Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery
Once he was Hero of the Beach...and of the Doom Patrol. Now Flex Mentallo, the Man of Muscle Mystery, returns to investigate the sinister dealings of his former comrade, The Fact, and a mysterious rock star whose connection to Flex may holding the key to saving them both.This fast-paced tale...
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Once he was Hero of the Beach...and of the Doom Patrol. Now Flex Mentallo, the Man of Muscle Mystery, returns to investigate the sinister dealings of his former comrade, The Fact, and a mysterious rock star whose connection to Flex may holding the key to saving them both.This fast-paced tale twists super-hero tropes, introducing one mind-boggling concept after another. This long-asked-for Vertigo title is collected at last, presenting an early collaboration between writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, who would win much acclaim on ALL-STAR SUPERMAN.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781401247027 (1401247024)
Publish date: May 6th 2014
Publisher: Vertigo
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comix,
Comic Book,
Superheroes,
Dc Comics,
Comics Manga
Series: The Hypersigil Trilogy (#2)
"I've got a theory about comics, right? It all started back in the '30s and '40s..yeah. They called it the Golden Age (...) It was pretty simple then--Musclemen in costumes, idealized masculine figures (...) Homerotic wish-fullfillment...Then came the Silver Age, when superheroes were reinvented and...
"They bypassed the death of their reality by becoming fictional in ours" "We can save the world ... if I can just remember my magic word" Flex Mentallo may not be Grant Morrison's best graphic novel, but it is the key to understanding the more cryptic and abstruse elements of his other work. So m...