The Doom Patrol #89
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Menace, Part 1," a lab mishap transforms Sven Larsen, a former student of the Chief, into a shape-shifting being capable of changing his very chemistry—only for the Doom Patrol to uncover that the transformation was no accident, but a deliberate experiment. Written by Arnold Drake and illustrated by Bruno Premiani, with letters by Stan Starkman, this 1964 issue features a cover by Bob Brown that captures the eerie mystery of the moment.
When a lab mishap turns former student Sven Larsen into a shape-shifting being capable of changing his own chemistry, the Doom Patrol must unravel the truth behind his transformation—only to discover the incident was no accident, but a deliberate act with unsettling motives.
In "Part 2: Lure of the Changing Nightmare," the Doom Patrol faces a chilling adversary driven by a twisted past, as The Chief pieces together the truth behind Larsen’s vendetta. With time running out, he devises a plan to counter the shapeshifter’s powers before they turn deadly.
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Reprinted in Five-Score Comic Monthly #79 (1964), Spectre #1 (1967), The Doom Patrol #122 (1973), All Star Adventure Comic #83 (1973), The Doom Patrol Archives #1 (2002), Showcase Presents the Doom Patrol #1 (2009), Doom Patrol: The Silver Age Omnibus #[nn] (2017), Doom Patrol: The Silver Age #1 (2018), DC Finest: The Doom Patrol: The World's Strangest Heroes #[nn] (2025), Mi Gran Aventura #53
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