![]() Typically we see this done as comedy, lampshading tropes to take their edge off-but to Animal Man, learning the nature of his reality is a deeply-agonizing twist of the knife. Morrison asks how that would change your outlook, and arrives at a hero who becomes deeply involved in animal activism, even in ways outside the bounds of the law.īut outside of a few fights with agents of a shadowy Establishment conspiracy (and one deep loss), Morrison becomes more interested in turning the series into a piece of meta-fiction, asking what is the nature of the comics. ![]() Animal Man is a guy who can take on the abstracted abilities of nearby animals-such as flight from birds, disproportionate strength from ants, etc-but without their physical characteristics. Rad! Morrison takes an on-face goofy superhero and vests him with some real ethical force and struggles, in a way that feels deeply personal to Morrison and the character. ![]()
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