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Batman#238
Cover: Neal Adams & Dick Giordano

Batman #238

Jan 1972 · DC · 0.50 USD
“The Masterminds of Crime!”

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.

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writer Arnold Drake · writer Bob Haney · artist Bruno Premiani · inker Bruno Premiani · letterer Stan Starkman · cover Neal AdamsDick Giordano

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writer Bob Haney
letterer Stan Starkman
cover pencils Neal Adams
cover inks Dick Giordano

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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.

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