Cliff Baker

Cliff Baker is the young son of Buddy Baker (Animal Man) and his wife Ellen, making him part of a tight-knit suburban family whose ordinary home life contrasts sharply with Buddy's superhero adventures.

A fixture of DC's Animal Man corner of the universe, Cliff Baker made his debut in Grant Morrison and Chas Truog's landmark 1988 launch of Animal Man — one of the most celebrated series of the Copper Age. Sharing the page with the likes of Animal Man, Ellen Baker, Maxine Baker, Green Lantern, and Firestorm, Cliff is woven into a rich family and superhero tapestry that has kept him relevant across nearly three decades of DC storytelling. His appearances in titles like 52 and Absolute Infinite Crisis speak to a character touched by some of the publisher's most ambitious event comics. A modest but genuine piece of DC history, Cliff Baker is the kind of supporting figure who rewards the dedicated reader who wants the full picture.