Animal Man

Jeff Lemire’s Animal Man stands out as one of the strongest books from the early days of the New 52. The story follows the titular Animal Man, a.k.a. Buddy Baker, a former stuntman, turned father, turned superhero, turned animal rights activist. His powers were granted when aliens experimented on him and gave Buddy Baker access to a morphogenetic field entwined with all animal life on Earth from which he can draw many abilities: the reflexes of a fly, the strength of a rhinoceros, and many more.

Justice League United  #0 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Mike McKone Colored by Marcelo Maiolo Published by DC Comics First of all, I feel a bit odd as an American is reviewing a book that was originally called Justice  League Canada for a Canadian website. Nonetheless, Justice League United #0 is a weird, little book filled with …

Animal Man #28 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Rafael Albuquerque Colors by Dave McCaig Published by DC Comics Poor Buddy Baker. Jeff Lemire has really put his family through the ringer. You can’t help but feel sorry for the guy. His son Cliff died in Rot Wars, his daughter has been drawn into the …

“Animal Man” (1988) #1-26* Writer: Grant Morrison Penciller: Chas Truog, Tom Grummett, Paris Cullins Inker: Doug Hazlewood, Steve Montano, Mark McKenna Letterer: John Costanza, Janice Chiang Colourist: Tatjana Wood, Helen Vesik Covers: Brian Bolland *The specific details of #20-26 will not be discussed in the below article. If you’ve never read this comic before, don’t …

Animal Man Written by Grant Morrison Art by Chas Truog, Tom Grummet, Doug Hazlewood and others Published by DC Comics Some superheroes are a hard sell. Hell, some people have a hard time “buying” a character as straightforward as Green Lantern (people who don’t understand things like bravery, heroism and color coordination). So a character …

Animal Man (2011) #17 Writers: Jeff Lemire and Scott Snyder Artists: Steve Pugh and Timothy Green II Published by DC Comics Swamp Thing (2011) #17 Writers: Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire Artist: Andy Belanger Published by DC Comics While the “Swamp Thing”/”Animal Man” cross-over “Rotworld” has been ongoing only since issues #12, the two titles …