Comic Title: Animal Man #1
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: September 1988
On Sale Date: May 31, 1988 Shipping Date May 31, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #757, Page 26

Shipping Date May 31, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #4

Shipping Date May 31, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #756, #758, #760

Shipping Date June 2, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #140

Copyright Date May 31, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Newsstand Date June 14, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #758, #760

Newsstand Date June 13, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #756

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "The Human Zoo"
Pages: 24

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

Writer: Grant Morrison
Penciller: Chas Truog
Inker: Doug Hazlewood
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Tatjana Wood

Reprinted In:
Animal Man TPB (1991)
Animal Man Omnibus HC (2013)
Animal Man by Grant Morrison 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 HC (2019)
Animal Man by Grant Morrison Vol. 1 TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Animal Man (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #39; next appearance in Animal Man #2)

Guest Star(s)

• B'Wana Beast (last appearance in Animal Man #3; next appearance in Animal Man #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Ellen Baker (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #39; next appearance in Animal Man #2)
• Cliff Baker (first appearance; next appearance in Animal Man #4)
• Maxine Baker (first appearance; next appearance in Animal Man #2)
• Roger Denning (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #39; next appearance in Animal Man #6)

Villain(s)

• A mugger (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A group of hunters (Ray named; next appearance in Animal Man #2)

Other Character(s)

• Violet Weidemeir (Buddy's neighbor; next appearance in Animal Man #4)
• Morris Weidemeir (Violet's husband; next appearance in Animal Man #2)
• Dick Griffith (a tv host; no further appearances)
• Myers (a doctor and S.T.A.R. Labs; next appearance in Animal Man #2)
• Tricia (Roger's ex-wife; next appearance in Animal Man #18)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Justice League (in a magazine)
• Blue Beetle (in a magazine)
• Booster Gold (in a magazine)
• Captain Atom (in a magazine)
• Mister Miracle (in a magazine)

Comments:
This story continues in Animal Man #2.

Synopsis:
Buddy Baker, the occasional super-hero known as Animal Man, decides that he wants to revive his career and become a full-time super-hero. He plans to eventually join the Justice League, but first he needs to start small. After putting his power of absorbing the special abilities of animals to some test runs, Buddy appears on a local television program. After his appearance, S.T.A.R. Labs request his help when one of their animal research labs is broken into. The lab was demolished by someone with super-strength as evidenced by the bent metal doors. Also many of the research subject primates have been fused together into a grotesque amalgamated creature.