The Man-Thing ( Man-Thing in English) is a vegetable monster pertaining to the universe of Marvel Comics. It appeared for the first time in Strange Tales #1 , in 1971, created by Stan Lee and Roy Thomas (concept), Gerry Conway (scenario), Gray Morrow (drawing).

Often called the Creature of the Marshes , for its resemblance to the character of cd. Comics (Swamp Thing), the Man-Thing lives in the Everglades, and is not really a Super-héros. Monster without intelligence, it undergoes the events most of the time.

Origin

A biochemist, Ted Dirtied, fleeing of the spies, managed a formula of serum super-soldier, the drug which transformed Steve Rogers into Captain America. But it drowned in a moved back corner of the Marais, canalizing of magic energy. It was transformed into a creature inhuman and equipped with a limited conscience (because nearer to the plant than of the animal).

The marsh of the Man-Thing is in fact the nexus of all realities, and the Man-Thing met any kind of adversaries, like the demon Thog, and Dakimh…

Each time, one presented the monster like the guard of Nexus.

It released the young person Wundar spaceship in which it was locked up and took it along to the Projet Pegasus.

One recently re-examined it “to help” Shang-Chi to fight Fu Manchu.

Leading life

After its beginnings in Strange Bruise #1, the Man Thing occupied the pages of Astonishing Tales and Adventure into Fear, before its own series is launched in 1974, is scénarisée by Steve Gerber, and illustrated by Val Mayerick, later on replaced by Mike Ploog. It initially became one of best the series not-affiliated to the Univers Marvel. However, progressively of the stories, the adventures of the Man-Thing became crossovers making it possible to include characters poulaires there.

The last episode was the Man-Thing #22 , and its characteristic is that the scenario writer (since the number #11 ), Steve Gerber, seems a kind of narrator there.

In 1979, a second series was published, with the scenarios of Chris Claremont. She knew 11 episodes, and Claremont made there also a Caméo…

A third series was born in 1997, during 8 numbers.

Capacities

• the Man-Thing is a slow vegetable mass and little mobile, but having gained in force during its existence, it is from now on able to raise up to 100 tons. However, its average force only enables him at the origin to raise approximately a ton.

• Made up of Humus, it does not fear the pain. The balls, impacts and lasers cross it or dislocate it, without truly wounding it. Only a fire destroying most of its body would make it possible to wound it seriously, but it would be still able to be restructured by absorbing the surrounding vegetation and moisture.
• the Man-Thing has a body humanoïde, but its form is not really solid. It can slip into the interstices, by spending time to with it.
• It is very sensitive to the emotions of the people who meet it: it will observe with curiosity those which act close to him. If these last are afraid, or are in anger, its body generates powerful a Acid sulphuric, burning the human flesh in a few seconds. Even the super-resistant body of Hulk in made the expenses!
• the Man-Thing avoids leaving its marsh, because it is very dependant on its environment. It weakens at each day spent without moisture.

Another media

External bond

• biographical Fiche supplements Man-Thing on Marvel World