Animal Man #28

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The Naked Afternoon Snack

Animal Man) is interrogated by the police after taking a bite out of the neck of a police horse in front of hundreds of animal rights activists. Despite his obvious guilt, and inability to control himself, Buddy is released by order of the CIA.

While wandering in a park to clear his head, Buddy finds a newspaper which claims that Marvin Gaye is still alive. This brings him to the realization that more than just his family and powers are different from his memories. Buddy goes to the library, and confirms his suspicions that there are other discrepancies. He returns home to bring the information to his wife Ellen).

Buddy is surprised to catch Ellen having an affair with her wealthy friend Mike. Buddy is stupefied, knowing that his wife never would have acted this way before things changed. He becomes enraged and attacks Mike, envisioning himself as an alpha male ape, defeating and then humiliating his opponent. He declares that having defeated Mike, Ellen is now his again - but of course she agrees to no such thing. Buddy becomes angry again, but he is stopped by a strange man.

Ellen leaves with Mike, telling Buddy to be gone when she returns. In his strange speaking patterns, the man introduces himself as Nowhere Man), explaining that he has been sent to recruit Buddy as his partner under orders by the CIA. They go to a bar, where Nowhere Man details his history. He was molecularly displaced as a result of repressed sexuality, caused by his puritanical mother. He joined his drunken uncle Barney's circus as the Molecularly Displaced Freak, and had his first sexual experiences with Lizard Girl. Unfortunately, both Barney and Lizard girl died. He had joined pair of third-rate heroes, The Front Page and The Notional Man), but had to leave when they started making bad pornographic films.

As he tells this story, a strange figure outside tosses a metal newspaper through the window, with a headline reading that Nowhere Man will be butchered in a revenge slaying. This is the weapon of the Front Page, who wants revenge for the fact that Nowhere Man stole all of the money the team had when he left. The Notional Man appears, pinning Nowhere Man in his forceps, and Buddy decides to take the opportunity to escape. However, he can't leave Nowhere Man to that fate, and he returns.

When Buddy attacks the Front Page, the headlines all across the villain's body begin mocking Buddy's recent attack on the police horse. Buddy gets angry, and clubs the Front Page in the head. The Front Page's skull is cracked, and he dies. The Notional Man swears revenge, and Buddy and Nowhere Man dispose of the body before going to night club to take their minds off of it.

Buddy catches a glimpse of the Notional Man in the club, and follows him outside. He realizes that the Notional Man had left a package in the club, and that is must have been a bomb. As he runs back inside the club to save its occupants, the entire building explodes.

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Animal Man/Buddy Baker) (Splintered Timeline) Impersonates Buddy Baker (Unknown Earth)) **Supporting Characters:** * The Apeman (Unknown Earth)) * President Eagleton (Unknown Earth)) ** CIA * Nowhere Man/The Molecularly Displaced Freak) **Antagonists:** * Front Page (Unknown Earth)) * The Notional Man (Unknown Earth)) * San Diego Police Department (Unknown Earth) ** Chief Tony **Other Characters:** * The Angel Mob/"The Spoiled Triplets" (Unknown Earth) ** Mark Angel) ** Matthew Angel) ** Lucinda Angel) * Buddy Baker (Unknown Earth)) * Cindy (Hooker) (Unknown Earth) * Cliff and Maxine Baker's babysitter * Ellen Baker) * Mike (Ellen Baker's lover) * Uncle Barney (Unknown Earth) ** Uncle Barney's circus *** Lizard Girl) * Marvin Gaye|Marvin Gaye (Unknown Earth) * Adolf Hitler (Unknown Earth)) * Buddy Baker's grandmother * Cliff Baker) * Cliff Baker (Unknown Earth)) * Dwight Larkins (Unknown Earth) * Ellen Baker) * God * Lazarus) * Maxine Baker) * Maxine Baker (Unknown Earth)) * Neil Armstrong) * The Neon Ghost (Unknown Earth) * Nowhere Man's father * Nowhere Man's mother * Ted Kennedy|Edward Kennedy (Unknown Earth) * Marvin Gaye * Marvin Gay Sr.|Marvin Gay Sr. (Unknown Earth) * William S. Burroughs|William S. Burroughs (Unknown Earth) **Locations:** * Hypertime ** Earth-Twenty-Seven See Notes *** Prehistoric Era **** Earth ***** The Jungle *** 1990 **** Earth ***** United States of America ****** California ******* San Diego ******** Baker Home ******** Derek's Dive ******** San Diego Police Station ****** Massachusetts ******* Chappaquiddick Island ***** Germany ****** Nuremberg **** Earth's Moon **Items:** * Alcohol * "*Naked Lunch*" **Events:** * Apollo 11 Moon landing * Chappaquiddick incident * Killing of Marvin Gaye * Nuremberg Trials **Concepts:** * Alternate Timelines * The Red * Superhumans * Time Travel ** Time Loop

| Notes = * This issue is reprinted in Animal Man: Born to Be Wild (Collected). | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: Peter Milligan

Interior art: Chaz Truog

Color: Tatjana Wood

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