World Famous Comics: Doom Patrol: Planet Love - Volume 6 (Doom Patrol)
Doom Patrol: Planet Love - Volume 6 (Doom Patrol)
By: Grant Morrison, Richard Case Publisher: Vertigo Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Vertigo Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 224 Publication Date: January 16, 2008 Release Date: January 16, 2008
Product Description: Legendary writer Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN, BATMAN, 52) finishes his fractured remake of this 1960s misfit super-team with this volume of stories from the 1990s. Along the way, the Doom Patrol must face new challenges: Danny the Street meets his cosmic destiny, the bizarre hero known as Rebis battles the Candlemaker, and Crazy Jane attempts to find her place in the world.This volume also includes a story that takes place entirely inside the mind of Cliff Robotman Steele.
Farewell to the Doom Patrol This collection completes Grant Morrison's run on the Doom Patrol in the mid-nineties, and as an ardent fan of the series I admit that Morrison's writing took the team to new heights. The Candlemaker storyline ends satisfyingly in this volume with plenty of action and near apocalyptic escapes thrown in for good measure. The team also deals with the threat of malevolent nano-machines set loose by their erstwhile mentor Niles Caulder. Danny the World (formerly Danny the Street) makes his debut, and Crazy Jane goes for a walk in the 'real world.' All in all, typical Morrison. Metaphysical musings and philosophical twists can be found on almost every page, and the dialogue and captions found throughout the book are nothing short of brilliant. However, the Doom Force special included in this collection was a waste of my time. This is the only reason why I cannot rate this book 5 stars. What was Morrison even thinking, writing swill like that? Seems like it was only included to add weight to a trade that really only contains a single storyline running for five issues. The ending of the Doom Patrol was excellent, but the Doom Force comic ruins it all. Take my advice and don't read it...stick to the DP stories in this trade instead. Overall though, a must-have if you bought the earlier volumes in the series.
The grand finale of Morrison's masterpiece! Up front, I have to confess I'm not a fan of Morrison's recent work with the exception of WE3. Personally, I think he's too weird in books like the Invisibles and the Filth and merely good on X-Men or JLA.
To this day, I still consider his early work like Animal Man and Doom Patrol to be his best works. First of all, his trademark weirdness and inventiveness he's known for was right there from the beginning. However, he also had strong sympathetic characters like Cliff Steele or Crazy Jane to keep the book grounded in reality and give readers something to care about.
Volume 6 wraps up Morrison's final Doom Patrol issues (58-63) and includes his one-shot 1992 parody of the Doom Patrol written in the style of X-Men (ironic since he later wrote the book).
Some of the individual stories fell flat or were just too weird for words, but overall, Morrison's Doom Patrol (19-63) was an epic masterpiece beautifully told and written with great art by Richard Case who's style evolved from just mediocre to great. Also, it had a beautiful and poignant ending. DC should have just let Doom Patrol end with #63 because you just can't improve on genius.
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