The brain of a racing driver in a robotic body in the series "My Greatest Adventures". Part 3
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Now we will talk about what happened next with the Robotman.
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The action takes place on Earth-One. In the evening, at the annual banquet of the civic Association, everyone present honors the Doom Patrol. Reporter Roy Jamison also thanks the Chief (whose real name people don't know), who is not present at this event, for saving many lives. Despite numerous requests, the heroes do not reveal the name of Niles. Roy gives the Elasti-Girl a golden lighter.
Later, at his base, Clifford tells Caulder about what happened and fears that people will still consider them monsters.
The next day, Cliff sees on the front page of a recently published newspaper a photo of the Chief and a $10,000 reward for full disclosure of his identity. Steele realizes that there is a traitor in the team, and quickly informs Niles and the others about it. Deciding to think alone, Caulder asks everyone to leave his office.
24 hours pass. The Chief gathers everyone in the command post and turns on the live broadcast, where Jamison turns on the tape recorder with the recognition of the first, where he reports that he is an alien. Surprised, the Robotman condemns Niles, since he did not tell the others about it. However, Caulder claims that that story is a lie. He told it only to Rita in order to test her. The girl declares that she will not hand them over to reporters. The Chief calms everyone down, saying that Roy, along with a lighter, put a spy camera in Farr's bag. When the reporter came to the mansion, he replaced the camera with a tape recorder, and then told the hired robber to take a bag of dirt from the Elasti-Girl. Leaving, Rita offers the Automaton and the Negative Man to drink coffee with her and talk about another topic.
Later, Niles reassembles the Patrol. He says he's been visited:
- Doctor Savatini (chairman of the International Science Foundation)
- Monsieur Duvoir (a businessman)
- Senator Durham (a U.S. Senator).
The trio turned out to be a group of lizard-like alien spies who dream of using their atomic disintegrator to heat and drain the Earth. They plan to make everyone believe that the Sun is to blame for everything, and they themselves will pretend that they will help solve this problem, thereby capturing the planet. However, these creatures have buried the prototype device under a secret government project where they are testing the technology for use in future flights to the moon. Believing in Caulder's fake story, the trio tells him their plan and ask for help. The Chief "agrees."
The purpose of the Doom Patrol is to pick up the device and deal with the aliens.
When the team reaches the desired area, the Negative Spirit disables the protective field. Entering, the heroes stumble upon a strange city. The Chief says it's a Moon-City. Here Washington is testing all its automatic devices for the first landing on the moon. There are no people in this territory. However, the Doom Patrol notices an excavator and a security drill moving right at them. The main character breaks the drill with his body, and Farr empties the second transport, but finds nothing there. Using one of the empty houses, an Elasti-Girl digs out a disintegrator. A second later, the team is attacked by the same aliens. They explain that they lied to Niles, since this is not a prototype, but a real weapon that only a human can handle. The Spirit brings Clifford Calder's new weapon and explains how it works. When Cliff shoots a laser beam from him at a rock that stands nearby, the Negative Spirit merges with him. The beam absorbs most of the explosion and transfers it to the red sphere that serves as the cannon's engine. When Steele throws a sphere at opponents, it increases with great speed. When the balloon stops, Rita breaks out of it, and the spies with great difficulty launch an atomic disintegrator. While the Spirit stops the aliens, the Robotman, seeing that the device releases a powerful dose of radiation, decides to stop the process on his own. He manages to prevent the destruction of the Earth, but he loses consciousness, and half of his body melts from radiation.
Waking up at the base in his repaired body, Automaton learns that the others have already sent spies back to space on their own ship. The Chief explains to the Patrol that he cannot tell them his origin, because, in his opinion, it will be better for everyone.
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