Robotman doppelgänger

A sinister double of Cliff Steele, the brain-in-a-robot-body member of the Doom Patrol, this doppelgänger emerged to unsettle questions of identity and humanity that have always defined the team's mythology.

A shadowy mirror of one of DC's most iconic mechanical heroes, the Robotman doppelgänger surfaced in the Modern Age with John Arcudi and Tan Eng Huat's Doom Patrol in 2002, immediately signaling the kind of unsettling, identity-bending storytelling that title has always relished. With only five catalogued appearances spread across a surprisingly wide stretch of years, this is a rare and elusive figure — the sort of deep-cut curiosity that rewards the dedicated reader who notices something isn't quite right. Sharing pages with heavyweights like The Flash and Green Lantern as well as Doom Patrol regulars like Fever and Shyleen Lao, the doppelgänger haunts some genuinely consequential DC real estate, turning up in JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice and Geoff Johns' celebrated JSA run. For collectors who love a mystery tucked inside a familiar chrome shell, this one's worth tracking down.