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The teen shapeshifter
was a definte source of discord for the newly married Elasti-Girl and
Mento (Rita Farr and Steve Dayton)
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Doom Patrol 106 p. 3
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The other main source
of discord between the two was Rita refusing to quit the Doom Patrol...
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Doom Patrol 106 p. 2
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Once Mr. 103 spilled
the beans, revealing that Galtry has been using Gar's inheritance to
other means, Dayton's tone changed (ok, so did his costume at some
point....)
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Doom Patrol 106 p. 16
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The "war over Beast
Boy" officially began in issue 107.
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Doom Patrol 107 cover
- click for full size image
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A clip from
the cover
of Doom Patrol 108
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Doom Patrol 108 cover
clip
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During the Doom
Patrol era, Beast Boy was said to be in high school. Most of the
other kids teased him, but he did have a quasi-girlfriend in Jillian
Jackson (seen in the background - this is before she dyes her hair
pink).
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Doom Patrol 108 p. 19
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The attempt to get
Beast Boy from his guardian almost exacted a heavy toll on the Doom
Patrol.
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Doom Patrol 108 p.
24
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Of course this was a
strain on the young Beast Boy. But the Doom Patrol wasn't dead
yet.
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Doom Patrol 109 p. 1
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Always the special
bond between Gar and Robotman...
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Doom Patrol 109 p. 4
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For the first time,
we discover that the Chief knew Gar's dad... in light of later events
in the 3rd Doom Patrol series, is there more to Gar's origin?
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Doom Patrol 109 p. 8
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The Chief never does
tell Gar more about his father.
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Doom Patrol 109 p. 8
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At this point, Galtry
still didn't know that his ward was a shapeshifter... or did he?
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Doom Patrol 110 p. 15
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Gar did escape
to the
Doom Patrol HQ by turning into a microbe to get through the screen.
With the aid of the Brotherhood of Evil (led by Mallah and the Brain),
Galtry gained information about Gar and his Doom Patrol activities
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Doom Patrol 110 p. 18
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At Gar's custody
trial, Galtry showed up with pictures of Gar shapeshifting in the Doom
Patrol HQ. As previously mentioned, Gar wore the purple mask so
that no one would know his real identity, which would have caused
trouble with "the authorities" (he was a minor) and his guardian.
Of course, the mask did come in handy during the trial....
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Doom Patrol 110 p. 23
- click image for full sized view
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...
as Elasti-Girl
proved. Of course, Steve Dayton didn't quite know what he was in
for when he and Rita offered to adopt Gar..
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| Doom Patrol 110 p. 24
- click image for
full sized view |
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