Comic Title: Secret Origins #39
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: April 1989
On Sale Date: February 21, 1989 Shipping Date February 21, 1989
Source: Direct Currents, #13

Copyright Date February 21, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Shipping Date February 23, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #158

Shipping Date February 23, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #2

Direct Market Date February 23, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #85

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mark Waid

Title: "The Myth of the Creation"
Pages: 19

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

Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Tom Grummett
Inker: Doug Hazlewood
Letterer: Janice Chiang
Colorist: Helen Vesik

Reprinted In:
Animal Man:Origin of the Species TPB (2002)
Animal Man Omnibus HC (2013)
Animal Man by Grant Morrison 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 HC (2019)
Animal Man by Grant Morrison Vol. 1 TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Animal Man (last appearance in Animal Man #9; next appearance in Animal Man #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Ellen Baker (last appearance in Animal Man #9; next appearance in Animal Man #10)
• Maxine Baker (last appearance in Animal Man #9; next appearance in Animal Man #14)
• Cliff Baker (last appearance in Animal Man #9; next appearance in Animal Man #14)
• Roger Denning (in flashback; next appearance in Animal Man #1)

Other Character(s)

• Two aliens (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Animal Man #10)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Buddy Baker (gets his powers; last appearance in Animal Man #22; next appearance in Animal Man #1)
• Ellen (during Buddy's proposal; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Animal Man #1)

Comments:
This story continues in Animal Man #10.

Synopsis:
Animal Man is still having trouble with his powers following the detonation of the meta-gene bomb. Two aliens observe him testing his powers. These aliens then review Animal Man's origin and history. They detect some changes to the continuum which they cannot explain.