Thats when mentalos hired blaze comics writer wally sage to design. Flex mentallo covers all 4 comic writing periods golden age, silver age, bronze or dark age and modern age. You begin to realise that flexs world is indeed our world, and what we are making. Read flex mentallo comic online free and high quality. All of flex is somewhat a satire of dcs crisis on infinite earths, which the book wags a musclebound finger at through numerous sequences particularly one featuring infinite earths colliding, but as much as it is a critique on what had happened with superhero comics, flex mentallos goal. Flex mentallo doom patrol ally dc comics character. Man of muscle mystery is a 1996 fourissue miniseries published under the vertigo imprint written by grant morrison and illustrated by frank quitely. Comic book characters who discover that their lives are being scripted by unseen hands. See more ideas about flex mentallo, doom patrol and comics. The debut title of dcs young animal line kicks off with a removable sticker on its cover. Flex mentallo is a fantastic, metatextual, hyperimaginative work thats been long out of print and is well worth picking up if only for the artwork, but morrisons writing is top notch as well. Highly collectible as publication was discontinued based on legal action from charles atlas. Jim shooters affidavit against dc comics over flex mentallo.
Seems like there are different things you can understand om each reading depending on your state of mind. The writer of flex mentallo, grant morrison, is a highly regarded comic book writer known for his somewhat dark and surreal style. However, things got weird as mentallo began to hunt down a former colleague in this weeks comic rewind. All of flex is somewhat a satire of dcs crisis on infinite earths, which the book wags a musclebound finger at through numerous sequences particularly one featuring infinite earths colliding, but as much as it is a critique on what had happened with superhero comics, flex mentallos goal is to show in so many panels.
However, now sage was high on drugs and was trying to kill. The story is a commentary on the writing of comics as a whole. Flex mentallo, man of muscle mystery by grant morrison goodreads. Apr 30, 2014 in this book that begs for repeat readings and rewards, flex mentallo is on search for his past ally, the fact. Flex is in part a parody of charles atlas longrunning the insult that made a man out of mac advertisements seen in american comics from the past in 1996, flex mentallo appeared in a selftitled, fourissue miniseries written by morrison and illustrated. Tim joins us for a special wednesday installment of when words collide to discuss the recent news of a grant morrison and frank quitely flex mentallo hardcover and why its such an important comic book series. Flex mentallo is essentially metafiction, full of the pervasive and winking reflexivity of other morrison series like animal manwhich used a wile e. Flex mentallo comic read flex mentallo comic online in high. Hero of comics in honor of um, i dont really like watchmen week, ive decided to take a close look at flex mentallo. I certainly recommend it for fans of grant morrison, or anyone who has some level of interest in comic books in general.
Flex mentallo was created by the writer grant morrison. Its kind of a metacomic and in some ways responds to the watchmen s status as comics shining beacon. In laymens terms, flex knows hes a comic book character alongside morrisons take on animal man. Flex mentallo is based straight from the charles atlas advertisement, the insult that. Honestly it took me several reread to get flex mentallo and the invisibles. Flex mentallo is a four issue miniseries written by grant morrison and drawn by frank quitely.
Endless nights and the opening issues of the hit series batman and robin. For those not familiar, flex mentallo is a rather obscure, unusual doom patrol character featured on recent episodes of a series on the dc streaming service. Flowery atomic heart, script by grant morrison, art by frank quitely. Even now i might have missed something but even so thats part of why i like morrisons writing. Flex mentallo is a comic book character created by writer grant morrison and artist richard case in 1990, during their run on doom patrol. Together one of the most dynamic comic creators alive. In his youth, however, wally was like any other adolescent boy fascinated with comic books. Flex stands atop a variety of comic book pages, existing apart from the reality described theirin, which threatens to swallow him. At the time i complained that he introduced the concept and then moved on from it before exploring it. May 11, 2010 flex mentallo replied to g g s topic in golden age comic books yes, its the only one ive seen like this in thirty years of collecting planets, yet rarely engenders this kind of comment, even though it is eminently worthy. Now flex mentallo, the man of muscle mystery, returns to investigate the sinister dealings of his former. Flex mentallo, man of muscle mystery by grant morrison. Morrison has stated that he had originally intended to make the filth a thematic sequel to the invisibles, followed by a third comic book series, the indestructible man.
May 24, 2019 flex mentallo is one of the few heroes with comic book awareness. Who would win a fight between flex mentallo and superman. This is not a resume of the plot of the comic page by page, but a postconstruction i have dared to elaborate after. Another story, seemingly set in the real world, is about the hallucenogenic experiences of a comic book writer. In this book that begs for repeat readings and rewards, flex mentallo is on search for his past ally, the fact. May 01, 2012 a comic book super teams mind ending classic in a new, deluxe edition. Morrison later concluded that his original flex mentallo series formed the first in the trilogy. This blog is devoted to talking about comic book characters and elements. It chronicled the exploits of superheroes like flex mentallo, the fact, atomic pile, the zipper, mr. It is a mind bending, fourth wall breaking commentary on the darkness that comics had become in the 90s wrapped in a superhero mystery book. Coyote pastiche to reprise duck amucks notion of cartoonistasgod, much like flexs take on the archetypal comic book ad spins off into investigations of the comics reading experience. A fascinating look into the superhero genre from the outside in.
Its name was intended to signify it as the smarter choice for parents to feed their children, but sales struggled. An analysis of grant morrison and frank quitelys 1996 vertigo comics miniseries, flex mentallo. So there is the reality with the authorrockstar which is a bubble in nothingness made by superheroes who are now fiction and when the authorrockstar. He even created his own comic, my greenest adventure. A vertigo bonus pinup of flex mentallo by frank quitely. Flex mentallo confirmed to appear on doom patrol comic book. Flex is in part a parody of charles atlas longrunning the insult that made a man out of mac advertisements seen in american comics from the past. Flex mentallo enlightenment through superhero comics. Coyote pastiche to reprise duck amucks notion of cartoonistasgod, much like flexs take on the archetypal comic book ad spins off into. On todays show we talk about comic books for smart people. Flex mentallo, the man of muscle mystery leaps from the pages of grant morrisons highlyacclaimed run on doom patrol and into his own 4issue limited series.
This cereal was devised in the 1980s as a healthy alternative to all of the sugary cereals which were quite popular. Find your answers inside the pages of this comic book, as we set the stage for new beginnings, as well as the reintroduction of some classic doom patrol characters, including niles caulder, negative man, flex mentallo, and crazy jane. His big break into american comics was flex mentallo, a doom patrol spinoff written by fellow glaswegian grant morrison for dc comics vertigo imprint in 1996. This 1996 four issue miniseries by grant morrison and frank quitely is an extremely meta comic about comics, superhero comics in particular. Flex mentallo and new xmen all of this has caused me to reconsider my series of posts about morrisons new xmen run. A comic book super teams mind ending classic in a new, deluxe edition. Man of muscle mystery, by writer grant morrison and artist frank quitely, turns 20 this year.
Danny patrol may have revealed how the team will save the chief. Flex mentallo comic read flex mentallo comic online in. Man of muscle mystery the hero of the beach, flex mentallo, was hunting down a faculty x operative who had been leaving bombs in public areas. Sage created mentallo and the fact while drawing in his comic book as a child. Flex mentallo, man of muscle mystery, is supposed to be a silver age superhero with a charles atlas superpower that allows him to do, well, anything by flexing his muscles while simultaneously being a parody of a charles atlas advertisement. The series is based on a character from morrisons previous work on doom patrol but is considerably. Sick of being the weakling, he sent in a form that would. Flex mentallo and the morrison problem the comics journal. Theyve far more his than misses and flex mentallo, which runs the gamut from touching to bizarre, is a hit. You need to understand comics to read flex mentallo. For instance, take the world, a created reality operating at a different speed in a time bubble in rural britain as part of the last act of morrisons new xmen run. Flex mentallo cgc comic book collectors chat boards.
Flex mentallo began his life as the cartoon mascot for the breakfast cereal mentalos. Flex mentallo is definitely honored to be considered in this class. Flex mentallo, man of muscle mystery, is supposed to be a silver age superhero with a. However, he doesnt make a habit of breaking the fourth wall like shehulk or deadpool. So i just finished reading the flex mentallo mini and it was amazingly crazy and still touching, which honestly not surprised coming from grant morrison, but im a bit confused with the ending. The longawaited 2014 trade paperback of morrisons flex mentallo, finally published in 2014, sets the tone with a cover worth discussing.
Find the value of the vertigo comic flex mentallo miniseries. The series tells the story of flex mentallo, man of muscle mystery, a superhero brought into the real world by the psychic powers of his creator, wally sage. Direct sales edition comic book published by dc comics under their vertigo imprint. Flex and his halo the original version of flex mentallo appeared in grant morrisons doom patrol. He recognizes that comic books panels have people within them, not just pictures. Having been brought into the real world by creator and writer wallace sage, flex believes his ally from the comic books has made it into the real world as well. He tends to present the fantastic elements of the comic book. Creators grant morrison and frank quitely have been responsible for some of the most daring, bigidea comics of recent years. Man of muscle mystery was a four issue miniseries written by grant morrison with art by the incredible frank quitley, and was released in 1996. Creators grant morrison and frank quitely have been responsible for some of.
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