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Animal Man 13

ANIMAL MAN #13

Cover Date: July 1989
Cover Price: $1.50

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Cover Credits:
Art: Brian Bolland (signed)


Story: "Hour of the Beast" (24 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGrant Morrison
PencilsChas Truog
InksDoug Hazlewood
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsTatjana Wood
Assistant editingArt Young
EditingKaren Berger

Feature Character(s):

Animal Man

Guest Star(s):

Vixen (behind the scenes; next in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #27)
B'wana Beast (in between issues #4 and #47)
Freedom Beast (Dominic Mndawe; first appearance; next in Day of Judgment #4)

Villain(s):

Van de Voort (first appearance; Police Commissioner; dies)
South African Police officers
South African Ministry

Guest Appearance(s):

Perry White (behind the scenes)
Allie (in between Superman Vol. 2 #27 and #36)

Other Character(s):

Don Friedman (first appearance; a reporter)
Archbishop Mogatusi (first appearance)

Synopsis:

After seeing Vixen to the plane home, Buddy runs into Mike Maxwell a.k.a. B'wana Beast. Maxwell has decided to give up his Beast identity, and Buddy accompanies him to Kilimanjaro to find his successor. The chosen is one Dominic Mndawe, a resistance fighter in Apartheid South Africa. After freeing Dominic from prison, Maxwell and Animal Man help him avoid a massacre on black people. After taking the ultimate revenge on his nemesis, Police Commissioner Van De Voort, Dominic becomes the new guardian of Africa – the Freedom Beast.


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