![]() The Doom Patrol would have showed the world that even the ones seen by “normal” people as freaks and monsters could be heroes, and would have allowed the advancement of the entire humankind just with their living example. This time, Chief had come not only to save him (again), but to offer him a place within his new team, that he called the Doom Patrol: apart from the Negative Man, it would have included himself, a former racer now cyborg and an ex actress now giantess, Robotman and Elasti-Girl respectively. This time, the Negative Man wouldn’t have been able to defeat Death alone, but he was saved by The Chief, the same man who had given him his bandages. Death, who managed to lock him into a lead-lined room and to force him to use the Negative Man to lead some politicians insane, aiming to world anarchy. Trainor managed to stop him a first time, but as he was exploring a dangerous volcanic island for the Air Force he was trapped by Dr. Death, who wanted to use his new powers to unbalance the Western world. Unemployed and alone, Larry accepted the offer… only to discover that Drew was a maniac known as Dr. Larry knew that the government was keeping an eye on him, but he was pleasantly surprised when he was contacted by some Dr. As the Negative Man, Larry was able to abandon his body and travel even through solid matter, but for not more than one minute per time, otherwise his body grew too weak and risked to die. He started leaving in a rooming house, isolating himself from everyone… and making experiments with the weird energy being he was able to control and to summon at will, that he started calling the Negative Man. Larry Trainor realized that society wasn’t ready nor willing to treat him normally despite his grotesque appearance, and he became an outcast, regarded by everyone as a freak. The military hospital kept him in a lead-lined room in complete isolation, until a man in a wheelchair who presented himself only as The Chief came with the solution: he had devised special bandages made of a material that could block the radiations, thus allowing Larry to come back to a regular social life… if a man who now looked like a living mummy could have one, of course. Once there, the doctors found him horribly disfigured from the incident, deformed and with a glowing skin: he was also radioactive, and couldn’t stay close to other people without poisoning them. As the energy being, Larry managed to guide his colleague to a safe landing, and then came back to his body, letting the other bring him to a hospital. ![]() From his cockpit, he saw a search plane looking for him, but apparently the pilot had some difficulty in landing: he thought for a moment to help him, and suddenly his mind was inside a negatively charged energy being, separated from his now unconscious body. The X-19 stayed in the stratosphere for hours, until Earth‘s gravity inevitably pulled it back to the ground: unconscious, Trainor came back to his senses just in time to prevent the jet from crashing, and operated a miracle emergency landing. The flight went perfectly, and the jet successfully broke the atmosphere… but then the commands were stuck, and Larry couldn’t do anything but watch helplessly as the jet brought him much higher than it was supposed to, crossing a field of deadly radiations. ![]() Thanks to his many successes and to his recognized talent, Larry was the pilot selected to test the X-19, an experimental suborbital jet. Unlike many other children dreaming of airplanes, Larry managed to realize his dream, and he joined the US Air Force as a test pilot, distinguishing himself for being quite a natural even with experimental jets, and becoming friends with other aces like Hal Jordan. Lawrence Trainor was born in Midway City, and since he was a kid he wanted to become a pilot. In the spin-off he’ll be portrayed by Matthew Zuk, while Matt Bomer will voice him and portray Trainor before the accident… the one we’re going to see together right here. Better known as the Negative Man, Larry is one of the founding members of the team, and even if we don’t get even the slightest glimpse of his powers, they’re definitely trippy. ![]() Back to Titans, we find another one who’ll be among the main characters of the spin-off Doom Patrol, the weird guy looking like the Invisible Man that Rachel spots as he’s cooking for all the family: Larry Trainor, portrayed by Dwain Murphy.
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