5. Gorilla-Man
Ken Hale heard that you could gain immortality if you killed the Gorilla-Man, but no one read him the fine print: you become the next Gorilla-Man. He is remarkably affable for someone who’s spent the last six decades cursed to drag his knuckles. I mean, have you been downwind of that enclosure at the zoo?
4. Tigra
Greer Nelson was a crime-fighting adventurer who was saved from a life-threatening injury by an ancient race of nutbars who used a potpourri of magic, science, and “mental power” to transform her in her moment of need. The fact these nutbars were the Cat People, and Greer was fighting crime as the Cat when they made her half cat, was sheer coincidence. Let us never speak of it again.
3. King Shark
History is in a perpetual state of flux in the DC Universe, but last I heard, King Shark is a shark.
2. Howard the Duck
Adventure Into Fear showed us that, in an infinite number of universes holding an infinite number of worlds, there’s bound to be one where waterfowl evolve enough to tie a tie without also becoming too smart to smoke.
1. FOUR-WAY TIE: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
If you could have mastery of a bladed weapon and kick any ass you encountered, but you had to live in a sewer and eat all your meals in pizza form, would you do it? What if I told you you’d get to meet Vanilla Ice? Does that sweeten it? Serious answers only.
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Surely BAT man or SPIDER man would count ?
ANIMAL man is just too easy !
Man-Bat or La Tarantula (right before he took a flying leap off a building) maybe, but Batman and Spider-Man are far more MAN than bat or spider.
I think King Shark is a shark. Just guessing here, though.
sharks are animals. turtles,however, are not. they are reptiles. still a decent list, though
???
I think the science might be a bit off there.
Kingdom phylum class and order, family genus species
All those plants and mammals, all the birds and fishies
Everything that flies and walks and all the things on leashes
Are kingdom phylum class and order, family genus species
Does Abe Sapien count as an Animal Person? If so, he’d be on my list.
I would not be willing to live the Turtle life. Sewers are just too damn dank.
nice! good call on Abe
great call. amphibians should count too, right?
I’d choose the Weeping Gorilla from Promethea instead of Gorilla Man.
“I put in Weeping Gorilla because I thought that would be so stupid and I needed more elements that are stupid. I need irrelevant themes I can just throw in and I made a note about Weeping Gorilla…”
Alan Moore
An excellent list, sir, but the tragic omission of one Rocket Raccoon brings only sorrow to my heart.
Blacksad.
Ooh!
It’s easy for me to say this now, but seriously, Blacksad was seconds away from being #1 when I suddenly remembered Ninja Turtles existed. Get Vanilla Ice to rap about Blacksad, and we can revisit all this in a few months.
It’s a fair point.
I guess I’ll have to accept that. Maybe one day. . .
@jimski If he was seconds away from number 1 then why’s he not in the top 5 at all? Surely knocks out Tigra or Gorilla Man.
Ooh, ooh! What about the Lizard? Kurt Connors may have started out a man but last I saw him he was much more of a reptile.
Great list!
I never heard of King Shark before I started reading Suicide Squad with the new 52 and I must say I LOVE that character now. I know the book is just slightly better than average but dammit every time I try to drop it they throw in another AMAZING King Shark panel! I cant help myself.
I had to stop myself from posting a big, long comment about King Shark’s origins. It comes down to, yeah, he’s probably half shark or something. Magic could be involved or he’s a mutated human. Who knows?
Also, I’ve pretty sure I’ve only read one story with Tigra and it’s this one.
You almost had me with the pizza and ninja mastery, but Vanilla Ice is a deal-breaker, so I’m going to pass on your offer.
Also, I just don’t get Howard the Duck. I’ve tried, Lord knows, but it does nothing for me. On paper it’s right up my alley, so I don’t know what my problem is.
Splinter is awesome. You can’t really have TMNT without Splinter.
Detective Chimp would make my list. Maybe even Congorilla, if he counts.
Mine to. Detective Chimp’s the best.
So, to be “animal people,” don’t they have to be part human, or originally human? That rules out the top 2 IMHO since they have no human part to their origin.
Congorilla
Killer Crock
The Lizard
Man-Bat
If not part human, where the hell is Gorilla Grodd?
You guys need to preface these with some rules!
@ sitara119 since when are reptiles not considered animals?
as far as i know, always.
try googling “are turtles animals”
Do you… think “animal” is “amphibian”? Is that what I’m watching happen?
Turtles are of the Kingdom animalia and the Class reptilia. They are multi-cellular, they digest food, they are mobile, and have an embryo stage during development.
They are most assuredly animals.
Where’s Ryan on this? We need an expert before I decide which way I’m going on this.
@misterj
touche, salesman
humans are animals as well. does that make the title of this article redundant? or at the very least shouldnt there be at least one human on here? perhaps we should call it top 5 beast-like people? in which case im sure beast would be #1.
hahaha
sorry for the confusion
whatever happened to hit monkey?
Damn I was just about to say that before scrolling to the bottom. Also the Turtles as a property also has Splinter, Bebop and Rocksteady.
I know he’s new to the scene but Sweet Tooth deserves some recognition.
Howard the Duck was robbed. Robbed i say!
Don’t forget HEAVY HORSE!!
http://brattyben.deviantart.com/gallery/1621097?offset=96#/d19tthw
Oh yes TMNT ftw!! Cowabunga!