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Between issues #66 and #67, Delano also penned the "Animal Man Annual" #1, focusing on Buddy's daughter Maxine. It was the third part of Vertigo's attempt to create a crossover event titled "The Children's Crusade". This event ran across the Annuals of the five then-Vertigo titles – "Animal Man", "Swamp Thing", "Black Orchid", "The Books of Magic" and "Doom Patrol" – book-ended by two "Children's Crusade" issues co-written by Neil Gaiman, and starring his Dead Boy Detectives.