The whole story can be re-visited in the Animal Man Compendium TP 2024

(W) Grant Morrison (A) Chaz Truog (CA) Brian Bolland
EVERY ISSUE OF ACCLAIMED WRITER GRANT MORRISON'S GROUNDBREAKING RUN WITH ARTIST CHAZ TRUOG IS COLLECTED IN A SINGLE COMPENDIUM VOLUME FOR THE FIRST TIME! Buddy Baker is a superhero--the Man with Animal Powers. But in today's world, who really needs Animal Man's protection? Mankind? The animals? Or is it Buddy himself? Collects the first 26 issues of the legendary series as well as the character's dimension-spanning creation tale from SECRET ORIGINS #39.

Publisher: DC Comics
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Chaz Truog
Cover Artist: Brian Bolland

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