CATALOG RECORD
Animal Man by Grant Morrison 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition #1
Dates
- Cover date
- 2018 [February 2019]
- On sale
- December 12, 2018
- Pages
- 376
Editions and covers
Creators
Stories
- The Human Zoo · 24 pages
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.
- Life in the Concrete Jungle · 24 pages
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.
- The Nature of the Beast · 24 pages
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.
- When We All Lived in the Forest · 24 pages
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.
- The Coyote Gospel · 24 pages
Animal Man meets Crafty, a coyote that walks like a man and is painfully resurrected everytime it is killed.
- Birds of Prey · 24 pages
Animal Man encounters Thanagarians with a bomb, but the arrival of Hawkman puts an end to the threat.
- The Death of the Red Mask · 24 pages
During the invasion of Earth, Animal Man meets the Red Mask and tries to talk him out of committing suicide.
- Mirror Moves · 24 pages
The morning after Animal Man is admitted to the Justice League, Mirror Master attacks him in his home.
- Home Improvements · 24 pages
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.
- The Myth of the Creation · 19 pages
As Buddy tries to regain his powers, aliens review his history.
- Fox on the Run · 24 pages
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.
- Out of Africa · 24 pages
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.
- Secret Origins · 24 pages
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.
- Hour of the Beast · 24 pages
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.