lots of strange and bizarre creatures
live in a swamp but none hold a candle
to this swamp creature with a strangely
appropriate name Mo’s that swamp gas
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the comic book origins of
Man Thing this guy looks like he needs
business whatever knows fear burns at
the man-things punished as with most
comic book characters they’re often
reimagining and two different versions
to a character’s past we have chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 2008 dead of night featuring
Man Thing numbers 1 2 for the swamp
creature known as man thing debuted in
1971 but his origin story gained in
complexity over the years the version
that was finally put forth in 2008
brought many of the various strands
together as the story began biologist /
chemist Ted Sallis was working in the
swamps of Florida with his fiance Alan
Brandt and a colleague Eric schist Ted
Sallis was my elder he knew this land
was sacred
when she took it drove his pumps into it
ran his pipes through it it was the end
as far as Ted knew they were working
together for the US government they were
one of many groups trying to recreate
the famous Super Soldier Serum that
turned the ordinary Steve Rogers into
the extraordinary Captain America
unfortunately Ted had been lied to
he was actually working for aim a
terrorist group seeking the formula for
their own nefarious purposes
Eric and Ellen both knew this and they
were simply playing Ted for a patsy and
Ted would have been none the wiser
except for one thing he stumbled upon
some grotesquely mutated humans who
turned out to be the victims of Eric’s
illegal experiments Ted confronted Eric
who gloating Lee told the scientists how
he had been used in retaliation
Ted knocked Eric unconscious and escaped
into the swamp with the formula
unfortunately Ellen was hot on his trail
and she shot him before he could get
very far
sinking into the swamp Ted hastily
downed as much of the serum as he could
the rest spilling on and around him
Ellen assumed that he was dead however
the combination of the serum and the
biological life in the swamp served to
change Ted into a massive monstrous
creature the man thing Man Thing freed
the mutants that Eric had created and
then made quick work of Eric he intended
to kill Allen more slowly but stopped
after releasing an acidic poison that
disfigured her still maintaining some of
his humanity Man Thing was distraught
with what he had done and he turned and
fled before finishing the job along the
way Man Thing hooked up with some new
friends a young boy named Andy Hale
befriended him as did his sister
Jennifer both turned out to possess
magical powers and provided valuable
assistance to the lumbering man thing –
Man Thing
just make sure you put me down before
Dracula sees me like this Man Thing also
learned how to regenerate he could
transport his essence out of one body
and grow another to support it this
ability came in handy when Ellen
returned with some of her allies from a
m– to hunt down the man thing working
with Jennifer manthang was able to lure
Ellen into a trap by using one of his
discarded bodies once he had Ellen close
at hand Man Thing realized that he
couldn’t afford to let her go
he simply
absorbed her into his body consuming her
flesh and bones and making them part of
himself and so the threat against him
was over temporarily
man things massive strength and ability
to regenerate bodies makes him a
fearsome opponent as does the acidic
chemical poison which he can secrete
plus his bizarre appearance makes him
stand out from most other super-powered
beings even in the Marvel Universe his
near immortality makes him seemingly
impossible to kill and it seems that the
man thing will always be a recurring
character in the Marvel Universe are you
a fan of the eerie swamp creature called
men thing are the man things cool a
gentle swamp creature unless he’s
provoked for more comic book origins be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com and
thing I think the man thing speaks for
all of us
live in a swamp but none hold a candle
to this swamp creature with a strangely
appropriate name Mo’s that swamp gas
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the comic book origins of
Man Thing this guy looks like he needs
business whatever knows fear burns at
the man-things punished as with most
comic book characters they’re often
reimagining and two different versions
to a character’s past we have chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 2008 dead of night featuring
Man Thing numbers 1 2 for the swamp
creature known as man thing debuted in
1971 but his origin story gained in
complexity over the years the version
that was finally put forth in 2008
brought many of the various strands
together as the story began biologist /
chemist Ted Sallis was working in the
swamps of Florida with his fiance Alan
Brandt and a colleague Eric schist Ted
Sallis was my elder he knew this land
was sacred
when she took it drove his pumps into it
ran his pipes through it it was the end
as far as Ted knew they were working
together for the US government they were
one of many groups trying to recreate
the famous Super Soldier Serum that
turned the ordinary Steve Rogers into
the extraordinary Captain America
unfortunately Ted had been lied to
he was actually working for aim a
terrorist group seeking the formula for
their own nefarious purposes
Eric and Ellen both knew this and they
were simply playing Ted for a patsy and
Ted would have been none the wiser
except for one thing he stumbled upon
some grotesquely mutated humans who
turned out to be the victims of Eric’s
illegal experiments Ted confronted Eric
who gloating Lee told the scientists how
he had been used in retaliation
Ted knocked Eric unconscious and escaped
into the swamp with the formula
unfortunately Ellen was hot on his trail
and she shot him before he could get
very far
sinking into the swamp Ted hastily
downed as much of the serum as he could
the rest spilling on and around him
Ellen assumed that he was dead however
the combination of the serum and the
biological life in the swamp served to
change Ted into a massive monstrous
creature the man thing Man Thing freed
the mutants that Eric had created and
then made quick work of Eric he intended
to kill Allen more slowly but stopped
after releasing an acidic poison that
disfigured her still maintaining some of
his humanity Man Thing was distraught
with what he had done and he turned and
fled before finishing the job along the
way Man Thing hooked up with some new
friends a young boy named Andy Hale
befriended him as did his sister
Jennifer both turned out to possess
magical powers and provided valuable
assistance to the lumbering man thing –
Man Thing
just make sure you put me down before
Dracula sees me like this Man Thing also
learned how to regenerate he could
transport his essence out of one body
and grow another to support it this
ability came in handy when Ellen
returned with some of her allies from a
m– to hunt down the man thing working
with Jennifer manthang was able to lure
Ellen into a trap by using one of his
discarded bodies once he had Ellen close
at hand Man Thing realized that he
couldn’t afford to let her go
he simply
absorbed her into his body consuming her
flesh and bones and making them part of
himself and so the threat against him
was over temporarily
man things massive strength and ability
to regenerate bodies makes him a
fearsome opponent as does the acidic
chemical poison which he can secrete
plus his bizarre appearance makes him
stand out from most other super-powered
beings even in the Marvel Universe his
near immortality makes him seemingly
impossible to kill and it seems that the
man thing will always be a recurring
character in the Marvel Universe are you
a fan of the eerie swamp creature called
men thing are the man things cool a
gentle swamp creature unless he’s
provoked for more comic book origins be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com and
thing I think the man thing speaks for
all of us
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