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A review by seawarrior
Doom Patrol, Vol. 1: Crawling from the Wreckage by Grant Morrison
3.0
This is definitely different from any other superhero comic I've read so far, but I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable the issues were to read, since I was originally worried they might be cynical yet hollow.
Instead the plots and antagonists are more absurd and claim to reject meaning, though some can still be found. I really liked most of the characters, including the villains, and hope some of them are given more time in the spotlight going forward.
Many of the protagonists are people who are seen as abnormal and strange in the contextual society of the comic and would most likely be treated the same way in the society of our reality, but their conditions are not seen as a wholly debilitating tragedy. Although the main heroes start off in a psychiatric hospital they prove themselves to be capable of saving the world right off the bat, and often times empower themselves.
Morrison clearly did a decent job of researching dissociative identity disorder before writing Crazy Jane, and while I myself am not really knowledgeable enough to bring light to details of her characterization that are inaccurate, the trauma that led to the formation of her system was explained in a way that was not explicitly exploitative and even the difference between her apparently normal and emotional parts was mentioned. I also liked that her disorder was not seen as just a side-effect of her superpowers, and instead many of the already formed alters had their own unique powers.
Overall these issues were entertaining and intriguing, and while I was planning to only read this first volume and skip straight to the most recent series, I'm now interested in continuing more of the run.
Instead the plots and antagonists are more absurd and claim to reject meaning, though some can still be found. I really liked most of the characters, including the villains, and hope some of them are given more time in the spotlight going forward.
Many of the protagonists are people who are seen as abnormal and strange in the contextual society of the comic and would most likely be treated the same way in the society of our reality, but their conditions are not seen as a wholly debilitating tragedy. Although the main heroes start off in a psychiatric hospital they prove themselves to be capable of saving the world right off the bat, and often times empower themselves.
Morrison clearly did a decent job of researching dissociative identity disorder before writing Crazy Jane, and while I myself am not really knowledgeable enough to bring light to details of her characterization that are inaccurate, the trauma that led to the formation of her system was explained in a way that was not explicitly exploitative and even the difference between her apparently normal and emotional parts was mentioned. I also liked that her disorder was not seen as just a side-effect of her superpowers, and instead many of the already formed alters had their own unique powers.
Overall these issues were entertaining and intriguing, and while I was planning to only read this first volume and skip straight to the most recent series, I'm now interested in continuing more of the run.