Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Vertigo (2000), 192 pages
Description
This new edition of the first collection of Grant Morrison's DOOM PATROL includes the restoration of three story pages omitted from the original printing. Plus, a new cover by Bolland.
User reviews
LibraryThing member atia
This is fucking fantastic. I don't know why it took me so long to get into it - it's my main problem with comic books; it's always really hard to read the first twenty pages or so because you have to get into this completely new world, and I suppose I'm just not used to reading comics, or not
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enough. Anyway, once I got past that, this one grabbed me - *completely*. The characters are great, damaged, just like I like them. I've come to love Grant Morrison a lot in the last eight weeks, and this comic gave me yet another reason. Absolutely wonderful and highly recommend. Show Less
LibraryThing member iamiam
Witty, acerbic, disturbing, fun, surprising, and exciting. All at the same time. Easy to dive into, thankfully, even though this starts at "episode #19", as this is the beginning of Morrison's run with the team. Having had zero understanding of the world of Doom Patrol, it was a breeze to grasp and
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I'm now hooked. Show Less
LibraryThing member eenerd
Classic kind of art but with endearingly damaged characters, lots of clever writing and plenty of action. Very cool old series.
LibraryThing member apokoliptian
Being the start of Grant Morrison's run, Crawling from the Wreckage steered this series from a X-Men rip-off to a proposal that was totally original to its time (and between us, still now).
The story is localized after Invasion (one of the company events of the summer) in which a gene-bomb exploded
While it is a super-hero book, it has dramatic tension, pop culture references, original character developments and the clear use of story arcs which were not seem in other comtemporary books and it was often cited as the template for the Vertigo standard.
Highly recommendable.
The story is localized after Invasion (one of the company events of the summer) in which a gene-bomb exploded
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by aliens released super-powers for some common humans. This was a springboard for DC to create new super-humans and it takes effects on the creation of Crazy Jane, the 1st original character from Morrison for the series (since Rebis is a remodel of Negative Man).While it is a super-hero book, it has dramatic tension, pop culture references, original character developments and the clear use of story arcs which were not seem in other comtemporary books and it was often cited as the template for the Vertigo standard.
Highly recommendable.
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LibraryThing member booklover3258
As a fan of the new show, I wanted to read a graphic novel. This one is definitely not at the beginning. I was not impressed with the comic. Way too much going on in all three stories. And Mr. Nobody who has the best lines shows up at the end? Ugh. I'll stick with the show.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1992-06
Physical description
192 p.; 6.58 inches
ISBN
1563890348 / 9781563890345