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ipacho's review
5.0
Flex Mentallo, man of muscle mistery! What a character! Only Morrison could pull this out so elegantly... And the TRUE Men of NOWHERE and the secret inside the Pentagon... A perfect mix of superhero, occult and the surreal.
ederwin's review against another edition
4.0
The review is for the full run of Doom Patrol issues written by Rachel Pollack. They were not as popular as the ones by Grant Morrison, and I believe they have never been re-published in a collected edition. But they are available as single issues on comixology which I where I read them.
It's all pretty odd, but Doom Patrol always was odd. I don't see a huge difference between what Pollack did and what Morrison did. Yet, Pollack did add some things that are uncommon in DC comics, and perhaps she was the first to address them. Things like trans identity and plot points revolving around menstruation. She added new characters, like Coagula whose super-power is, you guessed it, coagulation. And mummy-like people (ghosts?) who can do amazing things with their bandages. And Codpiece, whose super-weapon is a big robot penis.
Also one major character pulls his own head off with his bear hands. The head continues to live, at first in a cat litter box filled with ice, but later is attached at the groin to a female body. Yep. A woman with a man's head where her va-jay-jay should be. Why did they kill this series? I just don't understand!
In issue 75, the art style switched drastically when Ted McKeever took over drawing. I like his style, but it is hugely different from what came before. Much more cartoony.
Recommended for weirdos!
It's all pretty odd, but Doom Patrol always was odd. I don't see a huge difference between what Pollack did and what Morrison did. Yet, Pollack did add some things that are uncommon in DC comics, and perhaps she was the first to address them. Things like trans identity and plot points revolving around menstruation. She added new characters, like Coagula whose super-power is, you guessed it, coagulation. And mummy-like people (ghosts?) who can do amazing things with their bandages. And Codpiece, whose super-weapon is a big robot penis.
Also one major character pulls his own head off with his bear hands. The head continues to live, at first in a cat litter box filled with ice, but later is attached at the groin to a female body. Yep. A woman with a man's head where her va-jay-jay should be. Why did they kill this series? I just don't understand!
In issue 75, the art style switched drastically when Ted McKeever took over drawing. I like his style, but it is hugely different from what came before. Much more cartoony.
Recommended for weirdos!
matthewssmith's review
5.0
Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol is not for everybody. Don't read it if you need a story that makes sense or satisfying endings. Do read it if you want to open up your mind and cackle with delight with panel after panel of sheer insanity. I love these books and look forward to devouring the three I haven't read yet.
lordofthemoon's review
4.0
I'm really not sure where to even begin with this. Volume 4 of Morrison's run on Doom Patrol takes us through the secret origin of a muscle-bound superhero from previous volumes, the appearance of someone who may or may not be Satan, the reappearance of a new new Brotherhood of Dada and, possibly best of all, a lone vigilante who is the best at what he does. And what he does is hunt beards.
Bizarre, funny, sometimes feeling a little like it's being weird for its own sake, like other stories in this series, this volume does, however, still very much entertain.
Bizarre, funny, sometimes feeling a little like it's being weird for its own sake, like other stories in this series, this volume does, however, still very much entertain.
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