Apparently, there's no rest for the weird. Hot off the heels of their rescue of Beast Boy, the DP are faced with another (another!!) alien invasion. And it's an invasion being facilitated by the Brotherhood of Evil, so apparently they don't take any days off either.
Zarox-13 is a fairly standard world-conquering/destroying alien villain, though in some of his appearances his facial design actually makes him look like he's in a perpetual state of surprise. This could be intentional, as he does encounter the Doom Patrol as his first exposure to human beings. But you'd think he'd stop being surprised eventually.
This last run of 10 issues introduces a very interesting subplot dealing with Madame Rouge, the Brotherhood's shape-shifter, and the Chief. Rouge begins to develop romantic feelings toward Niles, seemingly out of the blue, though next issue we'll get a better idea of where all that comes from. For now, though, it's as if an aging Romeo and Juliet thread has been introduced into the series, one that, honestly, is far more interesting than the random villains of the month that menace the Patrol in each issue. And given how the whole thing ends up playing out, Romeo and Juliet isn't a bad comparison.
I was talking with my son about these old Doom Patrol comics the other day, and how, though there's definitely acknowledgment of the shared universe, it's weird that none of these alien invaders on Earth are ever dealt with by Green Lantern, who's sole purpose is to defend this sector of space from alien incursions. Perhaps he was helping another planet on those days.
More of Zarox and his crew (more Zarox than crew, actually), more romance, and a strange team-up next issue.
Pretty sure this is meant to be JFK speaking:
"Now tha's what ah call a real fahn cookie, son! An' for so worthy a cause!"
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Reading over this post, I realize that this could not be JFK in the comic, as he had been assassinated 4 years earlier. Was it Johnson, then? I can't keep track, and besides Obama, most U.S. Presidents are pretty forgettable.
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