Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #3

After two stand-alone issues, this chapter kicks off a new arc for the title in a perfectly strange fashion. Not necessarily new reader-friendly, this issue, in particular, takes a little bit more required reading to catch a lot of the nuances and subtleties. Even with all the changes to the large cast, its still truly rewarding for long-time fans. Doc and the trio of writers deliver a truly unique and original title to the market.  Read Full Review

If you missed the first two issues of this series, I strongly recommend picking them up before number four hits the racks. The Young Animal debut series of Doom Patrol has been collected in trade paperback form and while you can certainly read this series without reading it, why knowingly deny yourself the mind melting pleasure of a trip on Danny the Street with the Doom Patrol. 5/5 Read Full Review

Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #3 is another fun, engaging, weird adventure with the original misfits of the DC Universe. While a break from the deeply emotional story in last issue, Way and company keep the reader entertained with another unique approach to storytelling that surely promises an equally entertaining and inventive follow up next month as the team will have to deal with the information they've uncovered. Read Full Review

It's a strange issue for sure but the creative team has a great handle on things. The ending really does explain everything and it's really cool where we end up. The art by Shaner is good too and really completes the package perfectly. This is another fine issue in a good series! Read Full Review

Yes, Doom Patrol Weight of the Worlds #3 is a weird comic, but it captures the heart of this team and proves this series isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Read Full Review

Shaner offers some amazing art in this issue. All of the characters look amazing and the action is incredible. Read Full Review

If every issue of Weight of the Worlds is prepared to experiment with form and style like this one, Doom Patrol will continue to provide the best, weird adventures at DC Comics. Read Full Review

Doom Patrol has always been an experimental title, but it's never gone quite as far down the rabbit hole as Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #3, which has a guest co-writer in Steve Orlando and a guest artist in Doc Shaner. Read Full Review

Shaner and Bonvillain provide the beautiful art for this issue, with extra-bold linework and a neon glow showing through the blues and purples of the future scenes. Read Full Review

Young Animal always swings for the fences, and Weight of the Worlds is no exception with its time-hopping confusion. Read Full Review

rayonymous

Sep 04, 2019

I liked this one, it's a good prelude and an interesting setup to a new narrative arc. Art is spectacular as always and I loved little expressions like Editor-Bot which annotates the record of alternative Doom Patrol-worthy events that never happened. It serves its purpose well and there is a chance it could collide with the current continuity as part of the overall story. Gerard Way finally provides a sound narrative with fresh new ideas as it borrows some of the old elements and characters of Doom Patrol.

Psycamorean

Sep 06, 2019

Could Steve Orlando be the missing ingredient that makes this book work? Maybe. That's crazy talk, though. But it may be true, since I liked this issue more than the previous two, for sure. But maybe that's because it actually feels like it's going somewhere, and isn't dreaded weird for the sake of weird like the last two issues were. Maybe it'll turn out that way later, but this issue actually has a good structure to it, and seems like it has a narrative worth telling, that can fill a whole issue. Maybe a whole arc? Don't let me down, Doom Patrol.

Spacey Medicine

Sep 08, 2019

This is an interesting story idea!

ohhaimark

Sep 07, 2019

THE GOOD: -This was… not terrible. Shockingly. -I'm not a fan of Steve Orlando, but I guess he just fits with the series nicely. He certainly understands what makes a good Doom Patrol comic mores that Gerard No Way. -Evan Shaner's art is a great fit for the series! -Honestly, the future storyline is ten times more interesting than the current one ever will be. -I loved Cliff here! He was great! -Heh. Grymzul was a pretty funny character. I'd love to see more of him. -The action here was a lot of fun. -Okay, so this issue took last issue taking the first issue's Cliff story and making into a joke and turned it into a surprisingly dark and interesting reveal (makes perfect sense!). I still hate the upgrade concep t though. THE BAD: -One bad thing about the storytelling is that because we are just being introduced to the mystery and these versions of the characters now, the reveals and twists aren't as shocking. -Honestly, I found the books very annoying. I'll have to reread the issue, but after the first read-through, they seemed kinda disconnected from the mystery, despite what Beast Boy said. -How did none of the Doom Patrol notice those Syndicate members sneaking up behind them? -I don't really care about Beast Boy at all. -I'm not really looking forward to next issue, because I care less about the younger versions of the DP now than the ones in this issue, that were literally introduced… this issue. more