Werewolf By Night and, among many others, one of the pleasant surprises was the appearance of Man-Thing, we tell you about this character.
Man-Thing was initially created by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway and Gray Morrow in 1971’s Savage Tales #1. In the comics we discover the story of Ted Sallis, a biochemist working on one of the many attempts to recreate Captain America’s super soldier serum in Project Gladiator, along with a group of scientists including Bobbi Morse / Mockingbird. To test his work, Ted injects himself with the serum just before his car crashes into a nearby swamp, creating the creature known as the Man Thing.
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Despite being created as a villain and becoming a Ka-Zar sidekick, in 1974 screenwriter Steve Gerber gave him the height of a classic monster with ADVENTURES INTO FEAR, MAN-THING, and the GIANT-SIZE MAN-THING specials. . In his stories, the creature fights with anti-ecological corporations. Everything that knows fear burns at Man-Thing’s touch, and he sets himself up as a compelling character.
With the ingenuity of screenwriter Steve Gerber, the character’s mythos grew, revealing that the swamp Ted crashed into was actually the Nexus of All Realities, a portal that could access any and all corners of the Multiverse. and Ted is his guardian.
Man-Thing has been part of the Legion of Monsters and the Howling Commandos. He also had a movie in 2005 produced by Lionsgate Films and titled Man-Thing.
Sources: Marvel.com and ComicBook.com
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