Animal Man

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Originally published in single magazine form.

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For DC nuts only. submitted by eknapp on October 14, 2012, 10:42pm Man, I thought this was supposed to be some kind of astute subversion of 80s superhero comics, but it felt pretty much like every other insipidly-dialogued mainstream superhero story, with a bunch of cheesy cameos shoehorned in to sell issues. I could almost hear the live studio audience squealing with glee whenever Hawkman or Martian Manhunter made a fawning full-frame appearance. Disappointing.

Rainforest Rap submitted by pkooger on April 5, 2013, 1:41pm When I was in early high school, we had to watch a video in biology class called "Rainforest Rap". It was a cringe-worthy half hour of earnest youngsters and "hip" adults talking about the plights of the disappearing rainforest. There was a particularly bad rap-style music video that gave the program it's name. I'll never forget the apocalyptic lyric warning of what may lie in store for Earth's rainforests in the grim future; "If we don't change soon, by the year 2000 they'll all be gone." Thankfully we seem to have avoided that dire fate.

Animal Man is not a bad comic. It's no "Rainforest Rap". But it's not a great one either. It's environmental philosophy is intended for an audience with a maturity level somewhere between Captain Planet and "An Inconvenient Truth". I enjoyed Animal Man fairly well, but I don't think you're missing out on too much if you skip this one.

Just skip to Volume 2 submitted by valjean on August 30, 2018, 6:03am Grant Morrison definitely did not find the voice of the run or the character in this first volume. He does manage to set up plot threads that show up in the later novels, but honestly, you don't need them. Most of the book is extremely preachy and brings up science that, we now know 30 years later, has become nonsensical. That aside, the sentiment is appreciated, and it establishes a direction for Animal Man that really fits the character many years later.