I definitely think that these two teams go well together. The Doom Patrol and The Defenders previously met in STF #3588. The Patrol has also separately run into the Hulk in STF #2976 and Namor in STF #4344.
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I love the original Doom Patrol - and I really liked the original cover. And you've slipped the Defenders - and dear old Kang - very smoothly into it. Great!
ReplyDeleteBut I really do fear for the Defenders and the Doom Patrollers this time. The always combative Kang must be incensed with rage after being humiliated by being removed as the upcoming MCU Big Bad... He's looking for payback!!!
Two of my absolute favorite superhero teams- together?! TAKE MY MONEY!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is more fitting than you know, Ross. The Silver Age Doom Patrol's very first antagonist was the self-styled Gen. Immortus. And, as we all know, that's Kang's ultimate avatar!
ReplyDeleteHe already knows that, Anon. Check out the link to STF #3588!
DeleteThe Doom Patrol ...the first group to be self cloned by the Chief?...And he could tweak their DNA as he experiments with Prof X's help!!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Ross; these two groups do seem to go together naturally for some undefined reason. I could even imagine some unlikely friendships forming, like Stephen and Cliff.
ReplyDeleteBut I still would like to see "Fezzik's Angels," with Rita teaming up with Cassie Lang/Stature and Susan Murphy/Ginormica (Monsters vs. Aliens).
(As inspired by the immortal line, "Sleep well and dream of large women.")
DC's version of the X-Men, and I loved them!! I actually have an affinity for the mid '80s 2nd incarnation New Doom Patrol before the Alan Moore's bonkers post-expressionist abstract 3rd incarnation for Vertigo! Ha ha
ReplyDeleteThe Doom Patrol first appeared three months before X-Men #1 came out, so they certainly weren't intended as DC's version of the X-Men (and there wasn't enough time between teh two debuts for the X-men to have been influenced by the Doom patrol, either). I think a much stronger case could be made for the Doom Patrol being intended as DC's version of the Fantastic Four- they have an obvious one-to-one equivalency, and Arnold Drake was definitely trying to channel the Marvel "heroes with feet of clay" style.
DeleteConversely, it could be said that the FF were Marvel's answer to the Challengers of the Unknown (with cosmically-induced super powers for good measure).
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