| My Greatest Adventure | |
|---|---|
 Cover to My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963), the first appearance of the Doom Patrol; art by Bruno Premiani. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing |
| Publication date | January 1955 – February 1964 |
| No. of issues | 85 |
| Main character(s) | Doom Patrol |
My Greatest Adventure is a DC Comics comic book that began in 1955 and is best known for introducing the superhero team Doom Patrol. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The title was originally an anthology series with adventure stories told in the first-person narrative. Over time the types of stories changed from simple adventure stories to science fiction. With issue #80 (June 1963), the anthology format was dropped and replaced with stories featuring the Doom Patrol. Issue #85 was the last to bear the My Greatest Adventure title; the series was renamed The Doom Patrol going forward from issue #86. [3]
Issues #80–85 were reprinted as part of The Doom Patrol Archives, Vol. 1 (2002, ISBN 1-56389-795-4).
A six-issue revival of the series debuted in October 2011, and was written by Aaron Lopresti, Kevin Maguire, and Matt Kindt. It was an anthology featuring three stories: Garbageman, Tanga, and Robotman.
A reference to My Greatest Adventure appears in Teen Titans Go! #28. When the Titans and Doom Patrol put together a birthday party for Beast Boy, members of the Doom Patrol tell the Titans some of their past adventures when Beast Boy was a member, including when they fought Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man. This flashback features a mock cover of My Greatest Adventure.
In Teen Titans #36, Steve Dayton starts working on an autobiography based on his time in the Doom Patrol, which he plans to call My Greatest Adventure.
The first indication of the coming of the Doom Patrol in DC Comics' My Greatest Adventure #80 came in the letters page of issue #79...Obviously, the name changed at some point before that next issue went to press, but My Greatest Adventure #80 was indeed the debut of a unique and important team.
The team debuted in 1983's My Greatest Adventure #80, by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani, and has since made its unsettling presence known throughout the comics universe.
The Doom Patrol debuted in a comic book cover dated June 1963, a book named "My Greatest Adventure" because, we must assume, all the good names were taken. Written by Arnold Drake and illustrated by Bruno Premiani, the new team ran for only six issues of "My Greatest Adventure" before the title was officially changed to "Doom Patrol."
The Doom Patrol feel like a team that was truly ahead of their time. Originally introduced in My Greatest Adventure #80 by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney, and Bruno Premiani, they were just a team of misfits as superheroes.