The Doom Patrol Omnibus

I'm a big fan of the tv series so decided to buy this omnibus by Grant Morrison. I've read about 100 pages so far but I have really enjoyed what I have read. The images are so bright and colourful. The Doom Patrol series is a bit weird but that's what I love about it. If you like the series, or like graphic novels in general, I would recommend this.

Absolutely brilliant! Perfect, Grant Morrison classic! If you are watching the TV series you NEED this.

One of my favourite writers. This plunges you head long into the strange and can be difficult, but worth it.

PERFECT

all perfect.

In the mid 1980s came the renaissance of the superhero comic, heralded by 'The Dark knight Returns' and 'Watchmen'. The dominance of Claremont's X-Men was waning (it had passed its peak) and the shackles of the silver age finally fell away. Traditional superhero comics were now at their best since the 1960s after a long period of stagnation that had lasted for a decade or so.But there was something better to come that followed the titles I mention above, something better even than 'The Killing Joke', 'The Saga of the Swamp Thing' and Grant Morrison's own 'Arkham Asylum' and the magnificent 'Animal Man'.That something was the rebirth of The Doom Patrol, a cult team from 1960s DC. Yet somehow, this astonishing series has never become as well-known as the titles I mention above. I think it's because The Doom Patrol were never anywhere near as famous and familiar as Batman - I'd read DC comics in the late sixties (Metal Men and World's Finest, mostly), but I'd never heard of them until the end of the 80s.The Doom Patrol was created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani for DC, shortly before Marvel launched X-Men. Many critics have pointed out the similarities between the original Doom Patrol and X-Men concepts (Feared, hated outsiders led by wheelchair-bound genius, both teams facing 'brotherhoods' of villains even weirder than they were), not to mention the influence of the Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four upon Doom Patrol, who bickered amongst themselves just as the early FF did (yes, kids, 'dark, edgy, attitudinal' weren't new in the 80s - if you've never read early Golden Age submariner or the initial silver age Spidey and FF, or O'Neill and Adams' late sixties Batman or Green Arrow/Green Lantern, do so, then you'll see where all the angst of Frank Miller and 'Watchmen' came from...)The truth is, if you haven't read Morrison's Doom Patrol, but consider yourself au fait with the historic comics renaissance of the mid 1980s, you need to think again and get with the programme and read this arc. Morrison has done some good things since, but NEVER topped this...To give you a flavour of what these stories are like, the following is my review of the initial mini-arc of Grant Morrison's sublime run on Doom Patrol ('Crawling from the Wreckage', originally collected as a graphic novel in the early 1990s), from my book '100 Must Read Books For Men' ( Bloomsbury/A & C Black, 2008).Here goes:'After its youngest members are killed, superhero outfit The Doom Patrol is disintegrating. One of the surviving veterans of the group is Cliff Steel, a former racing driver whose body was destroyed in a circuit crash, his brain transplanted into a mechanical physique. Tortured by phantom body syndrome, Cliff is on the brink of mental breakdown when he is introduced to Crazy Jane, a young woman so abused by her stepfather that her mind has shattered into sixty-four separate personalities, each possessing its own meta-human power. Meanwhile, Cliff's recuperating team-mate Larry (an ex-test pilot possessed by a mysterious negative energy being) absorbs a black female doctor, transforming into a hermaphroditic entity called Rebis.Enter Niles Caulder, `The Chief', paraplegic and scientific genius, long believed dead, the founding mastermind of the original Doom Patrol. Caulder beseeches the trio to resurrect the team from the ashes, to show the world that the different and the disabled can rise above their handicaps to tackle crisis that ordinary heroes are unqualified to handle. When bizarre faceless beings with gigantic scissors for hands appear from nowhere, speaking in anagrams and massacring innocents at random, Cliff's instincts kick in and he leads his dysfunctional comrades into a surreal conflict that will see the unsettling, flaky personas of Crazy Jane and Rebis mesh with the cold brilliance of The Chief to confront the ultimate philosophical question: why is there something instead of nothing?Over forty-five issues of the second run of Doom Patrol (issues 19-63 inclusive), Grant Morrison proved he was the best writer to tackle superheroes since Stan Lee. Crawling From The Wreckage collects the first six issues of this groundbreaking story arc, re-presenting the stunning opening gambit of the most intellectually satisfying comics ever published. Morrison's breathtaking command of plot, character and ideas is perfectly augmented by the incisive pencilling of artist Richard Case. Defying easy analysis, Doom Patrol is rarely mentioned in the popular press alongside better -known graphic novels because it represents the dizzying extremes of the form. Despite its avant-garde appeal, Morrison's Doom Patrol is nonetheless accessible to everyman due to the humbling stoicism and deadpan humour of Cliff Steel, a truly courageous out-of-his depth regular guy with a big problems and a bigger heart. '...and believe me, that's just the beginning. If you love superheroes, but have started to find them tiresome and lacking in freshness, try The Doom Patrol. Even now, some 25 years after this arc started and two decades after its apocalyptic ending, it is still streets ahead of the rest. It also contains the finest, most shocking bit of retconning I've EVER come across (even better than the revelation of Magneto's background in a concentration camp) and the arc here is complete in itself. Additionally, it renders any later attempts to resurrect The Doom Patrol as totally futile, 'finishing' the team forever in a real, artistic sense. It I and weird, original, funny, moving, articulate and most of all, finds Morrison at a stage when his ability to structure stories in a classical sense is perfectly balanced with his freewheeling imagination and stunning ideas. All too often after this, Granty's high-concept ideas often became too nebulous without strong narrative structures to ground them (infodump is sometimes necessary, but no doubt it might have spoiled the tone of titles like 'the Invisibles'), but here, all is measured and weighted and nothing topples over. If you've only ever read Granty's X-Men, Batman or 'Arkham Asylum', you really need to get this, as you are SERIOUSLY MISSING OUT. The Doom Patrol were a team for true outsiders, but this doesn't mean they should be excluded from mass discovery -in fact, they are more relevant now than ever.The Morrison/Case run reprinted in this omnibus would be enjoyed by serious fans of both X-Men and FF in their classic silver age incarnations and (I can't emphasise this enough) anyone who loves those sophisticated comics of the 1980s such as 'Watchmen', 'Dark Knight Returns', Moore's 'Swamp Thing' and the best of the last ten years - except that this omnibus, a stunningly brilliant mega-arc, is better than all of these. The Omnibus contains every single issue of Morrison's Patrol, from #19-#63, plus X-Force/FF parody Doom Force#1. It has to be said though, that as lovely as this omnibus is, it weighs a ton and is a tad uneweildy - I can manage to read almost any kind of book comfortably, as I've worked in the trade for over 30 years, but the omnibus is for fans, while newbies might want to read the trades first for ease of handling.Superhero comics never before reached this level of grandeur and probably never will again. The high point of Morrison's career. I salute you, GM, as Doom Patrol has given me as much pleasure as the best work of Stan Lee, Kirby, Ditko, Moore, Steranko, Adams, O'Neil and Starlin. You are a giant, and The Doom Patrol make other superheroes look like guys who are just stating the obvious....

very good but some gutter loss due to the size

Good

This might be the greatest comic book run of all time, all collected here in one thick volume. Grant Morrison and Richard Case are firing on all cylinders here with each page bursting with imagination and heart. There is nothing else quite like this in big two comics or independent comics, it's a towering achievement that should be read by all serious comics fans. Jump in and get ready for an unforgettable ride of surrealism, brilliant character work, and big ideas.

Ésta Doom Patrol es una de las obras que de no ser escritas por un visionario como Grant Morrison muy probablemente hubiese sido un fracaso rotundo, en esta obra Grant hace uso de movimientos artísticos, psicología, magia y MUCHA excentricidad, no es un libro para todos, pero si abres tu mente a la impertinencia, a lo rebuscado, realmente te gustará.

As always, these beastly beauties of binded bliss are as big and heavy as amazing. You get a lot of pages nicely done for your money, even more so if you get them for cheap in one of their frequent drops. Grant Morrison's entire run in a Bookzilla is what I call light reading. 🫡

Have many of the individual issues of the comic that make up this great omnibus written by Grant Morrison. Very weird story all round and amazingly written and tied together as a single entity and not just some rambling stories that may or may not interconnect with one another. Going to leave it sealed for the time being since I have the majority of the single issues that comprise the omnibus. If you are a fan of Grant Morrison, odd and way out there story telling and the modern Doom Patrol I would definitely recommend this. Was great and got it on sale as well, and it looks like it has dropped about another $2 from what I paid.

Prachtig boek.Waardeloos verpakt en geschonden gekregen.