[1] Created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Bruno Premiani, the character first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963).

[3] Rita Farr is an Olympic swimming gold medalist turned Hollywood actress[4] who is exposed to unusual volcanic gases while shooting a film in Africa.

[1] Although not physically disfigured, Rita initially has no control over her powers, is considered a freak and a menace, and becomes a recluse, leaving her Hollywood career in ruins.

[1] In the JLA: Year One storyline, Martian Manhunter tells Rita that he was something of a fan of her "chiller pictures" and that he was disappointed that she did not continue making films.

The Patrol members retain no memories of their previous lives until Prime breaks the Phantom Zone barrier during his battle with the Teen Titans.

Rita appears in Infinite Crisis as one of the many heroes defending the city of Metropolis from the army calling themselves the Secret Society of Super Villains.

Following the "One Year Later" storyline, the Doom Patrol changes considerably, losing several members and gaining Beast Boy, Bumblebee and Vox.

The Chief hints that her malleable form hampers her thinking abilities, leading to her lack of personal initiative which makes her dependent on Caulder.

She has the ability to shrink to mere inches (during one adventure, she was exposed to a gas that caused her to reduce to a microscopic scale and enter a sub-atomic universe; that experience has not been repeated).