Comic Title: Animal Man #27
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: September 1990
On Sale Date: July 31, 1990 Shipping Date July 31, 1990
Source: Previews, #17

Shipping Date July 31, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #181

Direct Market Date August 2, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #162

Copyright Date August 7, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Art Young

Title: "The Coma Kid"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Peter Milligan
Penciller: Chas Truog
Inker: Mark Farmer
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Animal Man:Born to Be Wild TPB (2013)

Feature Character(s)

• Animal Man (last appearance in Animal Man #26; next appearance in Animal Man #28)

Supporting Character(s)

• Ellen Baker (last appearance in Animal Man #26; next appearance in Animal Man #28)
• Cliff Baker (last appearance in Animal Man #26; next appearance in Animal Man #29)
• Maxine Baker (last appearance in Animal Man #26; next appearance in Animal Man #29)

Other Character(s)

• Chet Vegas (a public relations organizer; no further appearances)
• Dr. Santamaria (next appearance in Animal Man #32)
• Two nurses (Mary named; next appearance in Animal Man #32)
• Mike (an English professor; next appearance in Animal Man #28)
• Julia (Ellen's friend; no further appearances)
• Two police officers (Billy named; no further appearances)
• An ape man (next appearance in Animal Man #29)
• The crowd at an animal rights events (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Animal Man #28.

Synopsis:
Buddy Baker awakens from a coma. He was unconscious for three months. When he returns home he is overtaken by bizarre animal behaviors including urinating on the lawn. His family also seems different. Ellen is smoking and frigid, and Maxine avoids him. One night Buddy visits the local zoo and attacks two cops thinking they are wild hogs. The next day he attends an animal rights rally. A police horse panics. Buddy chases down the horse and bites into its neck as if it were prey on the savannah.