- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books Ltd (24 May 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840234601
- ISBN-13: 978-1840234602
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 16.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 364,597 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Grant Morrison, creator of The Invisibles and writer of New X-Men and JLA, comes a classic tale of a man whose struggle to save human lives becomes something more...Buddy Baker is Animal Man, able to take on the characteristics of any creature he touches. After some time away from high-profile heroics, he decides to get back into costume - much to the chagrin of his wife and son - and is soon involved in a series of dangerous and exciting adventures. But Buddy has some decisions to make, and some shocks to come; because for the first time, he's listening to the animals. And he doesn't like what he's hearing...
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Grant Morrison is one of comics' most innovative writers. His long list of credits include JLA, Doom Patrol and Judge Dredd, prior to his largest masterpiece, The Invisibles. Author of the award-winning Batman: Arkham Asylum, Morrison is currently writing the US' bestselling comic, Marvel Comics' New X-Men.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Grant Morrison's first American work is represented here in this graphic novel. While ostensibly a superhero, Buddy Baker, and, latterly, Doom Patrol, along with Neil Gaiman's Sandman, were the impetus for DC to create their 'mature' Vertigo line. This is now packaged as a Vertigo item - a fact rather at odds with its' contents.
To begin with we have a four-part, animal rights-leaning, superhero story, with all the requisite fights, Superman appearance, etc. It's very well done, nice dialogue, interesting basic concept, and so on... then we get 'The Coyote Gospel', which is nothing short of an apotheosis for both Morrison, and, causally, comicbooks. A metatextual critique of Warner Bros. cartoons, among other things - what more can any discerning reader want? This one story raises the bar, for Animal Man and for the form, and is followed through on by the quite wonderful, Crowley-fronticed 'Birds of Prey', and a couple of interesting, fun sidelines into the life of a family man turned superhero, dealing with failed old supervillains, and property security.
Some recurrent themes of Morrison's become apparent in this work: fractal geometries, planes of existence, etc., but the work is performed with a fantastic lightness of touch. And! Scottish readers, features a Glaswegian bad guy, using phrases which I must imagine sound like nonsense to the American ear. Great.
To begin with we have a four-part, animal rights-leaning, superhero story, with all the requisite fights, Superman appearance, etc. It's very well done, nice dialogue, interesting basic concept, and so on... then we get 'The Coyote Gospel', which is nothing short of an apotheosis for both Morrison, and, causally, comicbooks. A metatextual critique of Warner Bros. cartoons, among other things - what more can any discerning reader want? This one story raises the bar, for Animal Man and for the form, and is followed through on by the quite wonderful, Crowley-fronticed 'Birds of Prey', and a couple of interesting, fun sidelines into the life of a family man turned superhero, dealing with failed old supervillains, and property security.
Some recurrent themes of Morrison's become apparent in this work: fractal geometries, planes of existence, etc., but the work is performed with a fantastic lightness of touch. And! Scottish readers, features a Glaswegian bad guy, using phrases which I must imagine sound like nonsense to the American ear. Great.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed this book and the whole series - its a combination of old fashioned comic type stories and (slightly preachy) social activism all wrapped up in a 3 Volume long postmodern arc deconstructing the entire genre. Inspired.
To get the most of out this book and the series you should read these five books in this order;
'Crisis on Infinite Earths' by Wolfman/Perez
(A key DC crossover book whose events have a major impact to the character of Animal Man as the three volumes continue).
'Animal Man Vol. 1: Animal Man'
(The first Animal Man book, introducing you to the character and themes).
'Invasion!' by Giffen/Mantlo
(This is another great DC crossover - plus chapters 6 and 7 of Animal Man Vol 1 are crossover stories designed to fall under the Invasion! event storyline so you should read it at this point).
'Animal Man Vol. 2: Origin of the Species'
'Animal Man Vol. 3: Deus Ex Machina'
I read Vol 1 - 3 without having read 'Crisis' or 'Invasion' and still enjoyed them a lot but reading them in the above order would give you the maximum enjoyment.
To get the most of out this book and the series you should read these five books in this order;
'Crisis on Infinite Earths' by Wolfman/Perez
(A key DC crossover book whose events have a major impact to the character of Animal Man as the three volumes continue).
'Animal Man Vol. 1: Animal Man'
(The first Animal Man book, introducing you to the character and themes).
'Invasion!' by Giffen/Mantlo
(This is another great DC crossover - plus chapters 6 and 7 of Animal Man Vol 1 are crossover stories designed to fall under the Invasion! event storyline so you should read it at this point).
'Animal Man Vol. 2: Origin of the Species'
'Animal Man Vol. 3: Deus Ex Machina'
I read Vol 1 - 3 without having read 'Crisis' or 'Invasion' and still enjoyed them a lot but reading them in the above order would give you the maximum enjoyment.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Grant does it again, with another excellent animal man set. Highly recommended to anyone who likes reality warping/post-modern fiction or any other Morrison work (though you should read the first two animal man's to understand it). Funny, sad, confusing and halluceogenic
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genius, brilliant.......i can see you.......
Due to this book Animal Man became my favourite character. Thats praise enough in many ways but if you read all three volumes you will see plotts come together that are merely... Read more
Published 2 months ago by danny whittingham
Good, but not great...
While there's some great ideas in this book, there's also a lot of stuff that felt pretty dated to me. Read more
Published 16 months ago by J Witts
Not for the Faint of Heart
This is a very interesting and different kind of superhero comic, with great art and text. What stuck most with me was the story about "The Coyote Gospel", where an upright... Read more
Published on 26 May 2010 by Atli Hafsteinsson
Worth it, in the end
Morrison's run on Animal Man, so often buried under heaps of sycophantic praise, is not quite the read you'd expect from the lavish, glowing reviews on here. Read more
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