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annie1507's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
icarys's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
the_graylien's review
5.0
A great finish to what became a great run on Doom Patrol for Grant Morrison.
The very last issue of Morrison's run (#63, featured in this volume) may be one of the greatest single issues of a comic book I've ever read... Even if you have to read his whole run on the series to enjoy it.
A fantastic volume. 'Nuff said.
The very last issue of Morrison's run (#63, featured in this volume) may be one of the greatest single issues of a comic book I've ever read... Even if you have to read his whole run on the series to enjoy it.
A fantastic volume. 'Nuff said.
ipacho's review
5.0
As Rachel Pollack said in the end of the series, Grant Morrison taught us the way in which superhero comics could become surreal art. How a bunch of superpowered freaks could become beacons and guides through visual and narrative poetry. The final issues of Morrison's DP run are the finest example of the Hero's Journey done right, creatively done, full of symbolism, tragedy, and hope. I recommend this as one of the best comics ever done.
josephfinn's review
4.0
Almost nails the landing, but then there's a final issue parodying Rob Liefeld that doesn't quite work.
lordofthemoon's review
4.0
I wondered at the end of the last volume just how [a:Grant Morrison|12732|Grant Morrison|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1311378308p2/12732.jpg] was going to get himself out of this one and at the end of his final volume, I'm full of admiration for the man as he not only did extract himself cleanly from the cliffhanger at the end of the previous volume, but continued to create a marvellous finale to the story and end it in a satisfyingly Morrison-esque manner.
Restored from backup disk by Willoughby Kipling, Cliff, Dorothy and Kipling race to try and destroy the Candlemaker before he destroys the world, reuniting with Jane and Rebis in the process.
It's the end of the main storyline that packs the most punch, with Cliff having to go back into the data matrix to disable the nanobots that threaten the world. We are never entirely sure what happens after that. Do the team emerge intact? Is Danny the Street still with them? Or are they all just manifestations of Cliff trapped in the matrix? I know which I'd prefer to believe, but Morrison deliberately leaves it open.
A great end to Morrison's run on the World's Strangest Heroes.
Restored from backup disk by Willoughby Kipling, Cliff, Dorothy and Kipling race to try and destroy the Candlemaker before he destroys the world, reuniting with Jane and Rebis in the process.
It's the end of the main storyline that packs the most punch, with Cliff having to go back into the data matrix to disable the nanobots that threaten the world. We are never entirely sure what happens after that. Do the team emerge intact? Is Danny the Street still with them? Or are they all just manifestations of Cliff trapped in the matrix? I know which I'd prefer to believe, but Morrison deliberately leaves it open.
A great end to Morrison's run on the World's Strangest Heroes.
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