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I get the hype about Grant Morrison now. All Star Superman didn’t end up being my personal cup of tea, but I’m so glad I just gave Doom Patrol a shot. This volume managed to not only introduce the team in a memorable way but also set up some fascinating conflicts along the way.

quinnathan93's review

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adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

beau7266's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

dpozso04's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

barrybj's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bananab23's review

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

woodenpersonality's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

projectmayhem7's review

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5.0

This one is hard to explain. I'm not entirely sure why I loved this so much, but I know it's now my favorite superhero genre comic. So weird, so good. I wouldn't even consider myself a fan of the typical superhero comics, outside of X-Men, Weapon X, and Old Man Logan, but this one is special. I always enjoy a comic that's just bonkers out-there weird. There's a subtle comedic mood behind it all that I particularly enjoyed. The writing and art are both insane in the best way possible.

There's this fabulous mummy-looking man/woman:

Crazy, crazy Jane:

These guys who speak in their own awesome gibberish language:

(Totally ridiculous bad guys that I couldn't get enough of).

Our main metal man robot dude Cliff who has some phantom genital issues:

Josh, who so did not sign up for this, poor guy:

This Professor X-like superhero team recruiter guy:

This kooky villain (with an awesome art panel):

These...people...things:

A crazy segment about a priest looking for god in some trash at the dump before it starts raining fish...and a fridge?:

Then there's just plain awesome art like this:

The colors! The colors throughout are delicious and mesh so well with the over saturated vibe of this comic.

And awesome, simple issue intro pages like this:

Creepy/funny/weird/random panels like this:

And the whole story is basically a crazy reality mindf*@# that, to avoid a spoiler, I won't go into other than this photo:

It's pretty great.

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