My Greatest Adventure
Encyclopedia
My Greatest Adventure was a DC Comics
comic book
that began in 1955 and is best known as the original title for the superhero
team, the Doom Patrol
.
series with adventure stories told in the first person narrative. Over time the types of stories changed from simple adventure to science fiction
. With issue #80 (June 1963), 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 (2002, ISBN 1563897954).
, 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
. Page 10-12 retells the story, and features a mock cover of My Greatest Adventure.
In the latest Teen Titans regular series (issue 36) the formerly insane Steve Dayton is shown as slowly recovering, but still addicted to his helmet. While under a creative streak induced by the device he starts working on an autobiography
, mostly based on his Doom Patrol years, which he plans to call My Greatest Adventure.
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
that began in 1955 and is best known as the original title for the superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
team, the Doom Patrol
Doom Patrol
The Doom Patrol is a superhero team appearing in publications from DC Comics. The original Doom Patrol first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80...
.
Publication history
The title was originally an anthologyAnthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
series with adventure stories told in the first person narrative. Over time the types of stories changed from simple adventure to science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
. With issue #80 (June 1963), 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 (2002, ISBN 1563897954).
Artists
- Mort MeskinMort MeskinMorton "Mort" Meskin was a prolific American comic book artist best-known for his work in the 1940s Golden Age of comic books, well into the late-1950s and 1960s Silver Age.-Early life:...
- Jim MooneyJim MooneyJames Noel "Jim" Mooney was an American comic book artist best known as a Marvel Comics inker and Spider-Man artist, and as the signature artist of DC Comics' Supergirl, both during what comics historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books...
- Reuben Moreira
- Bruno PremianiBruno PremianiGiordano Bruno Premiani , whose work is credited as Bruno Premiani, was an Italian illustrator known for his work for several American comic book publishers, particularly DC Comics...
- John PrenticeJohn PrenticeJohn Prentice may refer to:*John Prentice *John Prentice *John Prentice *John Rockefeller Prentice , laywer-See also:*John Prentis, mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia...
- Alex TothAlex TothAlexander Toth was an American professional cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but is known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His work included Super Friends, Space Ghost, The...
Homage
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 BoyBeast Boy
Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan, known as Beast Boy or Changeling, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics...
, 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
Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man is a fictional supervillain from the DC Universe and a foe of the original Doom Patrol. He first appeared in Doom Patrol #89 . The story was written by Arnold Drake, with art by Bruno Premiani....
. Page 10-12 retells the story, and features a mock cover of My Greatest Adventure.
In the latest Teen Titans regular series (issue 36) the formerly insane Steve Dayton is shown as slowly recovering, but still addicted to his helmet. While under a creative streak induced by the device he starts working on an autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
, mostly based on his Doom Patrol years, which he plans to call My Greatest Adventure.