Comic Title: Animal Man #20
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: February 1990
On Sale Date: January 2, 1990 Shipping Date January 2, 1990
Source: Previews, #10

Shipping Date January 4, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #12

Direct Market Date January 4, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #132, #133

Copyright Date January 2, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

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

Title: "The Last Enemy"
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 #19; next appearance in Captain Atom #38)

Supporting Character(s)

• Roger Denning (last appearance in Animal Man #18; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Lennox (last appearance in Animal Man #18; next appearance in Animal Man #21)
• Mirror Master (on the telephone; last appearance in Animal Man #17; next appearance in Animal Man #21)
• Psycho Pirate (last appearance in Animal Man #10; next appearance in Animal Man #22)
• Bug-Man (an armored killer; next appearance in Animal Man #21)
• Elson, Shaver, and Brumley (Lennox's three bosses; names not revealed in this story; next appearance in Animal Man #21)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Justice League (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Action Comics #650)
• Martian Manhunter (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Action Comics #650)
• Mari McCabe (last appearance in Suicide Squad #37; next appearance in Suicide Squad #38)
• Metamorpho (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Captain Atom #38)
• Booster Gold (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Justice League America #36)
• Ralph Dibny (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Captain Atom #38)
• Sue Dibny (last appearance in Justice League Europe #10; next appearance in Captain Atom #38)
• Dmitri Pushkin (last appearance in Justice League Europe #10; next appearance in Captain Atom #38)

Other Character(s)

• Tricia (last appearance in Animal Man #18; no further appearances)
• Dr. Robert Huntoon (last appearance in Animal Man #10; next appearance in Animal Man #24)
• Morris Weidemeir (last appearance in Animal Man #3; no further appearances)
• Violet Weidemeir (last appearance in Animal Man #4; no further appearances)
• An associate of Dr. Huntoon (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Ellen Baker (in flashback)
• Cliff Baker (in flashback)
• Maxine Baker (in flashback)

Comments:
This story is continued from Animal Man #19.

Animal Man requests a leave of absence from the Justice League in this story. However, he still attends the meeting with Captain Atom in Captain Atom #38 and helps Metamorpho with his son in Justice League Europe #11 and Justice League Europe #12 before beginning his leave.

Synopsis:
Buddy copes with the loss of his family. His friends console him. He then attends the funeral. The Justice League is also in attendance. Buddy resigns from the team. As he collapses into misery, Buddy receives a call from the Mirror Master who has the name of the killer.

Meanwhile, that killer, Lennox, reports to his bosses. He also helps to test a new robotic killer, Bug-Man.