| Issue | #5 |
| Published | [Winter] 1988 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.70 GBP |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Karen Berger; Art Young (Assistant Editor) |
| Characters | Animal Man [Buddy Baker] |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Brian Bolland (signed) |
| Inks | Brian Bolland (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Animal Man (DC, 1991 series) #nn; in Animal Man (DC, 2001 series) #nn |
| Script | ? [as Johnny DC] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Includes checklist of DC titles on sale the same week as this issue. Inside front cover. |
| Characters | Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Cliff Baker; Ellen Baker; Crafty The Coyote |
| Synopsis | Animal Man meets Crafty, a coyote that walks like a man and is painfully ressurected everytime it is killed. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Grant Morrison |
| Pencils | Chas Truog |
| Inks | Doug Hazlewood |
| Colors | Tatjana Wood |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Notes | Crafty the Coyote is an homage to Wile E. Coyote from the Warner Bros. cartoons. Story includes first hint of the later meta-textual storyline. |
| Reprinted | in Animal Man (DC, 1991 series) #nn; in Animal Man (DC, 2001 series) #nn |
| Script | Art Young |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Includes letters from Dale Coe, Mark Lucas, G.A. Barnum, Tim Calahan, Anthony Gallagher, Charlie Harris, Christopher Hunt, Rick Jones and Keith Blankenship. |