 1/2/08 with permission from Michael Catron]. The new team was going to be called "The Legion of the Strange" according to an announcement in the letters column in MGA 79.

Title: Chapter 2: The Challenge of the Timeless Commander

Characters: Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus (intro, villain)

Synopsis: The Chief informs the Doom Patrol of an alien spaceship that has landed on Earth carrying a super-weapon. General Immortus, spying on them, makes plans. The Doom Patrol are sent to protect the spaceship but encounter a strange machine.

Pages: 3.670

Script: Arnold Drake; Bob Haney

Pencils: Bruno Premiani

Inks: Bruno Premiani

Letters: Stan Starkman

Reprints: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238 (January 1972), | DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-8 (January 1972)

Notes: Based on an interview with Bob Haney by Michael Catron in "The Comics Journal" #277-278, Arnold and Bob were co-writers on this story. [added by Greg Fischer on 1/2/08 with permission from Michael Catron].

Pages: 1.000

Script: Murray Boltinoff

Letters: typeset

Notes: Includes a biography of Bruno Premiani and a shorter biography of Arnold Drake. Credits "Listen, World--I'm the Missing Link" in the next issue to Alex Toth. Letters from D. B., Gloria Nagel, Bert L. Milland, Tex Body.

Title: Chapter 3: The Deadly Duel with Gen. Immortus

Characters: Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; General Immortus

Synopsis: After locating the super-weapon, the Doom Patrol is confronted by General Immortus, who takes the upper-hand.

Pages: 8.670

Script: Arnold Drake; Bob Haney

Pencils: Bruno Premiani

Inks: Bruno Premiani

Letters: Stan Starkman

Reprints: Batman (DC, 1940 series) #238 (January 1972), | DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-8 (January 1972)

Notes: Based on an interview with Bob Haney by Michael Catron in "The Comics Journal" #277-278, Arnold and Bob were co-writers on this story. [added by Greg Fischer on 1/2/08 with permission from Michael Catron].

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	6	3	5	3	15	25	50	68	75	67	72	58	57	61	44	31	36	20	13	3	2	3	0	0	0	717
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	1	3	4	4	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36
Total	0	0	0	7	3	5	3	18	27	53	73	79	68	76	62	61	67	48	33	37	20	13	3	2	3	0	0	0	761

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