A review by joelipsett
Animal Man, Volume 2: Animal vs. Man by Timothy Green II, Travel Foreman, Jeff Lemire, Steve Pugh

2.0

Unfortunately what was novel and fresh in the first volume has become mildly redundant and repetitive in the second. Ellen and her mom are maddening in their refusal to acknowledge that anything is happening, and everyone keeps having the same conversation over and over again. More problematically the conflict in each issue seems to be that the Rot finds them, they attempt to fight, bail and run with a few casualties. Rinse, lather, repeat. The nature of the villain is such that it simply co-opts everything, which doesn't allow for a great deal of variation in the fights.

The imagery is still striking and I'm intrigued by the potential team up with Swamp Man (something I thought would happen this issue), but this volume is frustrating.