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A review by the_graylien
Doom Patrol, Vol. 1: Crawling from the Wreckage by Grant Morrison
3.0
So, this was my first time reading any sort of Doom Patrol, but more importantly the first volume of GRANT MORRISON'S Doom Patrol.
Like in Animal Man, Morrison returns to the ineffectual superhero theme here in Doom Patrol. These heroes are scarred, dysfunctional, and one might even say a couple are handicapped. Among them are a fellow whose brain has been saved from a racing accident and thrown into a glorified tin can, a girl with 64 personalities, and a hermaphroditic entity with its whole body wrapped in bandages.
These aren't your normal superheroes. Could Morrison be using the broken superhero as a sort of paradox? Certainly, in this volume, the more dominant of his favorite themes is perception vs. reality. Could the characters themselves be the glaring example of this? (After all, one character does say, "We never see the things that are right under our noses, do we?")
There is also a flavor of revision about this whole volume. This volume was Morrison's first couple of stories on the book and the theme of revision (which he's actively doing as the writer) even makes its way into the story. We get the feel that he's warming up for something great (perhaps as he did on Animal Man).
All-in-all, I'd call this one a nice, solid superhero book. It's just about the weirdest superheroes you may have ever seen. And though this volume won't be something I'll easily forget, it won't be etched upon my life and my brain like other Morrison masterpieces such as "The Invisibles" or "Arkham Asylum".
Like in Animal Man, Morrison returns to the ineffectual superhero theme here in Doom Patrol. These heroes are scarred, dysfunctional, and one might even say a couple are handicapped. Among them are a fellow whose brain has been saved from a racing accident and thrown into a glorified tin can, a girl with 64 personalities, and a hermaphroditic entity with its whole body wrapped in bandages.
These aren't your normal superheroes. Could Morrison be using the broken superhero as a sort of paradox? Certainly, in this volume, the more dominant of his favorite themes is perception vs. reality. Could the characters themselves be the glaring example of this? (After all, one character does say, "We never see the things that are right under our noses, do we?")
There is also a flavor of revision about this whole volume. This volume was Morrison's first couple of stories on the book and the theme of revision (which he's actively doing as the writer) even makes its way into the story. We get the feel that he's warming up for something great (perhaps as he did on Animal Man).
All-in-all, I'd call this one a nice, solid superhero book. It's just about the weirdest superheroes you may have ever seen. And though this volume won't be something I'll easily forget, it won't be etched upon my life and my brain like other Morrison masterpieces such as "The Invisibles" or "Arkham Asylum".