by Jeff Lemire, Travel Foreman and Dan Green
Cover: I know nothing at all about Animal Man. The cover is a bit grotesque, what with all the veiny bits.
Story: Buddy Baker (really?) is a minor super hero whose wife thinks he hasn't been doing much superheroing lately. Animal Man has the power to take on the abilities of any animal. Well, that's legit weird. Do you think he ever channels the ability of the paper nautilus to detach its penis? So he can bang and make himself a sandwich at the same time. I like to think I make the world a better place by not writing fan fiction. But for those who do, just imagine what Animal Man could get up to.
So Animal Man stops some guy from shooting up a children's hospital and then he starts to bleed out of his eyes. Then he has a super creepy dream about his daughter disemboweling his son. Then he wakes up and finds his daughter has resurrected a bunch of dead animals.
Necromancy! Excellent!
Keep or Drop: With an ending like that? Resoundingly Keep.
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