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Animal Man 12

ANIMAL MAN #12

Cover Date: June 1989
Cover Price: $1.25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Brian Bolland (signed)


Story: "Secret Origins" (24 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGrant Morrison
PencilsChas Truog
InksDoug Hazlewood
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsTatjana Wood
Assistant editingArt Young
EditingKaren Berger

Feature Character(s):

Animal Man (also in flashback to Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #180)

Guest Star(s):

Vixen

Supporting Character(s):

Yellow Aliens (next in issue #22)
Roger Denning (in flashback to Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #180)
Ellen Baker (in flashbacks to Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #180 and issue #11)
Ellen's father (in flashback to the time of Strange Adventures Vol. 1 #180)

Villain(s):

Hamed Ali – He Who Never Dies (dies)
Tabu II (dies shortly after this story, as revealed in issue #44)
Hamed Ali's army (all die)

Synopsis:

By using bacteria powers, Animal Man breaks himself and Vixen out from the clutches of Hamed Ali. Then he encounters the Yellow Aliens in their lair, and they explain that they are agents of the Higher Powers (i.e. the comic creators). Then they finally re-write his origin successfully. Hamed Ali and Tabu enter the aliens' lair but are defeated. Tabu is knocked out by Vixen while a bragging Hamed Ali is literally erased from the comic page by one of the Yellow Aliens. Before leaving, the Aliens warn Buddy that terrible times are coming.


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