The Doom Patrol 1964 #100 - 4.0 - $29.99

2nd App & Origin of Beast Boy

This story describes UNESCO's mission to build schools in Africa.

After a scientist examines Beast Boy, dinosaurs start appearing in the city.

Little Pete leaves a party with full pockets.

Beast Boy recounts his origin for the Doom Patrol, how he contracted a rare disease as a child and his father used his reverse evolution ray to cure him, but with the side effects of his skin turning green and gaining the ability to change into any animal. The Doom Patrol realizes that Dr. Weir has stolen the secret of reverse evolution from Beast Boy and is using that to turn lizards into dinosaurs which he controls to commit robberies.

This first chapter of a solo series details the origin of Robotman, and his first encounter with the Chief, in which Cliff promises to kill the man who planted his brain into a robot body, not knowing it was Niles Caulder.

On-sale date from copyright registration.

• Builders of the Future! - Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
• The Fantastic Origin of Beast-Boy, Chapter 1 - Galtry (first name Nicholas given in #101) addresses Beast Boy as "Craig" in this story and only this one, even though Jill called him Gar in the previous issue. New Teen Titans (1980 series) would establish that this is short for "Garfield." The character's last name "Logan" is first given--in passing, as if it is nothing new--in DP #102. Is he in full "Craig Garfield Logan," and Galtry did not realize that the boy went by his middle name until just after the events of #100?
• Two Batmen Too Many! - House ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #177.
• - On the page between the 4th page and the 5th page of the previous story sequence.
• Ultra the Multi-Alien - House ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #104, on sale October 28.
• - Letters and comments from Rick Ferguson, Paul Kassens, Vincent E. Summers, Steve Chapman, Sherry Daniels, John Cardoza, Larry Rippee, Bob Sergi, Doug Raeburn, Rudy Rankins, Vince Carlucci, Steve Hersh, Glen D. Johnson, George Shuler and Jim Mugridge.
• By Popular Demand - House ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #176 [80 Page Giant #G-17].
• Hey! Here Comes a Double-Barreled Blast! - House ad for Challengers of the Unknown (DC 1958 series) #48, on sale December 2 [Challengers-Doom Patrol team-up].
• They're Brainy... They're Brawny... They're Beautiful! - House ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #63, on sale October 21.
• Robotman-- Wanted Dead or Alive - Story continues in issue #101. Winner of the 1965 Alley Award for Best Short Story. Pages 2-5 of this story were inserted as a flashback into the reprint of "Robot-Maker Must Die" in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #102 (June-July 1972). This story's telling of Robotman's early life directly contradicts the DP origin story in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #80.
• A DC Offer - Subscription ad for DC comics; ten issues for $1.00. Includes cover art for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #177. Penguin illustration is from Batman #169, p 1. On the page between the 6th page and the 7th page of the previous story sequence.
• Presenting... A New Jimmy Olsen - House ad for Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1955 series) #89.
• - Inside back cover.
• Great Moments in Sport - Back cover.