(June 1990)

DC, 1988 Series
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Price:
1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.80 GBP
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand:
DC
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Karen Berger; Art Young (associate editor)
Format:
Standard Modern Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Baxter Paper Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Animal Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Brian Bolland (signed)
Inks:
Brian Bolland (signed)
Colors:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Psycho Pirate [Roger Hayden]
Reprinted:
  • in Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]

Indexer Notes

Cover credits from Matthew Cettei on 24 May 2004. 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 (Table of Contents)

Animal Man / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Grant Morrison
Pencils:
Chas Truog
Inks:
Doug Hazlewood
Colors:
Tatjana Wood
Letters:
John Costanza
Job Number:
G-5652

Content Information

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; Doctor Huntoon
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.
Reprinted:
  • in Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Animal Writes / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Art Young
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
L-5652

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Peter Clines, Neil Ahlquist, Matt Ellard, Keith Topping, Malcolm Bourne, Jim Kelly and Corey Klemow.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

With Johnny DC / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Johnny DC]
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes checklist of other DC titles on sale the same week as this issue.
Inside back cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Purification Day
    Animal Man
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Animal Writes
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    With Johnny DC
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Maurizio Villotta
  • Jim Van Dore