It is not human that Man-Thing! No you wrong, it is not a monster either! Well, it is an eerie looking swampy giant with the heart of a human. Yes, this is Man-Thing for you- the super-hero of Marvel comics, battling hard to save the world from an ever contriving gang of terrorists and supernatural beings.
Origin of Man-Thing
It all started, with writers Stan lee, Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway conceiving the concept of this scintillating story. Teodore ‘Ted’ Sallis a scientist is backstabbed by his ladylove, while inventing serum for super soldier. With terrorists on his trial, he injects the serum into himself and crashes his car in a swamp. Even before, the terrorists could celebrate his death, outcomes the swampy giant of a creature to snuff them out. Our hero possesses the might of an elephant and can spit acid. What more, at time he can even return to human form, as well. But then, our Hero chooses to remain in his characteristic swampy giant avatar. Well, deception, no-holds-barred violence, magical metamorphosis –all this and much more forms the engrossing features of this story.
The baddies of Man-Thing comics
As the guardian of the swamp, embedded with magical power, our gentle-giant encounters seemingly invincible villains. The long list of evil creatures includes Thog, Nether spawn, Dakimh, Howard the duck, cult of Zhered Na. Thog is the chief Villain, who entices him to kill his friend sorceress Jennifer Kale in return of his human form. But our hero utters an emphatic NO and remains loyal to his friend. The terrorist group of Advanced Idea Mechanics hijacks his colleagues and their project. Our hero looses no time in rescuing them and later setting fire to entire projects and villains. The mystical power of Sominus turns people violent and causes mayhem. The hero retrieves the tome of Zhered Na along with his Sorceress friend, thereby saving the mankind from extinction. Could you believe it, even an acrobatic Spider-man requires our hero’s assistance! In the latest versions spider man comics, this all powerful giant is featured as the trusted ally of Spider man helping him to triumph over the battle of Lizard.
Man-Thing comics maintain a very delicate balance between the scientific and mystical world, thereby throwing open the intrigues of both these world to its readers. Imaginative, fabulous, packed with action -this series of books has everything which a comic buff could ask for. Come on; don’t waste any more time in ordering for your copy of Man-Thing!