My Greatest Adventure


My Greatest Adventure is a DC Comics comic book that began in 1955 and is best known for introducing the superhero team Doom Patrol.

Publication history

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, 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.
Issues #80–85 were reprinted as part of The Doom Patrol Archives, Vol. 1.

Contributors

Writers

A six-issue revival of the series debuted in October 2011, and was written by Aaron Lopresti, Kevin [Maguire |Kevin Maguire], and Matt Kindt. It was an anthology featuring three stories: Garbageman, Tanga, and Robotman.

Homages

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.