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Animal Man (1988-1995) Vol. 2: Origin of the Species Kindle & comiXology

by Grant Morrison (Author), Chaz Truog (Artist), Doug Hazlewood (Artist) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 86 ratings
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The second collection of Grant Morrison's groundbreaking run on ANIMAL MAN reprints issues #10-17, plus the 19-page story from SECRET ORIGINS #39, this volume shows Animal Man moving more and more deeply into the cause of animal rights. But something else is going on beyond his burgeoning radicalism. Strange visions of aliens, people disappearing into strange pencil-like drawings, and hints of a terrible Crisis lurk around the edges of reality.
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Writer Grant Morrison is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel Arkham Asylum to acclaimed runs on Animal Man and Doom Patrol, as well as his subversive creator-owned titles such as The Invisibles, Seaguy, and WE3. Grant has also written best-selling runs on JLA, Seven Soldiers of Victory, and New X-Men, and helped to reinvent the DC Universe in The Multiversity, All Star Superman, 52, Batman, Batman & Robin and Batman, Inc.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BDBE95C
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vertigo; Cmc edition (July 1, 2002)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2002
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 804865 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
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Grant Morrison

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Grant Morrison is one of comics' greatest innovators. His long list of credits includes Batman: Arkham Asylum, All-Star Superman, JLA, Green Lantern, Animal Man, Doom Patrol, The Invisibles, WE3 and The Filth.

The TV series of his graphic novel HAPPY! is showing on SYFY and Netflix.

Photo by PDH (File:Grant_morrison.jpg) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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James B.
5.0 out of 5 stars The template
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2016
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The second Volume of animal man is even better than the first. After reading through these issues, I no longer have to wonder how this became such an influential and acclaimed series.

This volume is divided into two sections. The first half is one long arc, where the meta-fiction is extremely ramped up, and Buddy finally gets his powers back under control. The second is a series of stand-alone issues that show the superhero side of animal, dealing with villains of the super and not super variety.

The big problem with Vol. 1 was the cross-over dominated the back half of the story, and wasn't explained in nearly enough detail. That issue disappears here, and you don't need to know about everything going on in the DC universe to understand the plot. I look forward to the final volume for Morrison.
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N. Durham
4.0 out of 5 stars Middle ground
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2007
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As the second volume of Grant Morrison's existencial Animal Man trilogy, Origin of the Species is just that as Buddy Baker, AKA the Animal Man, learns some very interesting, and confusing, details of his origin. This happens as Animal Man teams up with Vixen on a trip to Africa and has a run in with some mysterious aliens, and soon enough Buddy begins to learn the true nature of his existence, but it's nowhere near as jaw dropping as what happens next. Buddy also has another meeting with B'wanna Beast, and the mysterious Highwater as well, who knows more than he's letting on. As a middle volume, Origin of the Species feels disjointed and the issues don't always connect with each other, but there is a reason for this, and it's all thanks to highly creative and possibly slightly deranged writer Grant Morrison. The art is relatively the same as before, so it's either take it or leave it depending on how you feel about it. By the time you reach the final page, you'll be stunned, shocked, and possibly scratching your head (if you've never read any of the books or heard anything about them that is), but make no mistake that what happens next solidifies the classic status of Morrison's take on Animal Man.
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M Regal
5.0 out of 5 stars Vertigo at their best!
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2018
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How do you turn graphic novels on their side? Send in Animal Man and enjoy the ride.
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Dana Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Animal Man
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2016
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Great character written by a great writer. Grant Morrison's early work shows you exactly how great he'll be writing the big characters.
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darlene101
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2015
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my son love these
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3.0 out of 5 stars Building Metatextual Story But Still An Animal Man Plateau
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2019
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This is a solid volume, and Grant Morrison's experimental/metatextual style is much more prevalent in this second collection. As with the first volume, I enjoyed this quite a bit, but still think it skews much more heavily toward focusing on Morrison and his experimentation with the genre rather than on the titular Animal Man and really developing him. I would have given it 4 stars but there were not any hard-hitting memorable issues like there were in Volume 1, and the animal activist storyline for Buddy felt forced and preachy (something Morrison himself apologizes for in the next volume). Still a good run, but just an okay middle chapter in between slightly better volumes.
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C. Derick Varn
4.0 out of 5 stars This is where it starts fitting together more cleanly
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2015
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Morrison's plots start paying off and building on each other. A more consistent volume than the Volume One, where Coyote Gospel particularly stood out but the other stories felt rushed. The political commentary in the context of South Africa is interesting, the plots involving the overlay of the original Animal Man with his more modern 1980s counter-part and the alien intervention to fix the problem is also particularly interesting. Animal Man's concerns for animal rights causes becomes more pronounced as does his involvement with more fringe elements of that moment, but this plot line did not feel as fleshed out as one would hope. This comic is still strong now, and one can feel Morrison start to really strain the forth wall a bit. It is nice that DC finally released the entire DC mature/Vertigo run of pre-New 52 Animal Man.
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skf1965
5.0 out of 5 stars I like Grants' Series of Animal Man
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2008
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I enjoyed this and remembered this from years ago and was lucky to come across it and collect and enjoy reading it and the great animation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2016
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Everything was superb, from shipping to reading it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars impressive.
Reviewed in Italy on August 6, 2013
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This review is not fair because I think morrison is one of the master authors of this era. This early work is quite hard to read (mainly because is... well... old) but despite this, the story is really enjoyable and sensitive.
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