With cameos by B’wana Beast and Vixen!
It’s National Zoo Lovers Day! Hug an animal! But not the kind that will kill you.
And dig these 13 COVERS starring Animal Man — with cameos by B’wana Beast and Vixen!
Ah-OOOOOOOOO!
Carmine Infantino pencils, Murphy Anderson inks
Brian Bolland
Infantino and Anderson. Buddy Baker’s 1965 first appearance, before he took the name “Animal Man.”
Bolland
Ross Andru pencils, Dick Giordano inks
Gil Kane
Mike Sekowsky pencils, Joe Giella inks
Bolland
Kane
Bob Oksner pencils, Vince Colletta inks. Axed before it could see print, but was later included in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade.
Jack Sparling
Bolland
Infantino pencils, George Roussos
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April 8, 2025
Zowie!!! I first saw A-Man in reprints in the 70s. And B’Wana Beast actually got a very cool and touching story in the animated “Brave and the Bold” series.
April 8, 2025
Artistically, I love EVERY Brian Bolland cover for the proto-Vertigo “Animal Man” run! But the nostalgia side of me recognizes my first exposure to Buddy Baker was the “Strange Adventures” 201 cover that was featured in Jeff Rovin’s “Encyclopedia of Super-Villains.” Yes, the Mod Gorilla Boss was a big enough deal to get a mention in that legendary tome!
April 8, 2025
Come on, DC. No self-respecting Mod Gorilla Boss would use the phrase ‘real McCoy’.
(Great collection of covers here, by the way.)