Animal Man

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  Good but...,

  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 ... (continue)

  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.

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  The whole notion of the artist making an appearance like those Warner Brothers cartoons in Issue #5 is brilliant.

  Animal Man functions like your typical comic book hero archetype, but seeks to break those stereotypes through narrative, characters, etc.

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  shazzpezzazz said on Jun 14, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 240 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1563890054
• ISBN-13: 9781563890055
• Publisher: Vertigo
• Pub date: May 01, 2001
• Dimensions: 1677 mm x 1097 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Others
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español

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