May 1967
Zarox-13, Emperor of the Cosmos!
by Arnold Drake, Bruno Premiani
Aliens come to Earth, led by Zarox-13, intent on conquest. The Doom Patrol encounter them in the Arctic. The heroes make like they aren't what they seem to be. Negative Man acts infantile, Elasti-Girl grows big and pretends to be his mother, and Robotman pretends to be his toy robot. They have him fooled but then Garguax shows up and blows their cover. This part of the story I liked. It was so ridiculously silly.
Monsieur Mallah and Madame Rouge show up at Doom Patrol headquarters but they aren't looking for a fight. There are more hints that Madame Rouge has a thing for the Chief. They want to ally themselves with the Doom Patrol to oppose the alien alliance of Garguax and Zarox-13.
Neg Man's Last Road!
by Arnold Drake, Bruno Premiani
Larry tries to help a bunch old folks but he unwittingly does something much worse: he helps Dr. Death. These Negative Man stories do nothing for me. I understand that Arnold Drake was trying to add something with these backup up stories but they fall flat. It's almost (but not quite) funny how bad these stories are.
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