([December] 2003)
DC,
2003 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 19.95 USD; 30.95 CAD
- Pages
- 236
- On-sale Date
- 2003-10-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Suggested for Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
Vertigo
- ISBN
-
1-56389-968-X
- Barcode
- 761941236704 00111
- Editing
- Scott Nybakken (Editor, Collected Edition); Karen Berger (Editor, Original Series); Peter Hamboussi (publication design); Art Young (Associate Editor, Original Series)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age U. S.
- Binding
- trade paperback
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
Collects Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #18-26.
This is the third of 3 trade paperbacks that collect the complete Grant Morrison Animal Man run.
The first collection is Animal Man (DC, 1991 series) which collects Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #1-9. https://www.comics.org/issue/311039/
The second collection is Animal Man: Origin of the Species (DC, 2002 series) which collects Animal Man #10-17 and Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #39. https://www.comics.org/issue/355634/#1044901
Fourth printing available October 23, 2013 (per comiclist.com).
Art Young not credited in item.
This is the third of 3 trade paperbacks that collect the complete Grant Morrison Animal Man run.
The first collection is Animal Man (DC, 1991 series) which collects Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #1-9. https://www.comics.org/issue/311039/
The second collection is Animal Man: Origin of the Species (DC, 2002 series) which collects Animal Man #10-17 and Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #39. https://www.comics.org/issue/355634/#1044901
Fourth printing available October 23, 2013 (per comiclist.com).
Art Young not credited in item.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man; Grant Morrison
- Reprints
-
in Animal Man de Grant Morrison (Planeta DeAgostini, 2011 series) (Marzo 2011) - in The Animal Man Omnibus (DC, 2013 series) ([September] 2013)
-
in Homem-Animal (Panini Brasil, 2015 series) #3 - Deus Ex Machina ([Março] 2016), #3 - Deus Ex Machina ([Março] 2016), #3 - Deus Ex Machina ([Março] 2016) - in Animal Man by Grant Morrison 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([November] 2020)
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Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina
Animal Man / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man
Indexer Notes
Title page. Source of Animal Man illustration unidentified.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Chas Truog (Animal Man ilustration)
- Inks
- Mark Farmer (Animal Man illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Animal Man
Indexer Notes
Publishing data page. Animal Man illustration taken from the story from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #26 (August 1990).
[no title indexed]
Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #18 (December 1989)
-
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Tricia; Roger; Ellen Baker; Maxine Baker; Cliff Baker; James Highwater; Mr. Lennox
- Synopsis
- Animal Man accompanies James Highwater to Arizona to go on a peyote vision quest where he learns the origin of his powers and of the Crisis that happened and the second Crisis to come.
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #18 (December 1989)
-
[no title indexed]
Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man; James Highwater
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #19 (January 1990)
-
A New Science of Life
Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; James Highwater; Ellen Baker; Cliff Baker; Maxine Baker
- Synopsis
- In his vision, Buddy encounters the original version of Animal Man (from Strange Adventures) who protests his replacement. When Animal Man comes out of his vision, he returns home to his greatest tragedy.
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #19 (January 1990)
-
[no title indexed]
Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #20 (February 1990)
-
The Last Enemy
Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Ellen Baker; Roger; Tricia; Cliff Baker; Maxine Baker; Violet Weidemeir; Mr. Lennox; Psycho Pirate; Dr. Huntoon; Morris Weidemeir; Martian Manhunter; Vixen; Metamorpho; Booster Gold
- Synopsis
- Buddy falls into despair over the deaths of his wife and children, but at his lowest point he gets a mysterious phone call. Elsewhere, a seemingly shadowy governmental organization demonstrates their latest weapon for Mr. Lennox.
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #20 (February 1990)
-
[no title indexed]
Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #21 (March 1990)
-
Tooth and Claw
Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch]; Mr. Lennox
- Synopsis
- Mirror Master helps Animal Man take revenge on the businessmen who killed Buddy's family.
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #21 (March 1990)
-
[no title indexed]
Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man; Maxine Baker
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #22 (April 1990)
-
Time in a Bottle
Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Time Commander [John Starr]; Booster Gold; Time Masters [Rip Hunter; Bonnie Baxter; Jeff Smith]; Psycho Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Ellen Baker; Maxine Baker; Cliff Baker; Phantom Stranger; James Highwater
- Synopsis
- Animal Man borrows a defective time machine from the Time Masters and goes back in time to try to warn his family
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #22 (April 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Repeats much of the storyline of #14 from the current Animal Man's point of view.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man; Phantom Stranger; Binky
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #23 (May 1990)
-
Crisis
Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Psycho Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Streaky; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Crime Syndicate of Earth-3 [Power Ring, Ultraman; Johnny Quick; Owlman]; Bug-Eyed Bandit; Detective Chimp; James Highwater; Phantom Stranger; Binky; Immortal Man; Jason Blood; Icicle; Psimon; Ten-Eyed Man; The Spectre; Uberman; Bat-Man; Robin; Sunshine Superman; Speed Freak; Magic Lantern; Aquagirl [Tula]; Sargon the Sorcerer; Prince Ra-Man; Overman; Beppo; Kole
- Synopsis
- Having time-travelled to the past, Animal Man has a philosophical discussion with the Phantom Stranger, Immortal Man, and Jason Blood. In the present, Psycho Pirate returns several old characters (and several newly created characters) to continuity. But when he re-creates one very dangerous character, Animal Man is summoned by the aliens and James Hightower.
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #23 (May 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
There are several other unidentified characters in the story, including one of the knights from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (complete with coconuts) and a character who may be Son of Vulcan.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man; Psycho Pirate [Roger Hayden]
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #24 (June 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover prominently features several of the key comics that established the concept of the multiverse (Flash #123, Green Lantern #40, Justice League of America #21), plus many others.
Purification Day
Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Psycho Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Power Ring (of Earth-3); Ultraman (of Earth-3); James Highwater; Hercules (from Hercules Unbound); Dorothy (from the Wizard of Oz); Toto; Overman; Magic Lantern; Streaky; Bizarro; Krona; Sunshine Superman
- Synopsis
- Animal Man discovers he is a character in a comic book, so along with James Highwater, he decides to send all the characters back into limbo. When the aliens return him to his home, Animal Man, knowing he is a fictional character, wonders who it is who causes him to suffer.
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #24 (June 1990)
-
[no title indexed]
Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Inks
- Brian Bolland (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #25 (July 1990)
-
Monkey Puzzles
Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; The Inferior Five [Merryman; The Blimp; Dumb Bunny; White Feather; Awkwardman]; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Ace, the Bat-Hound; The Green Team; Ultra, the Multi-Alien; Ma Hunkel; Space Canine Patrol Agents; Quicksilver; Gay Ghost; J'emm, Son of Saturn; Hercules (from Hercules Unbound); Jason (from Jason's Quest); Red Bee; Mister Freeze; Nightmaster; Grant Morrison
- Synopsis
- Animal Man leaves his home to explore a graveyard filled with old characters and is told by Merryman that the monkey who writes characters out of limbo is dying. Animal Man tries to get him to the City of Formation before he dies, but ends up back at his home, years after he left. Following the script in the monkey's hand, Animal Man travels to Grant Morrison's home.
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #25 (July 1990)
-
[no title indexed]
Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man; Grant Morrison
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #26 (August 1990)
-
Deus Ex Machina
Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Grant Morrison; The Shark; Slaughterhouse
- Synopsis
- Grant Morrison explains to Animal Man how he has controlled his life, then returns Animal Man to his own world and his family.
- Reprints
- from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #26 (August 1990)
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Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
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Animal Man -
1.
Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina
Animal Man -
2.
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3.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man -
4.
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Animal Man -
5.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man -
6.
A New Science of Life
Animal Man -
7.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man -
8.
The Last Enemy
Animal Man -
9.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man -
10.
Tooth and Claw
Animal Man -
11.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man -
12.
Time in a Bottle
Animal Man -
13.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man -
14.
Crisis
Animal Man -
15.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man -
16.
Purification Day
Animal Man -
17.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man -
18.
Monkey Puzzles
Animal Man -
19.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man -
20.
Deus Ex Machina
Animal Man -
21.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Juan Gonzalez
- Ralf Haring
- Pat Lang
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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