Animal Man as depicted in 52 #20 (November 2006) by J. G. Jones.
Publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
First appearance
Strange Adventures #180 (September 1965)
Created by
Dave Wood Carmine Infantino
In-story information
Alter ego
Bernhard "Buddy" Baker
Species
Metahuman
Team affiliations
Justice League Europe Forgotten Heroes White Lantern Corps Justice League United Justice League Justice League Dark Black Lantern Corps
Partnerships
Swamp Thing
Notable aliases
A-Man
Abilities
Ability to gain the powers of any animal that exists or has existed via access to "The Red"
Animal Man (Bernhard "Buddy" Baker) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. As a result of being in proximity to an exploding extraterrestrial spaceship, Buddy Baker acquires the ability to temporarily "borrow" the abilities of animals (such as a bird's flight or the proportionate strength of an ant). Using these powers, Baker fights crime as the costumed superhero Animal Man.[1]
Created by writer Dave Wood and artist Carmine Infantino, Buddy Baker first appeared in Strange Adventures #180 (September 1965) and adopted the name Animal Man in issue #190. Animal Man was a minor character for his first twenty years, never gaining the popularity of other DC heroes such as Batman or Superman. He made only five, non-consecutive appearances in Strange Adventures (four of which were reprinted in Adventure Comics), followed by two appearances in Wonder Woman, two in Action Comics, and two in DC Comics Presents, appearing in consecutive issues of each. These eleven stories constitute the entirety of his pre-Crisis appearances. He later became one of several DC properties, such as Shade, the Changing Man and Sandman, to be revived and revamped in the late 1980s for a more mature comics audience. As seen in Strange Adventures #195, he was billed as a "full-time hero", an aspect that would be the most changed by the revamp.
^Greenberger, Robert (2008). "Animal Man". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1.
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