The Doom Patrol (2026) #1: The Cat's in the Bag

Issue Summary

EISNER AWARD-WINNING WRITER DARCY VAN POELGEEST AND LEGENDARY ARTIST NIKO HENRICHON USHER THE DOOM PATROL TO THE NEXT LEVEL!

The Doom Patrol is broke. Adopting a heroes-for-hire business model to stave off financial and emotional ruin, the team finds itself responding to a simple case—a missing cat. But when this case proves to be far from simple, the world's strangest heroes find themselves pulled into a truly out-of-this-world situation!

And elsewhere, beyond the view of Robotman, Elasti-Girl, and Negative Man—and perhaps even beyond the veil of our reality—a ghost of the team's past is preparing to cross into their world.

The visionary team of Eisner Award-winning writer Darcy Van Poelgeest (Little Bird) and legendary artist Niko Henrichon (Spectators, Pride of Baghdad) ushers the Doom Patrol into a new age for DC Next Level.