Comic Title: Animal Man TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1991
On Sale Date: July 23, 1991 Shipping Date July 23, 1991
Source: Previews, #29

Direct Market Date July 25, 1991
Source: Comic Shop News, #204, #209, #210

Cover Price: $19.95
Page Count: 240
Editor: Michael Charles Hill

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Human Zoo"
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 #1 (1988)

Feature Character(s)

• Animal Man (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #39; next appearance in Animal Man #2)

Guest Star(s)

• B'Wana Beast (last appearance in Animal Man #3; next appearance in Animal Man #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Ellen Baker (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #39; next appearance in Animal Man #2)
• Cliff Baker (first appearance; next appearance in Animal Man #4)
• Maxine Baker (first appearance; next appearance in Animal Man #2)
• Roger Denning (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #39; next appearance in Animal Man #6)

Villain(s)

• A mugger (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A group of hunters (Ray named; next appearance in Animal Man #2)

Other Character(s)

• Violet Weidemeir (Buddy's neighbor; next appearance in Animal Man #4)
• Morris Weidemeir (Violet's husband; next appearance in Animal Man #2)
• Dick Griffith (a tv host; no further appearances)
• Myers (a doctor and S.T.A.R. Labs; next appearance in Animal Man #2)
• Tricia (Roger's ex-wife; next appearance in Animal Man #18)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Justice League (in a magazine)
• Blue Beetle (in a magazine)
• Booster Gold (in a magazine)
• Captain Atom (in a magazine)
• Mister Miracle (in a magazine)

Comments:
This story continues in Animal Man #2.

Synopsis:
Buddy Baker, the occasional super-hero known as Animal Man, decides that he wants to revive his career and become a full-time super-hero. He plans to eventually join the Justice League, but first he needs to start small. After putting his power of absorbing the special abilities of animals to some test runs, Buddy appears on a local television program. After his appearance, S.T.A.R. Labs request his help when one of their animal research labs is broken into. The lab was demolished by someone with super-strength as evidenced by the bent metal doors. Also many of the research subject primates have been fused together into a grotesque amalgamated creature.