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dantastic's review against another edition
4.0
The Men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E., a sort of normalcy police, are guided by the most normal man in the world on a quest to destroy Danny the Street, a travelling sentient piece of road who is also a transvestite. Can the Doom Patrol stop them? Where does Flex Mentallo fit into things and where has he been since 1958? And in the second half, Rhea finally wakes from her coma and the Doom Patrol goes to another world to end a war between two alien races. Robotman gets ripped in half and ends up with a spidery lower half. Can the Doom Patrol get the job done and get back home?
In my review for volume two, I said the weirdness knob must have broken off and rolled under the fridge. Well, the broken stem of the knob must still be able to be turned because volume three is even stranger. Rebis has more lines in this one and actually provides a lot of the humor. Robotman continues to feel out of his comfort zone where the weirdness is concerned and provides a little normalcy. Comparatively speaking, of course.
In my review for volume two, I said the weirdness knob must have broken off and rolled under the fridge. Well, the broken stem of the knob must still be able to be turned because volume three is even stranger. Rebis has more lines in this one and actually provides a lot of the humor. Robotman continues to feel out of his comfort zone where the weirdness is concerned and provides a little normalcy. Comparatively speaking, of course.
wesleyboy's review against another edition
4.0
Still love the wackiness of Doom Patrol. This volume gets a bit dense at times, but still a great mind-bending experience.
jasmiinaf's review against another edition
3.0
This volume was the weirdest one so far and maybe too weird for me. I got a bit confused and even a little bored.
matt4hire's review against another edition
4.0
I'm torn on this volume. It's got the introductions of Flex Mentallo, Danny the Street, and the Men from NOWHERE in a fantastic two-parter. It's also got the space story, which is probably my least favorite story in the series. But it's still really good. I dunno. It's good stuff, it's just not as good as normal.
otherwyrld's review against another edition
3.0
Volume 3 of the series starts strongly with the introduction of Danny the Street, a sentient street that can teleport itself into anywhere in the world. The idea of a magical shop (or street in this case) isn't new - TV Tropes calls it The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday) but this story is deftly handled, with the exception of some weird artwork where the artist seems to have forgotten that Robotman has an immovable metal face.
It starts to fall apart almost immediately though, as the Danny the Street story is left hanging in favour of the story of the reawakening of Rhea Jones, who has been in a coma for a while but has now emerged as a mysterious being of undefinable power. This draws the attraction of two warring parties who both want her power for themselves, and this is where it loses me completely, because the whole section is an almost incomprehensible mess. There are some interesting ideas in here, but far too little context for them to be hung onto, so it ends up being just a lot of weird characters in search of a story.
As with other stories in this series, The Doom Patrol often finds itself as bystanders in their own comic, as Rhea stops the war by planting a flower from the Tree of Knowledge from the Garden of Eden, which was stolen by an Angel and taken to another planet.
The story pretty much just stops, with Rhea heading off to the stars and Robotman declaring that it was time that the Doom Patrol goes home, without making it clear just how they were expected to get back, considering they are still on another planet at this point.
So, probably 4 stars for Danny the Street, and 2 for the rest. Hopefully we will get back to more interesting stuff in the next volume, even if we can confidently say it won't be anything like normal (whatever that is).
It starts to fall apart almost immediately though, as the Danny the Street story is left hanging in favour of the story of the reawakening of Rhea Jones, who has been in a coma for a while but has now emerged as a mysterious being of undefinable power. This draws the attraction of two warring parties who both want her power for themselves, and this is where it loses me completely, because the whole section is an almost incomprehensible mess. There are some interesting ideas in here, but far too little context for them to be hung onto, so it ends up being just a lot of weird characters in search of a story.
As with other stories in this series, The Doom Patrol often finds itself as bystanders in their own comic, as Rhea stops the war by planting a flower from the Tree of Knowledge from the Garden of Eden, which was stolen by an Angel and taken to another planet.
The story pretty much just stops, with Rhea heading off to the stars and Robotman declaring that it was time that the Doom Patrol goes home, without making it clear just how they were expected to get back, considering they are still on another planet at this point.
So, probably 4 stars for Danny the Street, and 2 for the rest. Hopefully we will get back to more interesting stuff in the next volume, even if we can confidently say it won't be anything like normal (whatever that is).
renee_pompeii's review against another edition
4.0
Weird and fantastic! The cover art is so utterly gorgeous, it certainly puts the current T+A bozos to shame. (Though the 2005 rerelease cover is, of course, a T+A shot, which is so lame considering all the gorgeous art within. Idiots. Simon Bisley's work is a million times better than that smarm. *sighhhhh*)
slipperbunny's review against another edition
3.0
This volume was the weirdest one so far and maybe too weird for me. I got a bit confused and even a little bored.