| Issue | #17 |
| Published | November 1989 |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Cover Price | 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.80 GBP |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Karen Berger; Art Young (Associate Editor) |
| Characters | Animal Man |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Brian Bolland (signed) |
| Inks | Brian Bolland (signed) |
| Characters | Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Mirror Master [Evan McCulloch]; James Highwater; Cliff Baker; Ellen Baker; Maxine Baker; Roger; Dr. Whitmore |
| Synopsis | Animal Man gets involved with animal rights activists and becomes a spokesperson for the cause, but begins to question his absolutist point-of-view. Elsewhere, Mirror Master dissolves his relationship with Mr. Lennox. Also, back at the Baker household, James Highwater has arrived, but he has problems of his own. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Grant Morrison |
| Pencils | Chas Truog |
| Inks | Doug Hazlewood |
| Colors | Tatjana Wood |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Reprinted | in Animal Man: Origin of the Species (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] |
| Script | Art Young |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Letters of comment from readers Charlie Harris, Malcolm Bourne, Andrew C. Werling and Bruce Duncan, with replies from Young. |
| Script | ? [as Johnny DC] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Includes DC Checklist. |