Man-Thing (Marvel)
Real Name: Theodore 'Ted' Sallis
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Bio: Ted Sallis was a Ph.D. chemist working with Dr. Wilma Calvin's Project Gladiator, attempting to recreate the Super Soldier Serum that created Captain America, when he was betrayed to A.I.M. by his lover, Ellen Brandt. He injected himself with the only sample of the formula and drove into the swamp, expecting his newfound abilities would allow him to survive. Instead, they reacted violently to the swamp, and transformed him into the guardian of the Nexus of All Realities, as predicted centures ago by exiled Atlantean prophetess Zhered-Na.
Man-Thing, as he is called by the locals, has little more than vestiges of human intelligence, usually arising from spontaneous memories that arise from observations and his deep empathic nature, which is highly sensitive to the emotions of those around him, while having no emotions of his own. Violent emotions and evil cause him to become distressed, and fear, causing the most pain, causes him to secrete acid from his hands that can burn the source of the fear.
As the guardian of the Nexus, Man-Thing often dealt with beings attempting to escape from their home dimensions, incuding several bouts with Thog the Nether-Spawn. He also found himself de facto judge against would-be messiahs such as the Foolkiller and social conservatives such as Olivia Selby and Josefsen the Mad Viking, whose rage interfered with their reason.
Man-Thing, in spite of lacking emotion, has been made to feel fear by several beings, including D'Spayre, and a Celestial who temporarily destroyed him with his own fear. He regenerated in New York City using the body of a human being, from whom he was separated by Spider-Man, after which he was charged with the task of restoring the Nexus of All Realities, which had been shattered when the non-mutant heroes returned from the pocket universe.
To do this task, he was reunited with Ellen Brandt, who spent several years in an asylum and gave birth to a son, Job, who was left in custody of the Burke family. Trailed by a demon called Mr. Termineus, Man-Thing and Ellen retrieved Nexus pieces from Eric Payne, who had been in the same asylum with Brandt, Howard the Duck, Cleito, a goddess of ancient Atlantis, and a developing new world where they were fought by Silver Surfer.
Eventually, Ted, Ellen, and a being called K'Ad-mon, who was once the Biblical Adam, are merged with the Nexus and Man-Thing. K'Ad-mon later left the situation and returned Man-Thing to his usual self.
Most recently, he was on the Dark Avengers' hit list, but they were far from successful in killing him. He was captured and placed in a simulated environment aboard The Raft. Accused of several murders, the Feds wanted him destroyed. Henry Pym found a use for him by harnessing his connection to the Nexus of All Realities, making him transportation captain for the Thunderbolts. Dr. Pym was ready to do anything to keep such a unique life form alive.
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Issue Appearances: Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special (1990)
Astonishing Tales (1970)
#12 - 'Terror Stalks the Everglades' #13 - 'Man-Thing' #15 - 'And Who Will Call Him Savage?' #18 - 'Gog Cometh' Avengers Academy (2010)
Back Issue (2003)
#31 - 'Steve Gerber Tribute Issue' Battlezones: Dream Team² (1996)
Beavis and Butt-Head (1994)
#3 - 'In: Break-Out At Burger World!' Beavis und Butt-Head (1994)
1994-03 - 'Ausbruch in Burger World' Blaze (1994)
Book and Record Set (45 rpm) (1974)
PR16 - 'The Man-Thing: Night of the Laughing Dead!' Book of the Dead (1993)
Captain America Comic-Taschenbuch (1988)
Captain Marvel (1999)
Chiller Pocket Book (1980)
Coober Skeber (1997)
#2 - 'The Marvel Benefit Issue' Dan Brereton: The Goddess & The Monster (2010)
HC - 'Dan Brereton: The Goddess & The Monster' Daredevil (1964)
#113 - 'When Strikes The Gladiator!' #114 - 'A Quiet Night In The Swamp!' #115 - 'Death Stalks The City!' #140 - 'Death Times Two!' Dark Avengers (2009)
Dark Avengers (2012)
#176 - 'Whatever happened to the Thunderbolts?' #177 - 'Time to Die!' #178 - 'Executioner's Song' #179 - 'Gods & Monsters' #180 - 'Change is Good' #181 - 'Boss Level' #182 - 'Nothing Stops Justice!' #183 - 'The End is the Beginning' Dark Reign: The List - Punisher (2009)
Daydreamers (1997)
#1 - 'Once Upon a Time...' #2 - 'Across the Universe' #3 - 'Dark Eyes' Dead of Night Featuring Man-Thing (2008)
#1 - 'The Cool Dark: Part 1 of 4' #2 - 'The Dark Lady' #3 - 'No Such Thing' #4 - 'Dread Reckoning' Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (2012)
Deadpool Team-Up (2010)
Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth (2009)
#6 - 'Head Trip: Part 6' #8 - 'Next Stop: Zombieville, Part 1' Die Neuen X-Men Comic-Magazin (1989)
Docteur Strange (1979)
Doctor Strange (1974)
#32 - 'The Dream Weaver!' #41 - 'Weep for the Soul of Man...' Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988)
#32 - 'Silver-Tongued Devil' #61 - 'Siege of Darkness, Part 15: Sacrifice Supreme' Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural (2009)
Dracula Lives (1974)
Essential Doctor Strange (2001)
Essential Man-Thing (2006)
Exiles (2001)
#8 - 'A World Apart : Part 1' #10 - 'A World Apart: Part 3' Fantastic Four (1961)
#187 - 'Trouble Times Two!' Fantastic Four Roast (1982)
#1 - 'When Titans Chuckle!' Fantastic Four: 1 2 3 4 (2001)
Fantastic Four: True Story (2008)
Fear (1970)
#10#11#12#13 - 'Where Worlds Collide!' #14 - 'The Demon Plague! / Listen, You Fool' #15 - 'From Here to Infinity!' #16 - 'Cry of the Native!' #17 - 'It Came Out of the Sky!' #18 - 'A Question of Survival!' #19 - 'The Enchanter's Apprentice' Fear Itself: Fearsome Four (2011)
#1 - 'Part One: Fight Fear with Fear' #2 - 'Part Two: Stranger Bedfellows' #3 - 'Part Three: Overcome' #4 - 'Part Four: The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is...' Fear Itself: The Worthy (2011)
#2 - 'I'm the Juggernaut!!!' Franken-Castle (2010)
Fun and Games Magazine (1979)
Generation X (1994)
Ghost Rider (2006)
#32 - 'Last Stand of the Spirits of Vengeance, Conclusion' Giant-Size Man-Thing (1974)
#1#2 - 'Of Monsters and Men!' #3 - 'The Blood of Kings!' #4 - 'The Kid's Night Out!' #5 - 'Fear Times Three!' Giant-Size Spider-Man (1974)
#5 - 'Beware the Path of the Monster!' Heroes Reborn: The Return (1997)
Heroic Age: Heroes (2010)
Howard the Duck (1976)
#16 - 'Zen And The Art Of Comic Book Writing: A Communique From Colorado' #22 - 'May The Farce Be With You!' #23 - 'Star Waaugh' #24 - 'Where Do You Go... What Do You Do... The Night After You Save the Universe' Howard the Duck (1979)
Howard the Duck (2007)
Hulk (1999)
#4 - 'Turbulence' #6 - 'New Lives For Old' #7 - 'Trouble in Paradise' Hulk (2008)
Incredible Hulks (2012)
Infernal Man-Thing (2012)
Iron Man (1968)
Annual 03 - 'More or Less... the Return of the Molecule Man! / The Ashes of the Sun / The Daughter Also Rises / The War Within' #73 - 'Turnabout: A Most Foul Play!' #275 - 'Dragon DOOM!' Ka-Zar the Savage (1981)
#34 - 'Savage In A Strange Land' L'incroyable Hulk (1968)
#56 - 'Avec l`Homme-Chose...Ca fait trois!' #57 - 'Le syndrome de Shangri-La' Legion of Monsters: Man-Thing (2007)
Les Mystérieux X-Men (1981)
Maitre du Kung Fu, Les Mains de Shang-Chi (1974)
Man-Thing (1974)
#1 - 'Battle for the Palace of the Gods!' #2 - 'Nowhere To Go But Down!' #3 - 'Day of the Killer, Night of the Fool!' #4 - 'The Making of a Madman!' #5 - 'Night of the Laughing Dead' #6 - 'And When I Died...!' #7 - 'The Old Die Young!' #8 - 'The Gift of Death!' #9 - 'Deathwatch!' #10 - 'Nobody Dies Forever' #11 - 'Dance To The Murder' #12 - 'Song-Cry... ...of the Living Dead Man!' #13 - 'Red Sails At 40,000 Feet!' #14 - 'Tower of the Satyr!' #15 - 'A Candle For Sainte-Cloud' #16 - 'Decay Meets The Mad Viking!' #17 - 'A Book Burns in Citrusville!' #18 - 'School's Out!' #19 - 'The Scavenger of Atlanta' #20 - 'The Nightmare Box' #21 - 'A Lunatic On Every Corner!' #22 - 'Pop Goes The Cosmos!' Man-Thing (1979)
#1 - 'Regneration... and Rebirth' #2 - 'Himalayan Nightmare!' #3 - 'The Gong of Doom' #4 - 'Death-Knell' #5 - 'Who Knows Fear' #6 - 'Fraternity Rites!' #7 - 'What Ever Happened to Captain Fate?' #8 - 'Red Sails, Burning!' #9 - 'The Echo of Pain!' #10 - 'Came the Dark Man Walkin', Walkin'...' #11 - 'Hell's Gate!' Man-Thing (1997)
#1 - 'Shame Shame Shame' #2 - 'The Journey' #3 - 'Christmas in Bedlam!' #4 - 'Silent Night' #5 - 'An Empty House' #6 - 'The Duck And The Muck' #7 - 'In The Waters Of Eternity (Part 1)' #8 - 'In The Waters Of Eternity (Part 2)' Man-Thing (2004)
TPB - 'Whatever Knows Fear...' #1 - 'Whatever Knows Fear...: Part 1' #2 - 'Whatever Knows Fear...: Part 2' #3 - 'Whatever Knows Fear...: Part 3' Marvel Age (1983)
Marvel Comics Presents (1988)
Marvel Comics Presents (2007)
Marvel Fanfare (1982)
Marvel Hit-Comic (1989)
#5 - 'Die Fantastischen Vier' #11 - 'Die Fantastischen Vier' Marvel Knights Double Shot (2002)
Marvel Milestones: Blade, Man-Thing and Satana (2005)
#1 - 'His Name is... Blade!' Marvel Premiere (1972)
#28 - 'There's a Mountain On Sunset Boulevard!' Marvel Preview (1975)
#12 - 'The Haunt of Horror' Marvel Tales (1964)
#204 - 'The Measure of a Man' Marvel Team-Up (1972)
#68 - 'The Measure of a Man!' #122 - 'A Simple Twist Of...Fate!' #123 - 'Rivers of Blood' Marvel Team-Up (1997)
#4 - 'Suspended Sentience' Marvel TV: Galactus - The Real Story (2009)
Marvel Two-In-One (1974)
#1 - 'Vengence of the Molecule Man' #2 - 'Manhunters from the Stars!' #43 - 'The Day The World Winds Down' #55 - 'Giants In The Earth' #77 - 'Only the Swamp Survives!' Marvel Universe: The End (2003)
#5 - 'Omnipotence' #6 - 'The Cure' Marvel Zombies 3 (2008)
Marvel Zombies 4 (2009)
#3 - 'Midnight Sons: Part 3' #4 - 'Midnight Sons: Part 4' Marvel: Portraits (1995)
Master of Kung Fu (1974)
Michael Wm. Kaluta Sketchbook Series (2012)
Micronauts (1979)
#7 - 'Adventure Into Fear!' Midnight Sons Unlimited (1993)
Monsters Unleashed (1973)
Nightcrawler (2004)
#9 - 'The Winding Way, Part 3: Swamp Gothic' #10 - 'The Winding Way, Part 4: Wicked Things' Nomad (1992)
#21 - 'Choices of the Insane' Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2008)
Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999)
Punisher (2009)
#11 - 'FrankenCastle: Chapter 1' #13 - 'FrankenCastle: Chapter 3' Quasar (1989)
#31 - 'Brave New Universe' #50 - 'Horizon of Holes' Savage Tales (1971)
Savage Wolverine (2013)
Shadows & Light (1998)
Shame Itself (2012)
She-Hulk (2005)
#20 - 'The Clock is Ticking' Space: Punisher (2012)
Spider-Man: Fear Itself (2009)
#1 - 'Fear and Mr. Parker' Spider-Man: The Parker Years (1995)
Strange Tales (1998)
Strange Tales II (2010)
HC - 'Strange Tales II' #1 The Adventures of the X-Men (1996)
#11 - 'Tower of Despair' #12 - 'Better To Light a Small Candle...' The Amazing Spider-Man (2004)
Vol 14 - 'The Delusion Conspiracy' The Amazing Spider-Man: Back in Quack (2010)
#1 - 'Human Slavery for Beginners' The Avengers (1963)
The Defenders (1972)
#97 - 'Slouching Toward Bethlehem' #98 - 'The Hand Closes!' The Incredible Hulk (1968)
#197 - '...And Man-Thing Makes Three!' #198 - 'The Shangri-La Syndrome!' #211 - 'The Monster and the Mystic!' #389 - 'Of Man and Man-Thing' #427 - 'Six Months Later...' #428 - 'Swamped' The Legion of Night (1991)
#2 - 'Messenger from the Dead, Part II' The Marvel Encyclopedia (2006)
HC - 'The Marvel Encyclopedia' The Marvel Tarot (2007)
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983)
#7 - 'M: From Mandarin to Mystique' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (1985)
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Marvel Knights 2005 (2005)
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition (1990)
The Rampaging Hulk (1977)
#7 - 'Night of the Wraith!' The Savage She-Hulk (1980)
#7 - 'Richard Rory...Winner' #8 - 'Among the Ogres!' Thor (1966)
#316 - 'Of Beasts and Things...' #317 - 'Chaos at Canaveral' Thunderbolts (1997)
Tomb Of Terror (2010)
Uncanny X-Men (1963)
#144 - 'Even in Death...' Web of Spider-Man (1985)
Web of Spider-Man (2009)
What If? (1977)
#26 - 'What If Captain America Were Elected President? / What If ... The Man-Thing Had Regained Ted Sallis' Brain? / Outpost On Uranus' What If...? (1989)
#1 - 'What If the Avengers Had Lost The Evolutionary War?' What The--?! (1988)
Wolverine & The X-Men (2011)
#17 - 'Wolverine's Secret Weapon' X-Force (1991)
X-Men: First Class (2007)
#8 - 'Adventure Into Fear' #11 - '...Canon.' X-Men: First Class Finals (2009)
Movie Appearances: Man-Thing (2005) Group Affiliation(s): Legion of Monsters Midnight Sons Thunderbolts (04 - Heroic Age) Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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