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Morrison managed to combine family drama, animal rights activism, superheroics, and a heaping helping of [[Meta Fiction]] to make this one of the most memorable comic books ever. It's brilliant, poignant, heartbreaking, and heartwarming at the same time.

 

 

In September of 2011 Animal Man was one of the characters receiving a series as part of the line wide [[New 52]] relaunch. The new series is written by Jeff Lemire with art from Travel Foreman, and will deal with Buddy and his family on the road trying to discover the origin of Buddy's powers as Maxine develops her own. At the same time, however, they're being hunted by the Hunters Three.

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* [[All Just a Dream]]: One of the ''only'' times it was done right.

* [[Broken Aesop]]: Buddy, enraged at a fisherman, drops him into the sea. He's {{spoiler|rescued by a dolphin, meaning that even though he killed many of them, they'll still save him for some reason}}.

** It does so because "Our way is different". That ''was'' the Aesop.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Got this treatment during his time in [[Justice League International]].

* [[Came Back Wrong]]: In the 2011 reboot, Maxine first uses her powers to bring dead pets back to life. As emaciated skeletal versions.

* [[Civvie Spandex]]: Animal Man pretty much started the trend in the 1980s with his denim jacket he wore over his costume, stylish ''and'' practical!

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Some people aren't happy with Buddy's stance on animal rights, and show it {{spoiler|by hiring an assassin to kill his wife and children}}.

* [[Deconstructor Fleet]]: Morrison deconstructs and rebuilds the superhero with Animal Man and completely destroys the fourth wall.

** Also a big one of cartoon violence and [[Bad Powers, Bad People]].

* [[Foreshadowing]]: During his peyote trip, Buddy sees an image from the [[Crisis on Infinite Earths|Crisis]], then another one that tells of a second Crisis. Whether it is foreshadowing the events in the comic (with the Psycho Pirate), [[Zero Hour]], ''or'' [[Infinite Crisis]] is your own guess.

* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]: One of the few times it isn't played for laughs.

* [[Funetik Aksent]]: The (2nd) Mirror Master has always had a Scottish Brogue, with its severity [[Depending on the Writer]]. When written by Morrison he becomes downright unintelligible at times. Arguably a bit of [[Self-Deprecation]], as Morrison is originally from Scotland.

* [[Funny Background Event]]: While Morrison is thanking people for their support during the making of the series, Animal Man is getting the snot beaten out of him by two supervillains.

** It's DC so I wouldn't count the kid out.

* [[The Multiverse]]: Morrison's series takes place shortly after ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', and plays with the then-departed DC Multiverse.

* [[Mundane Utility]]: Buddy's jacket [[Rule of Cool|looked really cool]] and helped set him apart by giving him a unique look, but the whole reason he started wearing it was so he had pockets to carry around his keys and notes from his wife reminding him to bring home milk.

* [[Not Himself]]: In ''[[Justice League of America]]'', Buddy realizes Anansi is affecting him when he ''eats chicken''.

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