This is the team and the concept to take the book beyond its revival as a Superboy title at last, and a big improvement over the initial decision for Levitz to look at the current team in their titular book and revisit their origins in this one.
In these kinds of alternate reality stories, one character always works against great odds to put things right.
Doom Patrol has been quirky and strange from the start, maintaining the interest of its stable creative team (Giffen and Clark have provided a consistent level of entertainment), if not the fans.
What's Been Happening: Major flashback time, as it turns out the kindly old duffer who Hughie unloaded his problems on in Scotland was actually Greg Mallory, former leader of the Boys, gone undercover to gather reconnaissance on Hughie and, in effect, on the Boys themselves since the Butcher took over.
Sue Storm, Rick Jones, Nick Fury, Carol Danvers, Captain Mar-Vell and the Spider-sibs try to come up with a way to take the fight back to Reed, despite their injuries and shock and his seeming omnipotence.
Just another night in the life of Anita Blake, whom we follow from a morgue overrun by vampires to a cemetery, where a new animator gets in way over his head.
This is how you adapt a classic.
With Big Bad (who was really just the first Big Bad, plus a lion in flaming raiment) taken care of and big losses experienced, it's time for Buffy to put it all back together.
Plot : Hulkling is part Skrull, part Captain Mar-Vell.
Plot : Is being bad ass enough to save an X-Men comic? Almost, but it's hardly astonishing.
