Animal Man (comic book)

Animal Man
Cover to Animal Man (volume 1) #1 by Brian Bolland.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics Vertigo
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero horror
Publication date	(vol. 1) September 1988 – November 1995 (vol. 2) September 2011 – March 2014
No. of issues	(vol. 1): 89 and 1 Annual (vol. 2): 30 (#1–29 plus issue numbered 0) and 2 Annuals
Main character(s)	Animal Man
Creative team
Created by	Grant Morrison Chas Truog

Animal Man is a superhero comic book ongoing series published by DC Comics starring the superhero Animal Man. The series is best known for the run by writer Grant Morrison from issue #1 to #26 with penciller Chas Truog who stayed on the series until #32.

Animal Man was innovative in its advocacy and for its use of themes including social consciousness (with a focus on animal rights), metaphysics, deconstruction of the superhero genre and comic book form, postmodernism, eccentric plot twists, explorations of cosmic spirituality and mysticism, the determination of apparent free will by a higher power, and manipulation of reality including quantum physics, unified field theory, time travel and metafictional technique. The series is well-known for its frequently psychedelic and "off-the-wall" content.^[1]

A majority of the series' cover art was done by Brian Bolland, often portraying intentionally unusual or shocking imagery with no text blurbs.

Grant Morrison would return to the character Animal Man in 52.