Comic Title: Animal Man by Grant Morrison Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: 2020
On Sale Date: February 12, 2020 Direct Market Date February 12, 2020
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Direct Market Date February 12, 2020
Source: Previews, #374

Direct Market Date February 12, 2020
Source: DC Previews, #19

Cover Price: $29.99
Page Count: 376
Editor: Alex Galer

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Birds of Prey"
Pages: 24

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

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

Reprinted From:
Animal Man #6 (1988)

Feature Character(s)

• Animal Man (last appearance in Animal Man #5; next appearance in Animal Man #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Roger Denning (last appearance in Animal Man #1; next appearance in Animal Man #17)

Villain(s)

• Rokara Soh (a Thanagarian artist; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Skalla Kol (a Thanagarian warrior; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Several Thanagarians (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Justice League International #22; next appearance in Invasion #2)

Other Character(s)

• Rokara Soh's father (in flashback; no further appearances)

Comments:
This issue is labeled as an Invasion First Strike Extra.

Synopsis:
The alien alliance begins its invasion of Earth. One Thanagarian artist is sent to California to act as a martyr. He will detonate a bomb on a fault line in order to trigger a massive earthquake. Animal Man sees his ship land. When he investigates, he is attacked by a female warrior. Animal Man rips off her wings and she is killed upon impact after falling out of the sky. Animal Man then tries to deactivate the bomb, but he cannot. The bomb emanates telepathic images from the martyr's life which further confuse and panic the hero. Just as the bomb is about to detonate, Hawkman arrives and turns it off.