From a pitch for Doom Patrol that never got picked up, by Scott Lobdell and Ilias Kyriazis…
The team would deal with secret “end-of-the-world” situations (because “DOOM patrol”). They’d routinely save the Earth but would receive no apperiation nor respect since no one would know about it.
They’d be based in Las Vegas and would be led by Changeling (with the help of Robotman who has been reduced to toy size and is worn around his teammate’s neck).
And put three of them together and you get…