List of Doom Patrol members

The Doom Patrol is a team of comic book superheroes, as published by DC Comics. The roster of the team has changed a great deal over the years. These roster lists are of the members during the Patrol's various incarnations by team iteration.

The codenames listed under Character are those used during the time frame of the particular iteration. Characters with more than one codename for that period have them listed chronologically and separated by a slash (/). Bolded names in the most recent iteration published are the current team members. First appearance is the place where the character first appeared as a member of a particular iteration. It is not necessarily the first appearance of the character in print, nor the story depicting how the character joined the team.

All information is listed in publication order first, then alphabetical.

Original roster

This roster covers the iteration of the team that appeared during the 1960s under the tenure of writers Arnold Drake and Bob Haney.

Members of the original Doom Patrol line-up
Character Real name First appearance Notes
The Chief Niles Caulder My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963)
  • Founding members.
  • Apparent death in Doom Patrol #121 (September/October 1968)
Elasti-Girl Rita Farr
Negative Man Larry Trainor
Robotman Cliff Steele
Mento Steve Dayton Doom Patrol #91 (November 1964)
  • Associate and member by marriage.
Beast Boy Garfield Logan Doom Patrol #99 (November 1965)

Second roster

This roster covers the iteration of the team that appeared from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. After sporadic appearances in various titles from 1977 to 1987, the team was given its own title, Doom Patrol vol. 2, from October 1987 (#1) until February 1995 (#87). The revised series progressed through writers Paul Kupperberg, Grant Morrison, and finally Rachel Pollack.

Members of the 1980s and Vertigo Doom Patrol line-up
Character Real name First appearance Notes
Celsius Arani Desai-Caulder Showcase #94 (August/September 1977)
  • Died in Doom Patrol vol. 2, #17 (Holiday 1988)
Tempest Joshua Clay
  • Stopped using a codename during Morrison's tenure.
  • Died in Doom Patrol vol. 2, #55 (May 1992).
Negative Woman Valentina Vostok
  • Resigned after losing her powers in Doom Patrol vol. 2, #18 (January 1989).
  • Went on to work with Checkmate in Checkmate! #15 (May 1989).
  • Apparently killed at some point after being controlled by Darkseid in Final Crisis: Resist.[1]
Robotman Cliff Steele
  • Shown to have survived apparent death in Showcase #94.
  • Apparent death in Doom Patrol vol. 3, #9 (August 2002).
Larry Trainor Doom Patrol vol. 2, #2 (November 1987)
  • Became part of Rebis in Doom Patrol vol. 2, #19 (February 1989).
Lodestone / The Pupa Rhea Jones Doom Patrol vol. 2, #4 (January 1988)
  • Lapsed into a coma in Invasion! #3 (1988).
Karma Wayne Hawkins
Blaze Scott Fischer Doom Patrol vol. 2, #6 (March 1988)
  • Died in Invasion! #3 (1988).
The Chief / The Head Niles Caulder Doom Patrol vol. 2, #16 (Winter 1988)
  • Shown to have survived his death in Doom Patrol vol. 2, #9 (June 1988).
  • Apparent death in Doom Patrol vol. 2, #87 (February 1995).
Crazy Jane Kay Challis Doom Patrol vol. 2, #19 (February 1989)
Rebis Larry Trainor / Eleanor Poole
Dorothy Spinner Doom Patrol vol. 2, #14 (November 1988) (joined in #25, August 1989)
  • Death in Doom Patrol vol. 3, #22 (September 2003)
Danny the Street Doom Patrol vol. 2, #35 (August 1990)
The Bandage People George and Marion Doom Patrol vol. 2, #67 (June 1993)
Charlie the Doll The Inner Child
Coagula Kate Godwin Doom Patrol vol. 2, #70 (September 1993)
  • Died in Doom Patrol vol. 3, #9 (August 2002).
Alice Wired for Sound Vertigo Jam #1 (August 1993)
  • Alice was one of the ghosts who haunted the Doom Patrol HQ, and was captured by the Chief, who combined himself with her as a means for mobility.
The False Memory The Identity Addict Doom Patrol vol. 2, #69 (August 1993)
  • The False Memory was one of many superhero identities used by the Identity Addict. While the Addict made its first appearance in #68, the False Memory's first appearance was #69.
  • The False Memory was not an actual member of the Doom Patrol, but used her ability to alter people's memories to integrate herself into the team, before she was discovered by Dorothy Spinner and kicked out. But only in #83, she was a member.

Third roster

This roster covers the iteration of the team that appeared from 2001 through 2003 under the tenure of John Arcudi.

Doom Patrol line-up from volume 3
Character Real name First appearance Notes
Robotman Cliff Steele Doom Patrol vol. 3, #1 (December 2001)
  • Revealed to be a mental projection in Doom Patrol vol. 3, #5 (April 2002).
Fever Shyleen Lao
  • Killed in Terror Titans #1 (December 2008).
Freak Ava
Kid Slick Vic Darge
Beast Boy Garfield Logan Doom Patrol vol. 3, #4 (March 2002)
Doctor Light Kimiyo Hoshi
Elongated Man Ralph Dibny
  • Former member of the Justice League. Killed in 52 #42. Revived as a member of the Black Lantern Corps in Blackest Night #1. Killed again in Blackest Night #3.
Metamorpho Rex Mason
  • Former and later member of the Outsiders.
  • Former member of the Justice League.
Fast Forward Ted Bruder Doom Patrol vol. 3, #9 (August 2002)
  • Placed in a medically induced coma Doom Patrol vol. 5 #16

Fourth roster

This roster covers the iteration of the team that first appeared in 2004. Under the tenure of John Byrne, this iteration was retconned to be the first in continuity appearance of the team. A later story arc brought all previous appearances back into continuity.

Doom Patrol line-up from volume 4
Character Real name First appearance Notes
The Chief Niles Caulder JLA #94 (Early May 2004)
  • First appearance is a retcon removing all previous appearances.
  • Teen Titans vol. 3, #32 (March 2006) brought all previous appearances back into continuity.
Elasti-Girl Rita Farr
  • First appearance is a retcon removing all previous appearances.
  • Teen Titans vol. 3, #32 (March 2006) brought all previous appearances back into continuity.
Negative Man Larry Trainor
  • First appearance is a retcon removing all previous appearances.
  • Teen Titans vol. 3, #32 (March 2006) brought all previous appearances back into continuity.
Robotman Cliff Steele
  • First appearance is a retcon removing all previous appearances.
  • Teen Titans vol. 3, #32 (March 2006) brought all previous appearances back into continuity.
Grunt Henry Bucher
  • Missing in action in Doom Patrol vol. 5, #1 (August 2009)
Nudge Mi-Sun Kwon
  • Killed in action in Doom Patrol vol. 5, #1 (August 2009)
Vortex
  • Quit in Doom Patrol vol. 4, #18 (January 2006)
Faith Unknown Doom Patrol vol. 4, #1 (August 2004)
  • Former member of the Justice League, sent to train Nudge's telepathic powers.
  • Quit in Doom Patrol vol. 4, #5 (December 2004)
Beast Boy Garfield Logan Teen Titans vol. 3, #34 (May 2006), but doesn't appear as members in the Doom Patrol vol. 4 comics
Bumblebee Karen Beecher-Duncan
  • Former member of:
    • Teen Titans
    • Titans L.A.
Mento Steve Dayton Teen Titans vol. 3, #36 (July 2006), but doesn't appear as members in the Doom Patrol vol. 4 comics
Vox Malcolm Duncan
  • Former member of:
    • Teen Titans
    • Titans L.A.

Fifth roster

This roster returns the team to its original lineup.

Revised original Doom Patrol line-up from volume 5
Character Real name First appearance Notes
The Chief Doctor Niles Caulder Doom Patrol vol. 5, #1 (October 2009)
Elasti-Girl Rita Farr
Negative Man Larry Trainor
Robotman Cliff Steele
Nudge Mi-Sun Kwon
  • Killed in action in Doom Patrol vol. 5, #1.
Grunt Henry Bucher
  • Missing in action in Doom Patrol vol. 5, #1.
Bumblebee Karen Beecher-Duncan
  • Former member of:
    • Teen Titans
    • Titans L.A.
Black Hole Doom Patrol vol. 5, #2 (November 2009)
Mento Steve Dayton Doom Patrol vol. 5, #3 (December 2009)
  • Associate, not shown to be active team member.
Crazy Jane Kay Challis Doom Patrol vol. 5, #7 (February 2010)
Danny the Street
Ambush Bug Irwin Schwab Doom Patrol vol. 5, #9 (April 2010)

Sixth roster

In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. This roster is the first roster of the team in that continuity.

New 52 Doom Patrol line-up
Character Real name First appearance Notes
Element Woman Emily Sung Flashpoint #1 (May 2011) Former member of the Justice League.
Robotman Cliff Steele My Greatest Adventure vol. 2 #1 (December 2011)
The Chief Niles Caulder Ravagers #4 (October 2012)
Celsius Arani Desai Justice League vol. 2 #24 (December 2013)
Tempest Joshua Clay
Negative Woman Valentina Vostok Killed in Justice League vol. 2 #27 (March 2014).
Scorch Scott Fischer Justice League vol. 2 #27 (March 2014)
Karma Wayne Hawkins
Elasti-Woman Rita Farr Justice League vol. 2 #30 (July 2014)
Negative Man Larry Trainor

Seventh roster

This roster is featured in the Young Animal imprint.

Young Animal Doom Patrol line-up
Character Real name First appearance Notes
Robotman Cliff Steele Doom Patrol vol. 6 (2016) #1 (September 2016)
Casey Brinke
Danny the Street Danny Also appears as Danny the Brick, Danny the Ambulance, and Dannyland
Sam Reynolds
Ricardo
The Chief Niles Caulder
Lotion
Terry None
Negative Man Larry Trainor Doom Patrol vol. 6 (2016) #2 (October 2016)
Flex Mentallo
Fugg Doom Patrol vol. 6 (2016) #3 (November 2016)
Lucius Reynolds Doom Patrol vol. 6 (2016) #4 (January 2017)
Jane Kay Challis Doom Patrol vol. 6 (2016) #6 (April 2017)
Valerie Reynolds
Elasti-Girl Rita Farr Doom Patrol/JLA Special (2018) #1 (February 2018)

Eighth roster

This roster is featured in the Dawn of DC series Unstoppable Doom Patrol.

Dawn of DC Doom Patrol line-up
Character Real name First appearance Notes
The Chief / Crazy Jane Kay Challis Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1 (February 2023)
Elasti-Woman Rita Farr
Negative Man Larry Trainor
Psylosimon Simon Choe
Robotman Cliff Steele
Beast Girl Kareli Unstoppable Doom Patrol #1 (March 2023)
Degenerate Maurice
The Chief Niles Caulder Unstoppable Doom Patrol #2 (March 2023) Retired.
Dr. Syncho Jerry Team therapist. "Jerry" is an acronym for the group of imps that control Dr. Syncho: Jychn, Eylhm, Raz, Rez, and Yzd.
Flex Mentallo
Lotion Member of the Grave Minders.
Lucius Reynolds
Mento Steve Dayton Retired.
Velvet Worm's pet worm.
Willoughby Kipling Member of the Grave Minders.
Worm Unknown Double agent for Task Force X. Killed in Unstoppable Doom Patrol #2 (March 2023).
Starbro Mason Unstoppable Doom Patrol #3 (May 2023)

DC Universe / Max series (2018–2023)

This roster was featured in the video on demand streaming service, DC Universe, which was later transferred to Max.

Max TV series Doom Patrol line-up
Character Real name Performed by Notes
The Chief Niles Caulder Timothy Dalton Founding member and former team leader. Deceased.
Celsius Arani Desai Jasmine Kaur (younger)
Madhur Jaffrey (elder)
Former members of the original team. Deceased.
Lodestone Rhea Jones Lisa Wilson
Mento Steve Dayton Will Kemp (younger)
Dave Bielawski (elder)
Elasti-Woman Rita Farr April Bowlby Current members of the modern team.
Negative Man Larry Trainor Matt Bomer
Matthew Zuk (stand-in)
Robotman Cliff Steele Brendan Fraser
Riley Shanahan (stand-in)
Crazy Jane Kay Challis Diane Guerrero
Cyborg Victor Stone Joivan Wade
Dorothy Spinner Abi Monterey Former member of the modern team.
Madame Rouge Laura De Mille Michelle Gomez Current member of the modern team.

References

  1. ^ Doom Patrol vol. 5, #4 (January 2010)
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