Volume 5 - 1st printing. "The Meaning of Flesh!" Collects Animal Man (1988-1995) #38-50. Written by Tom Veitch. Art by Steve Dillon, Tom Mandrake, David G. Klein, Brett Ewins, Steve Pugh, Dick Giordano, Mark Badger and Jim McCarthy. Cover by Brian Bolland. Buddy Baker must make a cross-country drive to reunite with his family in Vermont, but along the way he encounters dangers including the Bear King, a super-human poacher, and an army of robotic soldiers created by S.T.A.R. Labs. Plus: The Penalizer leaps from the pages of a popular comic book into action as a real-life vigilante! Softcover, 352 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.99.