Man-Thing #1 [Direct]

(November 1979)

Regeneration -- and Rebirth (Table of Contents: 1)

Man-Thing / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited)

Pencils

Jim Mooney (credited)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

LG 693

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the swamp, the place that has been home...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Ellen Brandt (flashback); Henry Peter Gyrich; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis] (also Dr. Ted Sallis in flashback); Dr. Oheimer (death); Smathers; Mrs. Franklin; Ned; Jimmy; Davis; Williams

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Dr. Oheimer attempts to restore Ted Sallis' intelligence while the Man-Thing's origin is retold.

Reprints

• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #71 (3ème trimestre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Essential Man-Thing (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) [black and white]
• in Man-Thing Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012)

Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer. (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Excerpt from the Notebooks of Dakimh the Sorcerer (Table of Contents: 3)

Mail-Thing! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher ?; Mark Gruenwald ? (credited as Dakimhh the Sorcerer)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Explains some of the Man-Thing's past adventures and lists the creators and issues he appeared in.

Reprints

• in Essential Man-Thing (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) [black and white]
• in Man-Thing Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012)