Sad thing: If there was a Doom Patrol movie, people would call it a copy of X-Men — but they were first by a few months.
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@EricKleefeld Yeah, but Doom Patrol was imitating Fantastic Four (and X-Men was Kirby/Lee imitating themselves).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@EricKleefeld Unique innovation of X-men was that they were not just a team but a caste (mutants) & hence potent symbol of discrimination.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@EricKleefeld The ending of the original series is kind of amazing too: everybody dies.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@EricKleefeld All true BUT having the characters die (with no reprieve from readers) is also fitting coda to the darkness of the series.
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