I think it be a very unreasonable thing to expect everyone here to read DP - that's certainly not the idea.

When I picked up Plastic Man in a "swap" on another board, I really thought I was throwing three bucks away. I never liked Kyle Baker's inking and his pencilling even less. But I was suprised when I found I really enjoyed his Plastic Man. The guy who was supposed to pick up DP never replied, but that's OK, I found a funny, zany book I would have never considered otherwise.

I'm one of those guys who have had his fill of the spinoffs about Wolverine's cousin's mutant hairdresser and the 40-part Batman crossovers. I want to find new books to read and I think this is one fun way to go about it.

BTW, I think Doom Patrol is a $2.50 book, not $3.

Tim O'Neill wrote: I want more people to read this title for selfish reasons - I want to keep reading beyond 18 issues!

That's exactly my reason too.

Victor .R. Rodgers wrote: The only book I read is Dragonball. I try to tell people how good it is, but they look at me like I farted in church.  They do this because they saw one or two episodes of the American dub..

Victor, I'll pick up a Dragonball this Wednesday then, if you will a Doom Patrol (and the latest issue #7 seems to be the best yet, though I haven't had a chance buy a copy so far.) Which publisher is it by?

Viz publishes it. They sell it in eight dollar trade paperbacks.  They are currently at volume #32. But thats the equivilent of five normal books. Viz use to do it in a normal comic format, but the direct market wouldn't support it.

Though one thing the series is divided into two parts Dragonball and Dragonball Z (due to the tv series popularity). The Dragonball half is all good, but DBZ becomes slow around the Androids storyarc. Geez im making this more complicated than it is.

 I will pick up an issue of Doom Patrol soon. I've been looking for a monthly comic to read.