- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Vertigo; 1 edition (Aug 30 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1401209998
- ISBN-13: 978-1401209995
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 1.4 x 25.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #395,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 10 Up—Morrison is one of the more innovative writers in superhero comics, mixing layers of character and complex concepts with the straight-ahead action for which the genre is known. He assumed the writing for Patrol in the early 1990s, keeping classic characters like Robotman, but quickly making the title his own by adding bizarre figures. Among the latter are a sentient city street and a woman with 64 distinct personalities, each with a unique set of superpowers. Musclebound spans issues 42–50 of the original serial and starts when Flex Mentallo, a superstrong hero inspired by Charles Atlas, seeks out the help of the Doom Patrol to battle a dark cabal, known as the Men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E., hiding under the Pentagon. Later stories include a being that threatens to destroy a small town by bringing its inhabitants' sexual fantasies to life and a team of supervillains called the New New New Brotherhood of Dada, a nonsensical group that fights to rid the world of every piece of logic and rationality. Despite a different artist for each issue, the illustrations have a consistently realistic but sketchy style that gets cartoony when the plot calls for it. Doom Patrol is for older YAs looking for something a little bit different. Part satire and part reinvention of comics, this collection delivers tales that, despite being over a decade old, are still fresh and daring.—Matthew L. Moffett, Pohick Regional Library, Burke, VA
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Fans of Morrison's adventurous approach to superheroes in recent DC titles should see his earlier outre treatment of Doom Patrol. He recast a 1960s team of outcast heroes (DC's answer to Marvel's X-Men) as a volatile group of aberrant adventurers. One suffers from -multiple-personality disorder (64 distinct personas, no less, each with its own superpower); other members include an ape-faced adolescent girl who brings imaginary beings to life and a bandaged, radioactive hermaphrodite who contains a being made of negative energy. The sequences gathered here introduce Flex Mentallo, a Charles Atlas-derived bodybuilder whose muscle training imparted strange mental powers. He alerts the Doom Patrol to a menace lurking underneath the Pentagon, where the Men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E. have based an effort to eliminate all eccentricities and irrationality. Later, the team visits once-quiet Happy Harbor, which has been overwhelmed by a dream transplant that unchains the townspeople's libidos. Mainstream comics have seen their share of experiments in the 15 years since these yarns emerged, but they remain freshly bizarre and impressively audacious. Gordon Flagg
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Grant Morrison's Masterpiece., Sep 19 2006
By Marc Dalesandro - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Doom Patrol: Musclebound - VOL 04 (Paperback)
Here it is, the high-water mark of Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol run. The behind-the-scenes teasers in earlier issues have stoked the reader's anticipation and teased him/her with their tantalizing glimpses of the creatures inside and under the Pentagon. Now the Doom Patrol must confront the government conspiracy, team with Flex Mentallo to rescue his creator, Wallace Sage, and stop the mysterious evil being at the heart of the White Abyss, buried deep inside the Ant Farm, the horrible "City Where No One Goes".Prepare your mind, because this is where Grant really lets loose his awesome imagination. Breaking comic book conventions as easily as Cliff Steele breaks heads, Morrison thrusts the reader into climax after climax, until all secrets are laid bare in one last fateful encounter. And, after the final battle is over and the final page turned, you'll rush back here to check if volume 5 has been released yet!
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Doom Patrol begins it's final swing, Sep 6 2008
By P. Conrad - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Doom Patrol: Musclebound - VOL 04 (Paperback)
This volume contains what is some of the worst art I have ever seen in a trade paperback. The second issue in particular really stands out as some slapped together work. Good thing for the Doom Patrol that Grant Morrison is one of the greatest minds in comics today. Despite the poor art, this title still rocks. If you aren't familiar with Doom Patrol and refuse to pick up vol 1, this is the next best place to start. It begins the final swing for Morrison's great run on Doom Patrol. A must have for Morrison fans.
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Doom Patrol, Book 4 (Paperback) by Grant Morrison, Mar 30 2009
By Richard L. Anderson "SURR" - Published on Amazon.com
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Fast, hassle free puchase of a classic collection. THANK YOU.-Richard
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