Why does the Doom Patrol keep trusting this lunatic? How many

>>91784656
You can ask the same about the X-Men and Professor X.

It's because they want to write more comics.

>>91785232

When has Xavier done anything even remotely as bad as what the Chief has done on a routine basis? For Christ's sakes, Caulder is directly responsible for the hell that is the Doom Patrol's everyday lives.

>>91785302
I guess the closest thing would be Brubaker's Deadly Genesis bullshit, but that really doesn't compare to Caulder.

>>91785302
Professor X sent an entire team of X-men (including one of Cyclops' brothers) to their deaths and then wiped out the fact that they ever existed from everyone's' minds.

He used to always manipulate peoples memories.

He faked his own death multiple times, which caused his students massive emotional distress.

He enslaved the Danger Room, which was sentient.

Weird shit is going to find the members of the Doom Patrol. Best to have someone who can understand how to combat it on your side.

>>91785531

Wait wait wait wait. The Danger Room is sentient? And it's been enslaved? What the fuck?

>>91785635

Whedon's Astonishing X-Men. The DR has been running around as Danger, the fuck-a-bot.

>>91785796


I don't like any of that. Literally. Any of it. That's...why would anyone? What is wrong with Joss Whedon? That's probably the most surprising thing about it. Like, the man's had some bad ideas, but that's straight up the sort of shit that Rob Liefeld would think was awesome. Or fucking Mark Millar.

>>91784656
1) Stockholm syndrome, all DP people feel indebted to Niles
2) Niles has insane charisma and can talk them into almost anything
Combine the two and you can see how he gets away with everything, unless one of those breaks; he's basically an abusive parent

>>91785928

>tfw you realize that Doom Patrol is about a family of deeply broken people, headed by an abusive monster, and how they learn to live with themselves and each other

>>91785232
>You can ask the same about the X-Men and Professor X.
Esp. since Stan directly lifted the X-Men from DP

>>91784656
They don't trust him. They just know he's a genius and feel too stupid to say no to him

>>91785998
Wait...are you quoting something or are you just now realizing that's what they are?

>>91786594

I am just now realizing that, yes.