For the first time in I can`t even remember how long, I have a brand-spanking-new computer, after having lost my former computer in our move. So I thought I`d try, once again, to get back on the horse and write in this blog every day. It`s good for me. I don`t know why I don`t just do it.
And to do this, we`re going to leap back into the World`s Strangest Heroes, The Doom Patrol! When we last left our intrepid crew, the New Doom Patrol had assembled, had a few adventures, a few guest appearances, Cliff had reverted to his original body and gone on some adventures with the Titans. Honestly, for my money, the best issue of the previous bunch of comics was actually one that starred The Brotherhood of Evil. If you`re a fan of Tintin, I urge you to find a copy.
The Secret Origins series is a bit hit or miss, and I realize now that it`s a vehicle to bring people up to speed on a particular character, rather than to tell a story about that character. When I originally bought this comic, I had no idea of the Doom Patrol`s history, having only recently begun searching for Morrison`s run in the late 90s. It served its purpose well then, filling me in on everything up to the beginning of the 1980s run. But reading it today, it was just kind of blah. We get a rundown of each character`s origin, as well as the origins of the two versions of the team, capped with a cliffhanger appearance by an old teammate. Of course, this leads directly into tomorrow`s comic, the first issue of Doom Patrol.
Honestly, I probably needed a bit of a recap since the last time.
Kupperberg`s run is a tough one to read, as he tries to make the team into a regular superhero team, forgetting that that`s only really the secondary reason the Patrol is together.
Oh, and we get a Captain Comet origin backup - it`s pretty cool, kind of riffs on Superman with slightly more Nietzsche. Comet is born to `John and Martha` as a comet streaks over the house. He grows up to be a future evolution of humankind, gifted with amazing superpowers. He`s even show outracing a train, taking the Superman analogy even further. But, unlike the Ubermensch, Comet does not attempt to replace regular humans, but uses his gifts to help us.
Which, sadly, is probably the most unrealistic thing about the whole story.
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