Animal Man (Post-Crisis)

## Summary

**Buddy Baker** is the **Animal Man**, the chosen protector of The Red, the force which connects all animal life. He is both a family man and a super-hero, often struggling to keep balance between the two.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier: Varies** up to at least **2-C**, likely **2-A** | **1-A**

**Name:** Bernhard "Buddy" Baker, Animal Man

**Origin:** DC Comics

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** Unknown

**Classification:** Human, Avatar of The Red, Formerly Animal Masters, Forgotten Heroes, Justice League of America, Justice League Europe

#### **Abilities:**

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Power Mimicry (Buddy can mimic any abilities of any animal as a result of his encounter with a crashed alien spacecraft), Flight (Copy the flight of a bird), Sound Manipulation (Can copy the sonic blast of a pistol shrimp), Enhanced Senses (The sense of smell of a moth and others senses of others animals), Acrobatics (Copy the agility of a snake), Electricity Manipulation (Buddy copy the electricity of an electric eel), Regeneration (Low-Mid: The regeneration ability of a worm), Surface Scaling (Can copy the wall-crawling of a spider), Fragrance Manipulation (Buddy can copy the stench of a skunk), Camouflage (The color changing of a chameleon), Duplication (Copy the reproduction abilities of protozoa), Ink Manipulation (Copies the power of a octopus and releases a cloud of ink), Self-Sustenance (Copied the powers of a Sun-Eater to survive in space), Poison Manipulation (Copying a Fire Salamander he can fire out neurotoxin), Air Manipulation (Uses the power of a matamata turtle to create a vacuum that pulls to people to him), Light Manpulation (Copies some alien lightning bugs to glow blindingly bright), Fire Manipulation (Copying some alien parasites gets the ability to shoot fireballs), Energy Projection (Copied some metahuman/alien to create a large energy blast), Sleep Manipulation (Copied an alien animal that gave him knock out breath), Water Manipulation (Mimics some aquatic life and creates a whirlpool), Disease Manipulation (An older Animal man, when his powers were failing he infected his enemies with bubonic plague), Mind Manipulation (Perfectly copied B'wana Beast's mind control powers), Fusionism (Uses B'wana Beast's power to merge animals to merge his immune cells to fight off super-anthrax), Heat Vision (Copy Superman's heat vision), Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant (Beats a small group of Thanagarin warriors, while channeling a Thanagarin war hawk), Healing (Instinctively heals a girl with a broken back), Biological Manipulation (Essentially devolves humans), Illusion Creation (Causes mass hallucination), Energy Manipulation and Energy Projection (Animal Man can also fire powerful blasts of force or unidentified energy. He can even use the primordial energies to start a new universe), Portal Creation and Dimensional Travel (Can travel across The Red), Empathic Manpulation, Telepathy, Mind Manipulation and Immortality (Type 6: Buddy can make contact with animals, empathize with, "talk" to and see their thoughts and memories. This ability to transfer his life essence has allowed him to survive even when his body has been killed), Animal Manipulation and Possession (Animal Man can, to a lesser degree, control animals by entering their minds. He can also transfer his mind to living animals of any kind, using their bodies as long as he wants to), Body Control, Transformation and Natural Weaponry (He has occasionally been known to mimic the actual appearances of animals, such as adopting the claws of a wolverine temporarily), Cosmic Awareness (Baker learned to draw abilities directly from the "Red", an energy field that connects every animal ever to have lived on Earth. Apparently the Red extends past earth and exists as a universal concept. In *52*, Buddy experiences an upgrade that allows him to connect to the Universe's morphogenetic field), Breaking the Fourth Wall and Immersion (Animal Man frequently break the Fourth Wall, and eventually had Baker meet the wirtter Morrison), Existence Erasure (Traps Overman in a panel, until it blinks out of existence) and Acausality (He should not have existed post-crisis continuum and yet somehow his history remained unaltered), Resistance to Poison Manipulation, Disease Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Animal Manipulation and Possession

**Attack Potency:** **Varies** (Buddy can mimic any abilities of any animal) up to at least **Universe level+**, likely **Multiverse level+** (Copied the powers of a Sun-Eater. Punches through an enhanced mech that Aquaman previously was hitting with minimal damage. Accesses Superman's powers. With the help of two others designs a universe/rebuilds the Morphogenic Field) | **Outerverse level+** (Defeated Anansa the Spider Queen who affected the realm of imagination)

**Speed:** **Varies** up to **Massively FTL+** likely **Immeasurable** (Using the power of a Sun-Eater moves across hundreds of light centuries in an instant. Can accesses Superman's powers) | **Irrelevant**

**Striking Strength:** **Varies** up to at least **Universal+**, likely **Multiversal+** | **Outerversal+**

**Durability:** **Varies** up to at least **Universe level+**, likely **Multiverse level+** | **Outerverse level+**

**Stamina:** Superhuman

**Range:** Variers up to Universal+ | Outerversal+

**Standard Equipment:** None notable

**Intelligence:** Above Average

**Weaknesses:** Buddy can only absorb the ability of another animal for approximately 30 minutes before having to recharge his connection with that creature

**Key: Base** | **Godhood**