The Animal Man Omnibus

([September] 2013)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Brian Bolland

Inks

Brian Bolland

Colors

Tatjana Wood

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)

It's a Jungle out There! (Table of Contents: 3)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Todd Klein

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #1 (September 1988)

Keywords

animals

The Human Zoo (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-3377

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ten miles outside the city, the screaming begins in earnest...

Feature Logo

Animal Man [scratched]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; B'wana Beast [Mike Maxwell]; Ellen Baker; Cliff Baker (introduction); Maxine Baker (introduction); Violet Weidemeir (introduction); Morris Weidemeir (introduction); Justice League International [Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Mr. Miracle [Scott Free]; Booster Gold [Michael Carter]] (cameo; all as pictures on a magazine); Roger Denning; Tricia Denning (introduction); Dick Griffith; Dr. Myers; Ray; Lew; 2 other unnamed hunters; Rufus (cat); Skip (dog)

Synopsis

When Buddy Baker decides to resume his superhero career, S.T.A.R. labs in San Diego calls him to investigate a break-in at a lab working to develop an AIDS vaccine.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #1 (September 1988)

Keywords

S.T.A.R. Labs; San Diego

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

Lovern Kindzierski (signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #2 (October 1988)

Keywords

monkeys

Life in the Concrete Jungle (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-3504

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The whims of nature are often cruel and capricious, Animal Man, but very rarely are they quite so incomprehensible.

Feature Logo

Animal Man [scratched]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; B'wana Beast [Mike Maxwell]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Dr. Myers; Ellen Baker; Maxine Baker; Morris Weidemeir; Violet Weidemeir; Ray; Lew; Jamie; Lester (mantis); Sheba (cat) (introduction);

Synopsis

When Animal Man attempts to track an escaped giant insect for S.T.A.R. Labs he encounters a giant, humanoid rat; at the same time Ellen and Maxine encounter a pair of redneck hunters.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #2 (October 1988)

Keywords

Port Townsend; S.T.A.R. Labs; San Diego

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

Lovern Kindzierski

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Djuba

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #3 (November 1988)

The Nature of the Beast (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-3777

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He is coming.

Feature Logo

Animal Man [scratched]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; B'wana Beast [Mike Maxwell]; Roon (death); Djuba the Ape (death); Ellen Baker; Maxine Baker; Lew; Ray; Sheba (death); Rupert Kenboya (death in flashback); Morris Weidemeir; Dr. Myers

Synopsis

B'Wana Beast frees Djuba the ape from S.T.A.R. Labs and Animal Man learns the real project the scientists are working on. Elsewhere, Ellen is saved from the hunters by an unlikely hero.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #3 (November 1988)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

Lovern Kindzierski

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; B'wana Beast [Mike Maxwell]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #4 (December 1988)

When We All Lived in the Forest (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; B'wana Beast [Mike Maxwell]; Maxine Baker; Dr. Myers; Cliff Baker; Violet Weidemeir

Synopsis

Animal Man encounters B'Wana Beast and cures his anthrax poisoning. After restoring the animals B'Wana Beast fused, Animal Man tells off Dr. Myers at S.T.A.R. Labs and returns to his home. B'Wana Beast, however, has his own plans for Dr. Myers.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #4 (December 1988)

Indexer Notes

As an in-joke, Animal Man looks up B'Wana Beast in Rovin's Fifth International Who's Who of the Superhuman Community, a reference to Jeff Rovin who has written several reference works including The Encyclopedia of Superheroes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #5 ([Winter] 1988)

The Coyote Gospel (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-4013

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Cliff Baker; Ellen Baker; Crafty The Coyote

Synopsis

Animal Man meets Crafty, a coyote that walks like a man and is painfully resurrected everytime it is killed.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #5 ([Winter] 1988)

Indexer Notes

Crafty the Coyote is an homage to Wile E. Coyote from the Warner Bros. cartoons. Story includes first hint of the later meta-textual storyline.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Skalla Kol (Thanagarian Hawkwoman)

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #6 (Holiday 1988)

Birds of Prey (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Grant Morrison

Pencils

Chas Truog

Inks

Doug Hazlewood

Colors

Tatjana Wood

Letters

John Costanza

Job Number

G-4014

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Skalla Kol (Thanagarian Hawkwoman); Roger (Animal Man's manager); Rokara Soh (Thangarian); Hawkman

Synopsis

Animal Man encounters Thanagarians with a bomb, but the arrival of Hawkman puts an end to the threat.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #6 (Holiday 1988)

Indexer Notes

Cross-over with Invasion! mini-series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; The Red Mask

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #7 (January 1989)

The Death of the Red Mask (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-4141

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Cliff Baker; The Red Mask; The Veil (cameo); Captain Triumph (cameo)

Synopsis

During the invasion of Earth, Animal Man meets the Red Mask and tries to talk him out of committing suicide.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #7 (January 1989)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #8 (February 1989)

Mirror Moves (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-4457

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Prologue: 'I cannot believe that God plays dice with the cosmos.'

Feature Logo

Animal Man [scratched]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch]; Ellen Baker; James Hightower; Mr. Brumley; Mr. Elson; Mr. Shaver

Synopsis

The morning after Animal Man is admitted to the Justice League, Mirror Master attacks him in his home.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #8 (February 1989)

Keywords

Mirror Dimension; San Diego

Indexer Notes

"Dedicated to John Broome, Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino and the late, great Barry Allen." The framing sequence picks up the meta-textual storyline begun in #5. Story also includes the first glimpse of the time-travelling Animal Man from later issues.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #9 (March 1989)

Home Improvements (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Tom Grummett (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-4550

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, dude!

Feature Logo

Animal Man [scratched]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz]; Cliff Baker; Maxine Baker; Ellen Baker; James Highwater; Mike Buckley; T. C. (cat)

Synopsis

While the Justice League villain-proofs the Baker household, Animal Man discusses with Martian Manhunter the effect of the gene bomb on him. Later the Martian Manhunter helps Cliff deal with some bullies. Elsewhere, in Africa, natives sense the coming of the gods.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #9 (March 1989)

Keywords

Africa; San Diego

Indexer Notes

The time-travelling Animal Man from the future makes a second appearance in this story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Animal Man; Man-Bat / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Michael Wm. Kaluta (credited, signed)

Inks

Michael Wm. Kaluta (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Man-Bat

Reprints

• from Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #39 [Direct] (April 1989)

The Myth of the Creation (Table of Contents: 22)

Animal Man / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Tom Grummett (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Helen Vesik (credited)

Letters

Janice Chiang (credited)

Job Number

G-4657

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The reveille, when it sounded, was both unforeseen and loud.

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

• from Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #39 (April 1989)

Indexer Notes

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] (Table of Contents: 23)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Vixen

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #10 (April 1989)

Fox on the Run (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Mark McKenna (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-4638

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey! What the hell you doin' down here?

Feature Logo

Animal Man [scratched]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; The Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]; Vixen; Ellen Baker; James Highwater; The Psycho Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Dr. Huntoon; Hamad Ali (cameo); Roger Denning; T. C. (cat); Yellow aliens; Tricia Denning; Mike

Synopsis

While Animal Man disrupts a fox hunt, James Highwater visits the Psycho Pirate, who along with The Mad Hatter, remembers the pre-Crisis multiverse. The Psycho Pirate gives Highwater a piece of paper showing the pre-Crisis origin of Animal Man. Meanwhile Vixen has arrived at the Baker house in search of help fighting invisible creatures. As Animal Man is literally unravelled by the creatures, the aliens who gave him his power arrive.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #10 (April 1989)

Keywords

Afrca; Arkham Asyum; Cardonald; England; Gotham City; Hertfordshire; San Diego; Scotland; Tantu Totem

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #11 (May 1989)

Out of Africa (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-4639

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The situation is under control. The continuum is safe.

Feature Logo

Animal Man [without scratch]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Vixen; Ellen Baker; Hamed Ali; Tabu

Synopsis

Animal Man, who was taken apart by the invisible agents of the aliens in the previous issue, is reintegrated by the aliens and reappears in Africa with Vixen, where the two lose a fight with Hamed Ali and Tabu and are imprisoned. Meanwhile back at the Baker household, Ellen fades out of existence.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #11 (May 1989)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #12 (June 1989)

Secret Origins (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well?

Feature Logo

Animal Man [without scratch]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Vixen; Tabu; Hamed Ali; Ellen Baker

Synopsis

Animal Man and Vixen escape their prison and investigate the time-space anomoly created by the aliens' presence. While Vixen fights Tabu, the aliens help Animal Man re-establish his reality. When Hamed Ali confronts Animal Man and the aliens, the aliens write him out of the story.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #12 (June 1989)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

Tatjana Wood

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; B'wana Beast [Mike Maxwell]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #13 (July 1989)

Hour of the Beast (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-4837

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; B'wana Beast [Mike Maxwell]; Dominic Mndawe; Archbishop Mogatusi; David Quinn; Mr. Van de Voort

Synopsis

Animal Man runs into B'Wana Beast and the two get involved in the politics of Aprtheid-era South Africa, where Mike Maxwell passes on the mantle of B'Wana Beast.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #13 (July 1989)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Todd Klein

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Maxine Baker; Ellen Baker; Cliff Baker

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #14 (August 1989)

Spooks (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Tom Grummett (credited)

Inks

Steve Montano (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-4895

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Maxine Baker; Ellen Baker; James Highwater; Cliff Baker; Mr. Lennox

Synopsis

Maxine sees a person she thinks is her father, then Ellen feels a presence in the house. When Buddy investigates, he finds the same person and recalls seeing him once before when he was 10. Elsewhere, Cliff and two friends play with a Ouija board and come up with the numbers 9 and 27, numbers which also appear on the door to the Baker house.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #14 (August 1989)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Dolphin

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #15 (September 1989)

The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-5034

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Dolphin; Dane Dorrance; Ongur Nielsen; Joannes

Synopsis

Animal Man joins Dane Dorrance and Dolphin in protecting dolphins from hunters.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #15 (September 1989)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Time Commander; Rocket Red

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #16 (October 1989)

The Clockwork Crimes of the Time Commander (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Sue Dibny; The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Ellen Baker; Time Commander [John Starr]; Rocket Red #4 [Dmitri Pushkin]; Mr. Lennox

Synopsis

Animal Man takes Ellen to Paris to celebrate selling her book and ends up joining the JLE in taking down the Time Commander.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #16 (October 1989)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

Tatjana Wood

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #17 (November 1989)

Consequences (Table of Contents: 38)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-5207

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch]; James Highwater; Cliff Baker; Ellen Baker; Maxine Baker; Roger; Dr. Whitmore

Synopsis

Animal Man gets involved with animal rights activists and becomes a spokesperson for the cause, but begins to question his absolutist point-of-view. Elsewhere, Mirror Master dissolves his relationship with Mr. Lennox. Also, back at the Baker household, James Highwater has arrived, but he has problems of his own.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #17 (November 1989)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #18 (December 1989)

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (Table of Contents: 40)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-5259

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] (Table of Contents: 41)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; James Highwater

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #19 (January 1990)

A New Science of Life (Table of Contents: 42)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-5319

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] (Table of Contents: 43)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #20 (February 1990)

The Last Enemy (Table of Contents: 44)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-5336

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Booster Gold; Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz]; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Vixen; Ellen Baker; Roger; Tricia; Cliff Baker; Maxine Baker; Violet Weidemeir; Mr. Lennox; Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Dr. Huntoon; Morris Weidemeir

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] (Table of Contents: 45)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #21 (March 1990)

Tooth and Claw (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-5337

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch]; Mr. Lennox; Mr. Elson; Mr. Shaver; Mr. Brumley; Bug-Man

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] (Table of Contents: 47)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Maxine Baker

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #22 (April 1990)

Time in a Bottle (Table of Contents: 48)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Paris Cullins (credited)

Inks

Steve Montano (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-5495

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Booster Gold; The Phantom Stranger; Time Commander [John Starr]; Time Masters [Rip Hunter; Bonnie Baxter; Jeff Smith]; Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Ellen Baker; Maxine Baker; Cliff Baker; 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] (Table of Contents: 49)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Job Number

G-5496

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Binky; The Phantom Stranger

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #23 (May 1990)

Crisis (Table of Contents: 50)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Beppo; Binky; Jason Blood; Detective Chimp [Bobo T. Chimpanzee]; Immortal Man; Kole; The Phantom Stranger; Prince Ra-Man; Sargon the Sorcerer; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Streaky; Psycho Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Crime Syndicate of Earth-3 [Power Ring, Ultraman; Johnny Quick; Owlman]; Bug-Eyed Bandit; James Highwater; 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]

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] (Table of Contents: 51)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; 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 (The Flash #123, Green Lantern #40, Justice League of America #21), plus many others.

Purification Day (Table of Contents: 52)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Doug Hazlewood (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-5652

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Bizarro; Hercules; Streaky; Psycho-Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Power Ring (of Earth-3); Ultraman (of Earth-3); James Highwater; Dorothy (from the Wizard of Oz); Toto; Overman; Magic Lantern; 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.

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #24 (June 1990)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 53)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #25 (July 1990)

Monkey Puzzles (Table of Contents: 54)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Mark Farmer (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-5653

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Inferior Five: Awkwardman; Blimp; Dumb Bunny; Merryman; White Feather
Ace the Bat-Hound; Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; The Gay Ghost; Hercules; Hoppy; Ma Hunkel; Nightmaster [Jim Rook]; Quicksilver [Max Crandall]; The Red Bee; The Green Team; Ultra, the Multi-Alien; Space Canine Patrol Agents; J'emm, Son of Saturn; Jason Grant (from Jason's Quest); Mister Freeze; 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)

Keywords

Limbo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 55)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Grant Morrison

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1988 series) #26 (August 1990)

Indexer Notes

Part photo cover.

Deus Ex Machina (Table of Contents: 56)

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

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

Chas Truog (credited)

Inks

Mark Farmer (credited)

Colors

Tatjana Wood (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-5654

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Grant Morrison; The Shark; Slaughterhouse; Ellen Paker; Maxine Baker; Cliff Baker

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)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 57)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; a baboon

Reprints

• from Animal Man (DC, 1991 series) [First Printing] ([September] 1991)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 58)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Colors

Brian Bolland (credited, signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

Reprints

• from Animal Man: Origin of the Species (DC, 2002 series) ([September] 2002)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 59)

Animal Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Brian Bolland (credited)

Inks

Brian Bolland (credited)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Grant Morrison

Reprints

• from Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina (DC, 2003 series) ([December] 2003)