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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9781401212025 ISBN: 1401212026 Label: Vertigo Manufacturer: Vertigo Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: January 31, 2007 Publisher: Vertigo Release Date: January 31, 2007 Studio: Vertigo Editorial Review: Product Description: Originally conceived in the 1960s, a reinvigorated Doom Patrolburst out of the utterly unique imagination of writer Grant Morrison againin the 1990s.Featuring the final fate of the Brotherhood of Dada and the rise of theunstoppable Candlemaker, DOOM PATROL VOL. 5 also includes a delightfultribute to legendary comic-book artist Jack Kirby as well as a new cover bythe incomparable Brian Bolland. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - not bad, but not great - spoilers withinIf you have been following Grant Morrison's run on the Doom Patrol you have certain expectations. This book is good, but not great and feels transitional. Crawling from the Wreckage, The Painting that Ate Paris, and Down Paradise Way are better books. I will say this is a step up from the last collection, Musclebound, as the Pentagon and Flex Mentallo stories are really kind of overrated. On to the Magic Bus... Issues 51 & 52 are dealing with the new Brotherhood of Dada, ... Read More Rating:  - "Make a Wish"Grant Morrison's unstoppable reworking of the Doom Patrol thunders towards its inevitable conclusion in the penultimate book, "Magic Bus" (vol. 5 of 6). Morrison's runs rarely end with anything less than the apocalypse; this one is no exception, and probably the model for some of his other stories. The book starts off with the resolution of the "Brotherhood of Dada" storyline left unfinished at the end of "Musclebound" and then sets about exploring the principal characters. Morrison has left the self ... Read More |
