Animal Man by Grant Morrison - Volume 1 (1989) - Comic Story Explained

Full Comic Story and Review/Recap for Animal Man by Grant Morrison. Animal Man, a second-rate super hero struggling with real-life issues and moral dilemmas. Buddy Baker is a caring husband, devoted father, animal activist and super-powered being. But as he attempts to live up to all of his roles, he soon finds that there are no black and white situations in life. With a strong focus on storytelling, these thought-provoking and innovative tales make the reader question the actions of Animal Man as well as their own behavior in similar situations.
=====CREATIVE TEAM=====
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Chas Truog, Doug Hazelwood, Tom Grummett
=== TIMESTAMPS ===
0:00 - Intro
2:10 - Background Information
5:28 - Animal Man #1 - The Human Zoo
16:54 - Animal Man #2 - Life in the Concrete Jungle
21:30 - Animal Man #3 - The Nature of the Beast
28:11 - Animal Man #4 - When We All Lived in the Forest
34:21 - Animal Man #5 - The Coyote Gospel
42:43 - Animal Man #6 - Birds of Prey
53:07 - Animal Man #7 - The Death of the Red Mask
59:12 - Animal Man #8 - Mirror Moves
1:06:05 - Animal Man #9 - Home Improvements
1:13:16 - Final Thoughts
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===== MUSIC =====
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#AnimalMan #Comics

[@dannymalt]

Animal Man Volume 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJXdn6hndrF3aMk Animal Man Volume 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWeXeoykqtF_lcU

[@KillaD69]

Animal Man is one of those weird obscure DC characters whose always had pretty good comic book runs, but for some reason hes never appeared in any media or crossovered with other DC properties.

[@AnansitheSpider8]

Animal Man was portrayed in some of those DC Nation animated shorts from a few years ago, not to mention he did crossover with Swamp Thing in the comics in the New 52 about RotWorld or something.

[@leersay]

@@AnansitheSpider8the Lemire run of Animal Man ends in a huge swamp-thing crossover

[@joezar33]

You forgot too mention his actually a really Over Power hero as well

[@emperorg9910]

What I like about Animal man , is that his comic is more of a slice of life and smaller problems. Until later that is but still fun and crazy.

[@Blackburn-Arts]

I love how this run of animal man guves off the vibe of an 80's sitcom

[@beowulfmacbethson9675]

I got hyped when I saw B'wana Beast. All those memories from Batman the Brave and the Bold came rushing back.

[@misha7829]

ive always wanted to read this one! but never enough to actually make the time and READ read it haha. thank you for covering this!

[@dannymalt]

I was in the same mindset. That was why I figured it would be a good video to cover. Always heard about this run, always planned on one day reading it, but never followed through before.

[@CactusJackIV]

This was an awesome run. Can’t wait to watch it as soon as I get off work love the comics you cover. Keep up the great work!

[@juanisol8275]

By God Morrison did it again!! I love his kind of psychodelic rebirths, emotive redesigns and Wacky epic reintroductions of supporting characters that really deserve to be remembered! I'm already intrigued to see the next Volumes!! Thank you for Reviewing this New versión of such Wild Characters!!

[@reapersritehand]

Morrison's animal man is one of the definitive reads for animal man, only one i would say compares or comes close is new 52 rot world crossover

[@Rock33b]

I totally agree with the rest of the comments awesome and usually lesser known picks to cover you do a great job and I first discovered you 18 months ago and I binged every video on your channel and I am always happy to see a new one

[@SHIT2TITS]

"WHAT ABOUT THE KITTEN?"😢 No lie, the way you said that me laugh.

[@Mako2401]

You always know how to pick the best comics Danny, keep them coming

[@TheAlanRaptor]

Dude! If all of your videos are as good as this one, I'll never unsub! Your editing and presentation are fantastic! And your overall demeanor works great for a story so serious, yet whimsical and easy going. I love it.

[@mjgoodson]

I often fail to fully understand Grant Morrison plotlines so I appreciate this recap. Like you, Animal Man was constantly recommended to me by the comic book shop sages but I never got around to it. Thanks Danny!

[@GatesOfAvalon1]

One of my favorite comicbook runs of all time! So happy to see you reading it!

[@Brandons.Artfest]

Definitely wanna see more of the series!!!

[@BrotherWulfe]

Posting before watching. Thanks for all the content danny and i rly appreciate you covering all the books ppl dont cover. I have watched every one of your videos and you rly help me through the day. Thank you man

[@mjgoodson]

Thanks!

[@icantaffordlife]

30:17 Definition of a no u fight

[@kawamesimfelicien4822]

This was really dope. Animal man and Bwana beast are my favorites. We need more!

[@gokublaclivesmatter8410]

Im here couldn't wait for another video you surprised me with this i was just looking at his origin looks dope hope it good

[@fsp394]

Awesome! Thank you for covering animal man Danny.

[@imme2400]

To tell the truth I did not think I was gonna like this one but animal man is Dope

[@Tylerbremner]

Great pick Danny I’ve got got a hardcover of the trade that collects issues 1-13. Looking forward to watching this

[@velvetelvis999]

Great video, as always. Can't wait for the hour long video! I could listen to you and Jon all day!

[@Imantyk]

I guess Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing next ?😁

[@DarkSideOfTheBrightSide]

Classic! When Alan Moore is on?! HES ON! I love alot of his work, there’s a few I feel were kinda pretentious, and psychological word salad- a puddle being called an ocean, is Alan off the deep end of shallow subject matter.

[@maxsecondchannel2613]

This is one of my favorite comic runs of all time, I wonder if you will cover the rest of the animal man series. It’s a really good comic series overall

[@heyarentyouthatguy7984]

I really enjoyed this, I can't wait for more volumes! Keep up the great work Danny.

[@jaybofa617]

More fun that I thought!

[@laverdadescatolica5]

Thank you for your work in putting these works together, Danny. Your videos are A PLUS content!

[@njlamendola]

Thanks again for another great video

[@Rreinholdt]

Great work Danny! Loved it!

[@aryanak1234]

Great video Danny! Keep up the good work

[@AgentMoray]

Those Brian Bolland covers are awesome.

[@FredDerka1]

Can't wait for the next volume!

[@InvasionAnimation]

Neat a comic version of The Wild Kratts cartoon.

[@fcm3d]

Hooray finally someone covers Animal Man!

[@ericnids1710]

This reminds me of the 1986 the real Ghostbusters episode "Who're You Calling Two Dimensional?" Won an award you say?

[@bored9675]

Hi I love your videos

[@MugenKaizenBeats]

This was pretty good. I like it. More Animal Man please!! 👍👍

[@jrpgaddict7726]

Ty!

[@SergioSorokin]

Great video dude👍

[@Randomgamingprd]

Great video

[@LaraCazarts]

I'm such a big dc fan and can't recall hearing this name. So happy to hear you explanation 🤟😁

[@jackieanderson9408]

Liked it.😊👍

[@DarkSideOfTheBrightSide]

“It’s Aquaman of the land, his name? ANIMAL MAN!!” *-1980s Radio Personality*

[@icantaffordlife]

35:25 looks like that the thing from suicide squad

[@JairBPena]

"That´s why i´m talking about, let´s GOOO!"

[@juliusstewart5454]

Please we need more

[@shaheersajjad8293]

You are treasure mate.

[@mtuflani]

Now I see the connection with Titans S04 E9. They borrowed from this story .

[@williambixby3785]

The book in issue 4 made me think of garu in one punch man… btw, they should have changed that issue to anthrax man lol

[@HipHopNerdHarryGusto]

Also I would like to see an Animal Man and Beast Boy mini series where Beast Boy is teaching Animal man how to be a good hero.

[@leersay]

Please cover the Lemire run!

[@HipHopNerdHarryGusto]

New 52 Animal Man when ?

[@lilnig247]

I was hoping you would cover animal man

[@dannytarver4533]

27:32 ok, this was... unexpected. Not even halfway through and yeah,Grant Morrison 😮‍💨 Wow and it gets even weirder

[@quangvu8784]

damn Animal Man's wife got some real shit here, she is scare of normal raper but able to kick a villian with power to go through a mirror. fucking helll

[@byronschexnayder875]

🔥💟🖤 AWESOME VIDEO 🖤💟🔥

[@Shakkarz]

As a little kid I love animal man but some scumbag came in and robbed and stole all my comic books as a little kid devastated devastated

[@LaraCazarts]

Sorry to hear that happened ☹️

[@marcusbrothers5221]

This is right up there with Swamp thing. They'll pretend that the crappy writing is tongue and cheek. That's code for "we didn't want to try hard".

[@richardabia9735]

This is not as good as people make it seem. It is just jokes. I LOVE Martian Manhunter so, that was nice ! It is good.

[@murfman2001]

Fuck yeah soooo glad your doing animal man

[@OverStarter]

why does Danny look younger?

[@marcusbrothers5221]

Dc fans back in the day were high off the smell of their own farts. This and Doom Patrol were regarded as quality comics by people who didn't or couldn't buy Marvel comics

[@shindig9000]

It was fun enough. The activists stuff got really annoying hearing it over and over again though. I liked the art a lot.

[@fardin3m39]

TNX

[@LaraCazarts]

Clever. Cross and god lol wow. 42:27

[@w4lkurr214]

No video this week?

[@dannymalt]

It was posted. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJXdn6hndrF3aMk

[@teddygramz9242]

Is Animal Man stronger than Beast Boy or Vixen similar power wise?

[@nasilelelisselo2348]

No he's not because he can't conjure Cthulhu's abilities

[@oussamarifi6942]

🎉

[@krismas2608]

Are you going to do DC invasion

[@Briaaanz]

I am NOT a Grant Morrison fan. However, i did have some mild fond memories of his animal man run. Honestly, i think it doesn't hold up and I'll double down on my opinion of him being a poor writer

[@SoldierOfJah]

He couldn’t have just kept his powers secret and play professional sports? 😅

[@John_the_Paul]

I’m glad the cat was avenged

[@daviddiaz529]

Th-aan-ah-gah-ree-aans

[@LordofSyn]

28:12 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@frocurl]

Sorta strange

[@Shaddowkhan]

Man this was weird. Like, I dont know if I like it or not.

[@marcusbrothers5221]

How was he flying without wings ? Who wrote this crap.

[@redcattn]

😂😂 1:04:05 😂😂

[@Thatdudefresh]

Yep skipping this series

[@Zeus-gl2tf]

I was going to but it actually pretty good give a try at least

[@marcusbrothers5221]

Award winning crap. See what I'm talking about?

[@DuranFlims]

no way i just read my trade paperback this is perfect timing