Ani-Men Villain Team
APE-MAN (Gordon Keefer) |
BIRD-MAN (Henry Hawk) |
 CAT-MAN (Townshend Horgan) |
DRAGONFLY (Veronica Dultry) |
FROG-MAN (Francois LeBlanc) |
The Ani-Men are an organization of superhuman criminals who each have an animal theme to their identities and powers. While they have operated on their own from time to time, the Ani-Men appear to be content to hire themselves out as superhuman muscle for other criminals.
The Ani-Men were all serving prison sentences for various crimes when they were given the option of undergoing scientific experiments in exchange for early parole. This experimentation was performed for the benefit of Wilson Fisk, the self-proclaimed Kingpin of Crime, although the test subjects were never informed who was funding the lab. Upon discovering that the experiments were to be "terminated" and the test subjects "disposed of", the five test subjects broke free and escaped the lab to discover themselves underneath Hell's Kitchen.
At first, the Ani-Men tried to take over one of the gangs in Hell's Kitchen, but this was foiled by Daredevil and the Ani-Men were sent back to prison.
Some time later, the Ani-Men had either escaped or were freed from prison to become employees of the superhuman criminal called the Owl in his attempt to unseat the Kingpin. During this altercation, they came into conflict with both Daredevil and the Kingpin's newest enforcer, Elektra, but escaped.
First Post-Reboot Appearance: DAREDEVIL: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR #
Membership Roster
Ape-Man – Founding member. The muscle of the group, but not the brightest thinker.
Bird-Man – Founding member. Bird-Man tends to take the lead when the group is operating on their own.
Cat-Man – Founding member.
Dragonfly – Founding member. Dragonfly has also been seen operating solo from time to time.
Frog-Man – Founding member.