(Doom Patrol V #2) - Veronica Cale became president of the newly sovereign nation of Oolong Island. She was instrumental in forming the Doom Patrol, who acted as Oolong's secret service, but she worried that their manipulative leader Chief had goals that did not coincide with hers.

 (Doom Patrol V #10) - Veronica Cale was furious with the damage done to Oolong during the Blackest Night, and had a meeting with the Chief. He conceded that she was the one with the advantage, and acquiesced to having his current projects overseen, his future projects approved, and sharing any intel that could negatively impact Oolong.

(Doom Patrol V #11) - Thayer Jost, in the thrall of Mr. Somebody, announced a press conference to debut his super team the Front men. His true goal was to destroy the DP, so he painted them as villains, and cast Oolong as a haven for malcontent met humans. Veronica Cale was furious, especially since she’s allowed Jost to launder money through Oolong to founf the Front Men. He told her it was simply business, and asked that she deport the DP as a show of good faith.

(Doom Patrol V #12) - Mr. Somebody’s Front Men goaded the Doom patrol into fighting in Sacramento, California. Cale called up the Chief, and was furious at the collateral damage and associated bad press for Oolong, but Chief assured her it wasn’t part of one of his schemes.

(Doom Patrol V #14, 15) - Veronica was angered when Chief drained all of Oolong’s power supply for an experiment that gave him Kryptonian powers. Chief went mad, disarming all of the world’s nations and threatening the U.N. Over the DP’s objections Veronica Cale nationalized them and set out after Chief, using contingency plans for dealing with Superman. The DP were taken apart until Millicent, Chief’s computer on Oolong, took control of Robotman and had him goad Chief, mocking his notion that he was the DP’s father when he was abusive and manipulative. She sent out rapid light pulse subliminals from Cliff’s eyes, shutting down Chief’s brain. Millicent said Chief had given her failsafes, and when he gave himself Kryptonian powers his mind had been altered by the Kryptonian template he used, driving him mad. Cale had Chief locked away on Oolong by the Science Squad.

(Doom Patrol V #16) - IQ curried favor with President Veronica Cale by informing her that the newly leaderless Doom patrol left Oolong Island without her permission, and were creating a PR nightmare by battling evil alternate timeline versions of themselves in Delta City. When the DP returned to Oolong Cale had words with them about their level of freedom on Oolong.

(Doom Patrol V #17, 18) - President Cale reminded the Doom Patrol that they were nationalized, and that they’d act in the best interests of Oolong or be deported. Cliff bristled at their situation, but Rita was feeling too self-conscious to care, and Larry was too spaced out to understand. They accompanied Cale on a diplomatic meeting to North Korea, whose interests were important in keeping Oolong sovereign. The DP were greeted at the party by General Immortus, who warned them that Cale was targeted for death. He still wanted the DP and all their allies to die at his hands. Cale was kidnapped by a family of sociopath immortals named the Aristocrats, whom Cale had previously contracted for work. Duke Byron Boswick explained that the leader of North Korea was his client, and he saw Oolong as a threat to him. The Doom Patrol managed to free Cale, and were forced to flee Korea in a helicopter.

(Doom Patrol V #19) - The criminal organization C.R.U.S.H. hired the Secret Six to defeat the DP and overthrow Oolong so they could use it as their new hq. Veronica Cale had the Science Squad lock onto C.R.U.S.H.’s cloaked helicopter and aimed missles at it, convincing them Oolong wasn’t worth their lives. C.R.U.S.H. retreated, but the incident resulted in Oolong’s dormant volcano igniting and destroying a portion of the island. Cale blamed the DP and decided to deport them. She negotiated with Mr. Somebody to make the Front Men the new protectors of Oolong, and flew them into her country to kick the DP out.

(Doom Patrol V #20, 22) - The Doom Patrol were kicked off Oolong, and with the M.S.E. and Front Men fully embedded Jost made his play, revealing to President Cale that he wanted her nation for his own. Mr. Somebody emerged from Jost, whom he was using as a puppet, and attacked Cale, possessing her body. Cale tried to fight Somebody, but he kept her submissive and made Oolong part of his corporation. The Doom Patrol stormed Oolong and fought off the Front Men and Mr. Somebody, who was made to leave Cale’s body. Cale repatriated the DP as thanks, and revealed that Somebody took the Chief with him before he left.

Comments: Created by Greg Rucka & Drew Johnson.

Veronica Cale had a cameo in Doom Patrol V #6.

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