Comic Title: Animal Man #18
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: December 1989
On Sale Date: October 31, 1989 Shipping Date October 31, 1989
Source: Previews, #8

Shipping Date October 31, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #172

Shipping Date November 2, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #10

Copyright Date October 31, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "At Play in the Fields of the Lord"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Animal Man (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Chas Truog
Inker: Doug Hazlewood
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Animal Man:Deus Ex Machina TPB (2003)
Animal Man Omnibus HC (2013)
Animal Man by Grant Morrison 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Vol. 2 HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Animal Man (last appearance in Animal Man #17; next appearance in Animal Man #19)

Supporting Character(s)

• Ellen Baker (last appearance in Animal Man #17; next appearance in Animal Man #19)
• Cliff Baker (last appearance in Animal Man #17; next appearance in Animal Man #19)
• Maxine Baker (last appearance in Animal Man #17; next appearance in Animal Man #19)
• Roger Denning (last appearance in Animal Man #17; next appearance in Animal Man #20)

Villain(s)

• Lennox (last appearance in Animal Man #17; next appearance in Animal Man #20)

Other Character(s)

• James Highwater (last appearance in Animal Man #17; next appearance in Animal Man #19)
• Tricia (last appearance in Animal Man #1; next appearance in Animal Man #20)

Comments:
This story is continued from Animal Man #17 and continues in Animal Man #19.

Synopsis:
Buddy has returned home to find James Highwater in his house. Part of Highwater's body disappeared briefly, but has now returned. This reminds Buddy of his trip to Africa. Highwater also finds that a photo he brought has been mysteriously changed into a map. Buddy agrees to go with Highwater to follow the map.

The map leads to an indian reservation in Arizona. Atop a mesa, Buddy and Highwater find peyote and take it. They both experience vivid hallucinations in which Buddy receives a warning about a second Crisis.