Volume
1 (1977)
Showcase #94
Showcase #95
Showcase #96
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Showcase #94 ("The Doom Patrol Lives Forever!")
Mere months after their seeming demise,
Robotman washes up on a beach in the Caribbean where he is found, rescued, and
repaired by Doc Magnus. Returning to the DP's old HQ where he finds (and
briefly fights) a group of people calling themselves the Doom Patrol --
Celsius, Tempest, and Negative Woman. They reveal that General Immortus is
seeking a new immortality formula developed by Niles Caulder. Immortus attacks,
eventually disabling them is a a powerful noxious gas.
Showcase #95 ("The Origin of
Celsius")
Immortus tries to take the immortality serum formula from the mind of
Celsius. using his Psycho-Probe he learns of her history with Niles Caulder
(The Chief). While working for the Red Cross in India, Caluder treated Arani,
fell in love, but was unable to take her with him to the United States. Leaving
her with a religious sect, she eventually discovered her powers.
Eventually Caulder returned to India.
Immortus had, his identity unknown to Caulder, supplied him with unlimited
funds to research and develop the serum. [1] Caulder, wary of unleashing such a
serum on the world until his mysterious benefactor is revealed, makes it a
wedding gift to Arani. Meanwhile, during the probe, an American intelligence
agent stakes out Doom Patrol Headquarters on the trail of Negative Woman.
As Tempest escapes his bonds, Immortus
gets the information he wanted. As Robotman breaks through the wall, he learns
they are on the surface of the moon. Celsius plugs the hole with her ice powers
and the team. Fighting through Immortus' troops, Celsius find the General as he
drinks the serum. At DP HQ, the agent works past the automated defenses.
Immortus grows younger and more virile,
but the effects are only temporary. Onboard an escape ship, Celsius reveals
that the serum must be adjusted to the individual's body chemistry to be
effective. Returning to HQ, the encounter the agent -- with a gun trained on
Negative Woman.
Showcase #96 ("Defection!")
Cable tries to place Negative Woman under protective custody and is
handcuffed and thrown into a closet for his troubles. A Russian agent called
The Cossack appears to kill Neg Woman. Disabling her energy form with an
electrical sword, he prepares to leave when the rest of the Doom Patrol
intervene. The Cossack gains the upper hand and takes Neg Woman away on his
horse, which has suddenly sprung wings and flies off.
Robotman instructs
the others to ready the helicopter for pursuit. After they take off, Cable
escapes his prison, and, upon leaving the HQ, tussles with Russian agent,
Brunovich, knocking him out. Fighting the Cossack, a blast from Tempest reveals
him to be a robot. No longer constrained, the team defeats him quickly. Vostok
reveals that she stole an experimental jet fighter when she fled her country