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Do you mean "theme," or "premise"?
How spoiler-iffic do you want us to get, here?
It's very much a comic book about comic books--first in the sense that it rewards a knowledge of obscure DC characters and continuity (Animal Man himself was created in the 1950s and bounced around the DCU for years, though he'd never had his own book) and second in a more literal sense, in that it explores the interface between fiction and reality in fun and interesting ways. To say more than that woiuld be to take us into heavy spoiler territory.
Thematically? Early on, it's the great power/great responsibility thing, as Animal Man consciously moves himself up and into the big leagues, has a political/social awakening and tries to use superheroing to further his ethical causes: in so doing, he's initially a bit naive, but later discovers just how terrible a price he will pay for his principles: and, in the end, discovers exactly who benefits by his pain and suffering.
And again, to go any deeper would put us in spoiler territory. |
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