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I was somehow familiar with the team prior to my first issue of Super-Team Family, number 7, possibly through a short write-up on the character of the Golden Age Robotman done by E. Nelson Bridwell for an issue of World's Finest. When my father brought that issue home for me, I was astonished to have a Doom Patrol comic in my hands. "But they're dead!" I said aloud, which unfortunately made my father think I didn't like the comic. I had to run after him to tell him how cool it was to be able to read a story about a team I never thought I'd be able to see. I didn't think they made Doom Patrol comics anymore.
Everything about that issue worked for me. The story, the art, the disembodied brain, the intelligent gorilla, the giant robot. Rita planting a boot in the robot's eye. Larry's metal walls. Robotman became an instant favorite character, and I found the team's attempt to give the Chief a birthday celebration despite knowing nothing about his history extremely charming and touching. I love that comic.
Even though I've come across the original, in which the robot, Rog (!), is colored red and the team is in green, somehow the reprint with the blue 'bot and red costumes is the one I find "definitive" and most pleasant to revisit.
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