First of all . . oh my god! Two of my favorite teams in the same book. It's a dream come true. Yes it's the Doom Patrol's new book, but . . the back-up story is about the Metal Men. Fan-frikkin-tastic! For that . . I'm even willing to happily pay $3.99. Well . . maybe not happily. But you know what I mean. You can't see it on this picture, but on the cover there's even the checkerboard design on top that was often seen on the original series, back in the 60's, and on
My Greatest Adventures. I think it was a great nod of the hat to the original. By the way, the cover that this art is super-imposed over is actually Doom Patrol #109 from 1966. Well . . the actual cover is. The one pictured on the right is Doom Patrol #121, 1968. But, enough of the past. This series is being done by Keith Giffen and Matthew Clark. As with most Doom Patrol books, this one just jumps right into the action. They're staying with the Oolong Island theme here. That's where the team is operating out of, and where Niles is currently residing. Nudge and Grunt are still with the team, and there's also a new handler/pilot/mission support with Deborah Marlow, Dusty. We start out with the team in Buena Suerte trying to stop a mad-scientist, Dr Amanda Beckett from creating some kind of monsters. They cripple her operation, but . . I don't think we've seen the last of her. And, of course, it's a suicide mission because the army shows up just as they're getting ready to take off. Nudge is taken down in a hail of bullets, and Grunt runs off into the woods with her body. Those 2 didn't last long. When the team returns to the island, we also see that Niles has brought in a priest/therapist to help the team with these rather common losses. His name is father Rocky Davis. It seems like a nice added twist to the story. We also see that Karen Duncan, Bumblebee is still around and rooming with Rita. The story ends with Niles finding out that the super-collider has been brought on line, and as expected, a singularity has been created . . a black-hole. The problem, as relayed to Niles by Dr Ackerman is
, this singularity seems to have sentience. "It . . it wants to negotiate terms." Well . . there's nothing like jumping right into the frying pan. This was a pretty fast-paced, hectic story . . with a lot to absorb, but . . I'm so glad they're back with their own title again. I can't wait to read this crazy stuff month after month. The Metal Men story, also by Keith with JM DeMatteis was kind of the opposite. It was a much more relaxed, laid-back story. Sure the team is in Brazil fighting some giant Incan stone statue of one of their gods, but . . they did take the Ruby of Redemption off of the pedestal that the statue was guarding. "Haven't you ever see those movies about the guy with the whip and the funny hat? The point is . . you're never ever supposed to take the ancient artifact off the pedestal! If you do, you end up being chased by giant boulders . . or ancient stone gods with moronic names!" And, they're only doing it because Will is getting some money from the museum in Sao Paulo to do so. Anyways, the real point of the story is all the hilarious interaction between this crazy characters, and . . Will's neighbors have decided that they don't like him living in their neighborhood with his 'monsters'. Keith can bring out all of his crazy demented humor with this cast. Oh, and by the way, Kevin Maguire does the pencils. I thought it was a great book. I can't wait for more!
First of all . . oh my god! Two of my favorite teams in the same book. It's a dream come true. Yes it's the Doom Patrol's new book, but . . the back-up story is about the Metal Men. Fan-frikkin-tastic! For that . . I'm even willing to happily pay $3.99. Well . . maybe not happily. But you know what I mean. You can't see it on this picture, but on the cover there's even the checkerboard design on top that was often seen on the original series, back in the 60's, and on My Greatest Adventures. I think it was a great nod of the hat to the original. By the way, the cover that this art is super-imposed over is actually Doom Patrol #109 from 1966. Well . . the actual cover is. The one pictured on the right is Doom Patrol #121, 1968. But, enough of the past. This series is being done by Keith Giffen and Matthew Clark. As with most Doom Patrol books, this one just jumps right into the action. They're staying with the Oolong Island theme here. That's where the team is operating out of, and where Niles is currently residing. Nudge and Grunt are still with the team, and there's also a new handler/pilot/mission support with Deborah Marlow, Dusty. We start out with the team in Buena Suerte trying to stop a mad-scientist, Dr Amanda Beckett from creating some kind of monsters. They cripple her operation, but . . I don't think we've seen the last of her. And, of course, it's a suicide mission because the army shows up just as they're getting ready to take off. Nudge is taken down in a hail of bullets, and Grunt runs off into the woods with her body. Those 2 didn't last long. When the team returns to the island, we also see that Niles has brought in a priest/therapist to help the team with these rather common losses. His name is father Rocky Davis. It seems like a nice added twist to the story. We also see that Karen Duncan, Bumblebee is still around and rooming with Rita. The story ends with Niles finding out that the super-collider has been brought on line, and as expected, a singularity has been created . . a black-hole. The problem, as relayed to Niles by Dr Ackerman is
, this singularity seems to have sentience. "It . . it wants to negotiate terms." Well . . there's nothing like jumping right into the frying pan. This was a pretty fast-paced, hectic story . . with a lot to absorb, but . . I'm so glad they're back with their own title again. I can't wait to read this crazy stuff month after month. The Metal Men story, also by Keith with JM DeMatteis was kind of the opposite. It was a much more relaxed, laid-back story. Sure the team is in Brazil fighting some giant Incan stone statue of one of their gods, but . . they did take the Ruby of Redemption off of the pedestal that the statue was guarding. "Haven't you ever see those movies about the guy with the whip and the funny hat? The point is . . you're never ever supposed to take the ancient artifact off the pedestal! If you do, you end up being chased by giant boulders . . or ancient stone gods with moronic names!" And, they're only doing it because Will is getting some money from the museum in Sao Paulo to do so. Anyways, the real point of the story is all the hilarious interaction between this crazy characters, and . . Will's neighbors have decided that they don't like him living in their neighborhood with his 'monsters'. Keith can bring out all of his crazy demented humor with this cast. Oh, and by the way, Kevin Maguire does the pencils. I thought it was a great book. I can't wait for more!
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