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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published May 1990
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Karen Berger; Art Young (Associate Editor)
Notes Cover credits from Matthew Cettei on 24 May 2004

Cover Details

Characters Animal Man; Phantom Stranger; Binky
Genre Superhero
Pencils Brian Bolland (signed)
Inks Brian Bolland (signed)
Notes Cover credits from Matthew Cettei on 24 May 2004
Reprinted in Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]

24 page Animal Man story "Crisis"

Characters Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Psycho Pirate [Roger Hayden]; Streaky; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Crime Syndicate of Earth-3 [Power Ring, Ultraman; Johnny Quick; Owlman]; Bug-Eyed Bandit; Detective Chimp; James Highwater; Phantom Stranger; Binky; Immortal Man; Jason Blood; Icicle; Psimon; Ten-Eyed Man; The Spectre; Uberman; Bat-Man; Robin; Sunshine Superman; Speed Freak; Magic Lantern; Aquagirl [Tula]; Sargon the Sorcerer; Prince Ra-Man; Overman; Beppo; Kole
Synopsis Having time-travelled to the past, Animal Man has a philosophical discussion with the Phantom Stranger, Immortal Man, and Jason Blood. In the present, Psycho Pirate returns several old characters (and several newly created characters) to continuity. But when he re-creates one very dangerous character, Animal Man is summoned by the aliens and James Hightower.
Genre Superhero
Script Grant Morrison
Pencils Chas Truog
Inks Doug Hazlewood
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters John Costanza
Notes There are several other unidentified characters in the story, including one of the knights from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (complete with coconuts) and a character who may be Son of Vulcan.
Reprinted in Animal Man: Deus Ex Machina (DC, 2003 series) #[nn]