Animal Man #21

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Synopsis

Buddy is in the upstairs bathroom, cutting his hair and putting on a black leather version of his Animal Man costume. He goes downstairs where Mirror Master is drinking a beer and tells him that he's ready. Mirror Master reiterates that these three corporate bigshots tried to hire him to kill Buddy's family. When McCulloch told them that he wasn't going to kill a woman and her kids they got someone else. Somebody named Lennox. Animal Man interrupts him and starts using his animal powers to get a bearing on what happened they day his family was murdered. He can still smell Lennox's aftershave. Buddy calmly tells Mirror Master that he's going to kill Lennox and the three men who hired him. McCulloch says that's fine as long as he gets the money that they owe him, and they leave through a mirror in the living room.An older man is fishing aboard a yacht called the "Charybdis II". He catches what he thinks is a gigantic fish, but is pulled overboard. The "fish" turns out to be Animal Man and he holds the man underwater until he stops breathing. One man down.Meanwhile, Lennox is in a hotel room talking to someone on the phone. "Thirtysomething" is on the TV. Lennox becomes agitated and tells the person on the phone that he needs his money. He's worried about the Justice League coming after him. Lennox and the gentleman make plans to meet the next night. Later, Lennox prepares his insulin shot.A mustachioed man is on the golf course. He becomes overjoyed when he hits his first hole-in-one ever. The man goes to the hole to retrieve his ball, but a white gloved hand reaches up and drags him underground. Mr. Shaver begins to panic and asks what's going on. A voice tells him that he's in the dirt among the dead men. "Where you put my family." The voice seals up the tunnel. Two men down.The next night, Mirror Master and Animal Man are standing outside a skyscraper where Mirror Master says that he put one of his special mirrors in the executive washroom. Buddy sends some money to...