Animal Man Vol. 3: Deus Ex Machina
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| Writer | Grant Morrison |
| Artist | Doug Hazlewood, Chaz Truog |
| Paperback: | Nov 1, 2003 |
This long-awaited third volume completes the collection of Grant Morrison's legendary re-imagination of Animal Man. Reprinting ANIMAL MAN #18-26, DEUS EX MACHINA follows Buddy Baker through an incredible odyssey of discovery.
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I would give this an 11 if i could.
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For my money, this is by far and away the best of the three volumes Morrison worked on and it's brimming with some of the best fourth wall breaking that's ever been done in comics. The volume examines the comic book medium itself as well as the nature of fiction in a larger sense. It's a celebration of the odd, idiosyncratic history of DC Comics that doesn't simply wallow in nostalgia, but finds something genuinely new and different to say. Morrison starts us off with a full-blown peyote trip in the desert that is among the best work the underrated Chaz Truog and Doug Hazelwood put in on the series. Between the psychedelic imagery and some really clever-for-it's-era paneling, these are the best looking issues of the run. I think these i more
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