(April 1989)
- Price:
- 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Editing:
- Mark Waid
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (#50 squarebound)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
The Secret Origin of Man-Bat
Man-Bat / comic story / 19 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jan Strnad
- Pencils:
- Kevin Nowlan
- Inks:
- Kevin Nowlan
- Colors:
- Kevin Nowlan
- Letters:
- Kevin Nowlan
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Man-Bat [Kirk Langstrom]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Francine Langstrom; Alfred Pennyworth; Thomas Wayne (flashback; cameo); Martha Wayne (flashback; cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Kirk Langstrom experiments on himself and turns into Man-Bat.
Indexer Notes
A significantly amplified version of the origin from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #400.
The Myth of the Creation
Animal Man / comic story / 19 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Grant Morrison
- Pencils:
- Tom Grummett
- Inks:
- Doug Hazlewood
- Colors:
- Helen Vesik
- Letters:
- Janice Chiang
- Job Number:
- G-4657
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Ellen Baker; Cliff Baker; Maxine Baker
- Synopsis:
- As Buddy tries to regain his powers, aliens review his history.
- Reprints:
-
in Animal Man: Origin of the Species (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] ([July] 2002) -
in Animal Man de Grant Morrison (Planeta DeAgostini, 2011 series) #[nn] (Marzo 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Leads into Animal Man (DC, 1987 series) #10. This begins to show the dichotomy between the post- and pre-Crisis Animal Man as the fabric of reality begins to unravel.
[no title indexed]
Secret Admirers / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mark Waid
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- L-3565
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Jacob Gilber, Charles J. Sperling and Norma McQuaid.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Animal Man; Man-Bat -
1.
The Secret Origin of Man-Bat
Man-Bat -
2.
The Myth of the Creation
Animal Man -
3.
[no title indexed]
Secret Admirers
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- Roy Lyons
- Mark Waid
- Mike Nielsen
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