*DC: Having launched in issue #80 of the anthology My Greatest Adventure, the Doom Patrol proved so popular that with issue #86 of the series, the title was rechristened, and the Doom Patrol’s own ‘proper’ series began – this was a doubly auspicious issue, as #86 also saw the first appearance of the Doom Patrol’s dark counterparts, the Brotherhood of Evil. The Brain, Monsieur Mallah, Madame Rouge and sundry others bedevilled the DP over the years, and this is where the world’s weirdest villains, every bit as freakish as their heroic opposites, got their start. Since the launch of their own television series, spinning out of the Titans show, the Doom Patrol is becoming extremely popular. This is a superb copy of the Doom Patrol’s first official issue; very clean and bright, tight staples, minimal edge wear, and unfaded red cover background. A cents copy with no pence price or overstamp, it is FN/VF at £180. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD