#238 – Bernhard "Buddy" Baker

Today we talk about Bernhard "Buddy" Baker, best known as Animal Man, who is a wife guy, an animal lover, and sometimes an avatar of the energy field that connects every animal on earth. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Strange Adventures (1950) #180 -Action Comics (1938) #552 -DC Comics Presents (1978) #77 -Crisis on Infinite Earths (1988) reading order -Animal Man (1988) -Buddy turning into a leech in Injustice #18 panel 1 panel 2 (briar originally said limpet and meant lamprey but turns out it's a leech!) -Justice League International (1987) #24 -Justice League Europe (1989) -JLA (1996) #27 -Infinite Crisis (2005) reading order -52 (2006) -Countdown to Adventure (2007) -Justice League (2006) #24 -Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009) -The Last Days of Animal Man (2009) -Starman/Congorilla (2011) #1 -Justice League of America (2006) #54-59 -Animal Man (2011) -Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King (2020) #1 -Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5 -Robin (2021) #15 pride variant -The Secret X-Men (2022) #1 (Variant) Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.