Comic Title: Animal Man #25
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: July 1990
On Sale Date: May 29, 1990 Shipping Date May 29, 1990
Source: Previews, #15

Shipping Date May 29, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #179

Shipping Date May 31, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #17

Direct Market Date May 31, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #149

Copyright Date June 5, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

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

Title: "Monkey Puzzles"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Chas Truog
Inker: Mark Farmer
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 #24; next appearance in Animal Man #26)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Grant Morrison (first appearance; next appearance in Animal Man #26)

Other Character(s)

• A monkey (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Inferior Five (in limbo)
• Merryman (in limbo)
• Blimp (in limbo)
• White Feather (in limbo)
• Awkwardman (in limbo)
• Dumb Bunny (in limbo)
• Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (in limbo)
• Ace the Bat-Hound (in limbo)
• Green Team (in limbo)
• Ultra the Multi-Alien (in limbo)
• Ma Hunkel (in limbo)
• Space Canine Patrol (in limbo)
• Jemm (in limbo)
• Gay Ghost (in limbo)
• Quicksilver (in limbo)
• Hercules (in limbo)
• Jason (in limbo)
• Red Bee (in limbo)
• Mr. Freeze (in limbo)
• Nightmaster (in limbo)

Comments:
This story is continued from Animal Man #24 and continues in Animal Man #26.

Synopsis:
Animal Man steps out his front door into limbo. Limbo is inhabited by characters which have not appeared in stories recently. Merryman of the Inferior Five leads Buddy to a dying monkey. He tells Animal Man to find the City of Formation.

Animal Man passes through limbo on a journey that lasts years. He carries the monkey and meets many characters only to find himself right back at his house which is now dilapidated. His cat and dog have died while he was away. The monkey is also dead. In the monkey's hand is a paper. Buddy reads it and discovers it is the script of his journey across limbo. From the script he cuts a paper key. Using the key, Buddy opens a door which leads to a house. Inside is Grant Morrison.