Damn you, "Flashpoint"!

[arbre_rieur]

DOOM PATROL 22, the final issue of the series, came out this month. I'm sad to see it go.

Mister Somebody Enterprises has acquired Oolong Island by possessing its president, Veronica Cale. Not too happy about that, the Doom Patrol decide to invade the island...



Mister Somebody, still using Cale as a host body, shows up with his troops, armed and ready to go.

Comments

[mistersandman]

That tagline at the end is simultaneously hilarious and depressing.

[venatosapiens]

It's horrible, but I laughed at the closing bumper. It seems Mr. Giffen is getting rather fed up with being taken off of books left and right. And really, who can blame him?

[jlroberson]

Not to mention his characters getting killed off, and that's been going back at least ten years and not just at DC--few remember Jack of Hearts, whose explosion kicked off AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED, was co-created by Giffen. (he's all over the damn place)

[mullon]

That was embarrassingly convenient.

[starwolf_oakley]

You know what I want the next big crossover storyline to be?

The Oolong Island/KooeyKooeyKooey War.

[icon_uk]

Krakoa could kick both their peninsulas (But wouldn't, well, Kooeykooeykooey perhaps, but Krakoa and Danny would quickly start dating.)

Oolong Island/KooeyKooeyKooey War

[capt_satellite]

Want. This.

[darkknightjrk]

HA! Oh, that's hysterical. :D

[remial]

and THAT is why Ambush Bug is my favorite comic book character.

[blackruzsa]

..... I know I haven't actually followed Doom Patrol but
so Danny the Tranny is now Danny the island?

[icon_uk]

Danny the Street became Danny the World, became Danny the Brick, became Danny the Island

[keeva]

...so Danny the Tranny is now Danny the island?

Uh what?

Is there a good reason for you to start slinging around this offensive slur?

[shanejayell]

I love how Ambush Bug just waltzes over the 4th wall. :)

[recognitions]

So are Cliff and Jane together finally?

[icon_uk]

Some of Jane might be, but I doubt all of her people would be.

[flash_fan]

This is hilarious and more than justified. But at the same time it seems a tad un-professional.

[shanejayell]

Eh.

It's canon that Ambush Bug can break the fourth wall, and I think him arguing with Mr. Somebody about crossover events and Flashpoint is fairly clever.

[paultmd]

That's the first time I can think of that a conflict was settled, in-story at least, due to title cancellation.

[dr_archeville]

Ugh, I cannot stand Fourth Wall-Breaking characters. [rant deleted b/c there's more than enough bile & venom on the internets already]

Okay, okay, something positive, b/c I try not to make posts that are all-negative...

Danny the Island's pretty nifty!

[thokstar]

People who think this is a one time joke should notice the last time these guys showed up.

Well...

[misterbug]

Glad I could 'be of service', so to speak.

[halloweenjack]

What was in the cloning tube--a new Chief?

[tsunamiwombat]

Probably. Can't get away from that plot device...

[arbre_rieur]

The real Chief, actually. When he gave himself Kryptonian powers, they decided he was too dangerous and put him in stasis.

[lascoden]

I know next to nothing about the economics of comics...or of anything else really...so I have to ask: How exactly did Flashpoint cause Doom Patrol's cancellation?

[shanejayell]

Freeing up room in the schedule for all the Flashpoint tie-ins, I suppose.