When Garfield
"Gar" Logan first entered comics, he literally burst onto the scene,
breaking into Doom Patrol Headquarters.
Gar's personality was quite different back then, as was his
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Doom Patrol 99,
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Gar's first official on-screen shapeshifting - Doom Patrol
99, Story 2, p. 3 - click for larger version
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At that time,
Gar was an angry young man, but as Arnold Drake, Doom
Patrol creator said, Gar had a reason to be angry. He was a teen,
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was green, his parents were dead, and he had a louse for a guardian. |
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Doom Patrol 99,
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Doom Patrol 99, Story 2, p. 9
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The
Doom Patrol was taken aback by this brash young kid - but from day
1, Rita Farr was on Gar's side. And, for the official record,
Cliff
Steele gave Gar the name "Beast Boy."
Despite the rocky start, the Doom Patrol gave Gar his first costume,
his first mask, and a family - something he hadn't had for much of his
young life. |
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Gar's
first mask and costume - and the "official" explanation of what happens
to Gar's clothes when he changes shapes.
Doom Patrol
100, p. 14
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Gar's guardian
Galtry was practically a character out of a story by Dickens... except
Galtry would go to any lengths to keep control of Gar's inheritance
(even plotting to get rid of Gar). Galtry knew his "ward" was
green, but never knew Gar could change into animals. Before he died,
Gar's dad had told him not to let anyone know about his shapeshifting
power - which is why Gar's mask eventually covered his entire face.
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Doom Patrol 101, p.
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Doom Patrol 101, p.
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Early on, the
colorists were a bit inconsistant with Gar's animal coloring.
Generally though, he was a normal animal with a green face or
head. George Perez later set the standard of Gar's changes being
entirely green.
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