Gal Friday 2

Another Friday, another image of a Doom Patroller. . .patrolling! 

From volume 3, here's Fever training a bit with Cliff Steele. 

The expressions, especially Shyleen's Archie-esque swoon are just priceless. 

Have a great weekend my friends! 

Gal Friday 01

As mentioned earlier and as is my prerogative for My Greatest Adventure 80, I've rebooted the Girl Fridays to Gal Fridays and extended their reach beyond solely focusing on appearances of Rita Farr. Sure, Rita will make appearances here, but not right now. 

Today's Gal Friday is a double-feature: Fever and Freak. 

In this panel, the final page of Doom Patrol #1 (volume 3) by John Arcudi with art by Tan Eng Huat, colors from Dave Stweart and letters from Bob Lappan, the team strikes a pose and forgets to stand in front of anything remotely resembling a background. Kid Slick and Fast Forward round out the team under Robotman's supervision. 

Negative Monday 3

Happy Ted Bruder day!

Ted Bruder was a super-powered employee of Thayer Jost, who hoped to create a superteam branded with his sensibilities and guided towards his interests. Essentially the very worst end result of the team Maxwell Lord hoped to assemble in Giffen and DeMatteis's Justice League.

To that end, his team was comprised of four less-than-spectacularly-powered individuals.
Shyleen Lao aka Fever had the ability to increase the molecular vibration of objects so they would heat up.

Vic Darge aka Kid Slick could eliminate friction around his body.

Ava aka Freak who possessed prehensile hair, much in the same manner as the Inhumans' Medusa.

Originally dubbed "Fast Forward" for his power of prescience, Ted Bruder was soon (second issue of the third volume) branded with the nickname "Negative Man" due to his consistent brow-beating and complaining about anything and everything. Ted, it seems, was one of those people who would complain about having nothing to complain about.

In his first encounter with Robotman, Cliff warns him to look thirty seconds into the future as Ted gets carried away yelling at Cliff. Deciding to back up a little to avoid getting his clock cleaned by Robotman, Ted begrudgingly allows Cliff to begin consulting the team.


Besides having some amazingly amazing art from then-unknown Tan Eng Huat, this John Arcudi-penned series was every bit as quirky as any interpretation of the Doom Patrol. It embraced the DP legacy while trying to deepen the legend.
Robotman, however, wasn't really quite Cliff Steele, as I'll cover at some point in the future. Maybe Ted can clue us in as to when that'll be. . .