Dates
- Cover date
- April 1989
- On sale
- February 23, 1989
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #39 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098931766604
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Kevin Nowlan, Tom Grummett, Brett Ewinsinks: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Kevin Nowlan, Doug Hazlewood, Brett Ewinsscript: Jan Strnad, Grant Morrison, Mark Waidcolors: Kevin Nowlan, Helen Vesikletters: Kevin Nowlan, Janice Chiang
Stories
- The Secret Origin of Man-Bat · 19 pages
Kirk Langstrom experiments on himself and turns into Man-Bat.
- The Myth of the Creation · 19 pages
As Buddy tries to regain his powers, aliens review his history.
Reprinted in
Animal Man: Origin of the Species (2002), The Animal Man Omnibus (2013), Batman Arkham: Man-Bat (2017), Animal Man by Grant Morrison 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2018), Animal Man by Grant Morrison (2020)