Animal Man #23

(May 1990)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Crisis (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Grant Morrison

Pencils

Chas Truog

Inks

Doug Hazlewood

Colors

Tatjana Wood

Letters

John Costanza

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; Maaldor; The Spectre (not of Earth-1 or Earth-2); Uberman; Justice League of Earth-17 [Overman; Bat-Man; Robin]; Love Syndicate of Dreamworld [Sunshine Superman; Speed Freak; Magic Lantern]; Aquagirl [Tula]; Sargon the Sorcerer; Prince Ra-Man; 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

• in Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina (DC, 2003 series) ([December] 2003)
• 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)
• in Animal Man by Grant Morrison 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([November] 2020)

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.

Some characters noted by Fred Snyder via the GCD Error Tracker. Snyder also says:
Page 18: Red and blue costume with green cape and visor and Omega symbol on chest
Page 21: African-American 'Elongated Man' and possibly The Red Hood
Page 22: OMAC or possibly Nuklon

Snyder also notes that Overman being infected with a sex virus bears similarities to a Marshal Law (Marvel, 1987 series) storyline.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Animal Writes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Art Young

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-5496

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Ralph Edward Ochoa Jr., Mark Lucas, Gordon McEachern, Brian Carroll, Shawn Evans, Rol Hirst, Michael T. Miller, David Versace, Shannnon Mestemaker, Charlie Harris, George Gustines, Malcolm Bourne, Frank Balkin, Doughlas Emerson, Charles Skaggs, Matt Bucher, Michael Reilly, Keith Topping, Tom Mohan and Weldon Adams.