Doom Patrol Recommended Reading

The Doom Patrol is a super-team put together from freaks and outcasts who fight to protect a society that won't accept them as normal. Over the years they have met with many different deaths, resurrections and reinventions at the hands of good and bad writers. In the hands of less talented writers they appear to be nothing more than boring X-Men rip-offs, which is unfortunate considering they came first and provided inspiration to the latter team, albeit never reaching the same level of popularity. Written well they provide some of the most interesting, surreal, and sublimely human stories in comic book history. This guide will hopefully help you distinguish between the two.
==New readers==
* is a Vertigo series written by Grant Morrison from issues #19–63 that emphasizes the weirdness of the team with surreal storytelling that takes them into the strangest corners of the DC Universe. Niles Caulder leads Robotman, Rebis and Crazy Jane to become the world's leading experts on dealing with the problems too bizarre for anyone else.
* is Keith Giffen's take on the characters, an exciting and action-packed series that breathes new life into the franchise by staying true to the manic creativity and originality of the earliest run.
* is the flagship series of DC's Young Animal imprint. Written by Gerard Way, it continues to embrace the insanity of Morrison's run, picking up where Giffen's left off while acting as a jumping on point for new readers, and alters the reality of the DC Universe in ways never before thought of, with the introductions of Casey Brinke, Terry None, Lotion the Cat, and more.
==Further reading==
* starting with issue #80 has the original run of Doom Patrol stories, later changing its title to based on the team's popularity. Eventually the series was canceled and ended with the entire team dying in issue #121.
* Milk Wars is a crossover event between all the Young Animal titles, including the Doom Patrol, and the Justice League, and sees them all battle the powerful forces of Retconn and Milkman Man.
* is the sequel series to the initial Young Animal run, continuing where Milk Wars left off, and seeing the Doom Patrol travel across the cosmos in Danny the Ambulance, helping solve the strangest problems in the galaxy.
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