A stock taker?
It could be thought that this issue is a stock taking issue. There's not that much action in between the cliffhanger of the last issue, and the introduction, properly, of the second issues Villain. Buddy is rescued from being thrown off a building by Earth's newest Green Lantern, what looks to be a blue whale given the sheer scale of it, and then proceeds to alienate his rescuer by indulging in that long standing hero tradition of lashing out at whoever is nearest because his powers are messed up.
Now, Buddy's powers have gone wrong before, and this reaction, this way of dealing with things is consistant for his character. I particularly enjoyed the Whales response to this as well, treating it as a Specieist jab at him not being a Primate. Ironically, something that Animal Man could never have been accused of before.
The introduction of this issues villain brings me back to what I said before. It needed to have a connection to Buddy's past. And it did. Mirror Master, or at least his daughter, is our villain, once again calling back to Morrisons run on the title. She turns out to be quiet a viscious little madam, before Buddy lures her into a Zoo and beats the seven shades from her. He is only stopped by the JLA, who suck him off the girl with a burst of air, since it appears Buddy has gone too far in his beating.