Mike on Strike reviewed Doom Patrol Book Three by Grant Morrison
There is a better world
4 stars
This was my first Doom Patrol experience in any medium; I skipped Books 1 & 2 of Morrison's Black Label trades. I just wanted a touch of back story before reading Rachel Pollack's omnibus. I read Morrison's Animal Man run recently and was annoyed by the fourth wall breaking, so I wasn't terribly excited about his DP run which was written around the same time. My expectations were exceeded. While the "surreal" stuff doesn't have the psychological horror edge of Morrison's Invisibles, it allows for more tenderness to develop between team members. Kind of a nice story about a group of friends where bad stuff happens to them. Only element that seemed off jumping into the third book is Cliff feels a little one-dimensional without more backstory. A comparison to Marvel's Thing seems apt. Other characters, especially Danny, Jane, and Rebis, are shown to have a lot of depth. Plenty …
This was my first Doom Patrol experience in any medium; I skipped Books 1 & 2 of Morrison's Black Label trades. I just wanted a touch of back story before reading Rachel Pollack's omnibus. I read Morrison's Animal Man run recently and was annoyed by the fourth wall breaking, so I wasn't terribly excited about his DP run which was written around the same time. My expectations were exceeded. While the "surreal" stuff doesn't have the psychological horror edge of Morrison's Invisibles, it allows for more tenderness to develop between team members. Kind of a nice story about a group of friends where bad stuff happens to them. Only element that seemed off jumping into the third book is Cliff feels a little one-dimensional without more backstory. A comparison to Marvel's Thing seems apt. Other characters, especially Danny, Jane, and Rebis, are shown to have a lot of depth. Plenty of action and suspense. Fun read!
