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Man-Thing / Comicbook
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Man-Thing is the name of a Marvel Comics character. He first appeared in "Savage Tales" #1 (May, 1971). The character was co-created by author Roy Thomas and his editor Stan Lee. His debut story was scripted by Gerry Conway and drawn by Gray Morrow. Man-Thing is not to be confused with DC's Swamp Thing, which premiered within a month of Man-Thing. The two characters have many parallels, including their backstories (both partially written by Len Wein), swampy homes, and being re-imagined by notable comic writers. Both are also similar to an older horror character, The Heap.Savage Tales was a one-shot publication, though it would be revived as a regular series in 1973. In the meantime Man-Thing gained a regular series in the horror anthology 'Adventure Into Fear'. He became an unlikely hit for writer Steve Gerber, who pushed genre boundaries with the character, providing inspiration for later writers like Neil Gaiman.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Gerber's Retool of the character helped the Man-Thing get his own series, prefiguring Alan Moore's similar reimagining of Swamp Thing; but while Moore's experimentation with the medium garnered him praise and notoriety, Gerber struggled throughout his career with censorship and creator's rights. Gerber introduced Howard the Duck in the pages of Man-Thing, and was soon fighting Marvel over creative control and ownership of the character, costing Gerber his job and leading to a legal case resulting in his bankruptcy.Unlike Swamp Thing, Man-Thing was a mindless creature living mostly by instinct, hardly aware of his former life. An empathic creature, he often came to the aid of the weak and confronted those who expressed strong negative emotions, since, due to latent psychic empathy, strong negative emotions caused him great pain. Man-Thing has a particular loathing for fear, which comes up often throughout the series, since it is the emotion a giant swamp monster is most likely to elicit. The fact that reacting to that fear makes him secrete a deadly potent corrosive is good enough to scare knowledgeable people as well. Writing stories around a mindless, unchanging character proved difficult, but Gerber showed remarkable variance in the types of stories and characters he was able to fit into this rather limited concept. As usual, he tried to bring a sense of realism and psychological depth to the series, and fans responded.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_1'); })Man-Thing became a member (of sorts) of the Thunderbolts, Marvel's team of redemptive villains, during Jeff Parker's run. Initially intended to be just the team's transportation, thanks to Hank Pym hacking into the Nexus of All Realities, he became one of the team's strongest and most unpredictable members. Eventually, he underwent a Re-Power, giving him a mind of his own and the ability to speak and be understood by anyone he spoke to. When that version of the Thunderbolts came to an end, Man-Thing returned to his swamp.In 2007, a TV movie was released based loosely upon Gerber's plot about a thoughtless developer trying to drain Man-Thing's swamp. Outside of the authors it inspired, the series is best remembered for its larger collections, infamously titled 'Giant Size Man-Thing'. | |
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Stars Are Souls | |
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Stars Are Souls: In one issue, Korrek recounts a story where a man ventured into the sky to pick a star to his lover. The stars are made of the souls of warriors, so upon bringing the thing down it turns into one, kills the man and steals his woman. | |
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Ripped from the Headlines | |
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Ripped from the Headlines: "Elements of Terror" was partially inspired by rumors of CIA involvement in drug trafficking in the 80s and 90s (with a bit of Latverian arms sales and super-soldier serum thrown into the mix). | |
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Freak Lab Accident | |
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Freak Lab Accident: While working in a swamp trying to recreate Captain America's super-soldier serum, Dr. Ted Sallis is betrayed and injects himself in an attempt to escape, but crashes into the swamp where he is transformed... | |
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Stripperiffic | |
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Stripperiffic: Jennifer Kale when she becomes Dakimh's apprentice. | |
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Nigh-Invulnerability | |
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Nigh-Invulnerability: Man-Thing has the Healing Factor and Feel No Pain combination; because his body-mass is all slimy plant-muck, he doesn't feel any damage when his body is struck and quickly replaces any bio-matter that's scoured away by attackers. He's been blown to pieces and regenerated fully (though that takes a bit longer). | |
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Captain Ersatz | |
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Captain Ersatz: Wundarr, a version of Superman who is left in his landing pod when the elderly couple who happens by proves too fearful and suspicious to investigate. He is educated and raised by the pod until discovered and unwittingly released by Man-Thing. | |
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Offing the Offspring | |
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Offing the Offspring: The Mad Viking ultimately ends up murdering his own granddaughter before the Man-Thing kills him. | |
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Combo Platter Powers | |
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Combo Platter Powers: The Man-Thing has quite a variety of powers after his transformation, including empathy, a Healing Factor, acidic sweat, Nigh-Invulnerability and Super Strength. | |
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Empty Shell | |
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Empty Shell: What Dr. Sallis becomes after his transformation into Man-Thing. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: Several villains count, but the Foolkiller and the Mad Viking are the most obvious examples. | |
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Nominal Hero | |
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Nominal Hero: The Man-Thing doesn't really intend to do anything heroic, being a mindless and instinct-driven abomination. It's simply good fortune that its instincts and empathic nature cause it to violently lash out at anything causing/feeling fear and that evil hurts it like a burning brand in the brain, driving it to attack the truly monstrous. When not embroiled in some adventure, Man-Thing will usually just ignore the people around it, even allies. It simply lacks the capacity to form human bonds. | |
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Mad Artist | |
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Mad Artist: Eugene Spangler is a singer and poet that is unhealthily obsessed with chaos, degeneracy and madness, and doesn't even care when the Mad Viking bursts in his camp and starts murdering his mates and then himself. | |
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Ascended Meme | |
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Ascended Meme: In Thunderbolts, a mystical transformation Man-Thing goes through, combined with the events of Fear Itself, temporarily turn him into a literal "Giant Size Man-Thing"; he is even called such by Songbird. It's not the first time the meme's ascended, either. | |
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Testosterone Poisoning | |
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Testosterone Poisoning: Jeferson the Mad Viking in a nutshell; a traditionalist macho he-man type, being retired from work caused his resentment of "sissies" like musicians, artists, pacifists, hippies and basically other "liberal types" to boil over, causing him to start dressing up like a viking and go on a murder spree against "new man" to try and restore "true man". | |
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Sad Clown | |
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Sad Clown: Darrel the Clown in "Night of the Laughing Dead" and "And When I Died". | |
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Elemental Embodiment | |
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Elemental Embodiment: Man-Thing is the incarnate elemental spirit of the swamp he lives in. | |
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When Trees Attack | |
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When Trees Attack: Man-Thing fights one infected with a personification of hate. | |
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Getting Crap Past the Radar | |
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Getting Crap Past the Radar: Giant-Size Man-Thing. Six big issues of it. | |
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Body Horror | |
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Body Horror: What happens to those who drink the waters of the Fountain of Youth, rather than bathing in them. Bathing in the Fountain rejuvenates a person, but, as Schist discovered, if you drink it you turn into a twisted, corpse-like wraith cursed with Age Without Youth. The transformation that turned Sallis into Man-Thing. Not only did he lose his mind, he lost all physical form, Man-Things body isn't flesh and bone, it's just swamp muck, roots and other vegetative detritus in humanoid shape. | |
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The Empath | |
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The Empath: Man-Thing's main form of interpersonal interaction is his ability to sense emotions, which triggers an instinctive response. | |
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Death Trap | |
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Death Trap: Schist has a scientist build one to try to end Man-Thing's meddling once and for all. | |
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Never Smile at a Crocodile | |
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Never Smile at a Crocodile: Man-Thing frequently crosses paths with alligators, although it usually turns out badly for them. Eventually they start to avoid him like the plague. | |
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Savage Wolves | |
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Savage Wolves: When Man-Thing is accidentally teleported to Himalayas, he is instantly attacked by wolves. | |
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones | |
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones: As much as a monster he is, F.A. Schist has a wife and a daughter that deeply care for him. It is also what triggers Schist's wife to attempt an (unsuccessful) vendetta against Man-Thing after Man-Thing kills Schist. Schist's daughter eventually convinces her mother that Schist likely destroyed himself, and that Man-Thing isnt responsible. | |
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Author Avatar | |
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Author Avatar Perpetual loser Richard Rory, who appeared in several of Gerber's works. The last issue also has Steve appearing as himself, telling us that he's just been retelling stories told to him by Dakimh. | |
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Starts with a Suicide | |
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Starts with a Suicide: Again, Darrel in "Night of the Laughing Dead". | |
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Direct Line to the Author | |
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Direct Line to the Author: In the final issue, Gerber tells us that the stories were provided to him by Dakimh the Enchanter, and that he's decided to stop writing them after being dragged into the story, himself. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: Land Developer F.A. Schist, who tries to destroy Man-Thing's swampy home. | |
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Simple Country Lawyer | |
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Simple Country Lawyer: Senator Wycombe in the "Elements of Terror" storyline is a politician variant. He has a heavy Southern accent and an extremely sharp mind. | |
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The Legions of Hell | |
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The Legions of Hell: Thog the Nether-Spawn. | |
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Wipe That Smile Off Your Face | |
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Wipe That Smile Off Your Face: Man-Thing's "face" can only be described as rudimentary; it has three roots forming a crude frame of a face, and two large, staring eyes, but no semblance of a mouth. | |
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Logical Weakness | |
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Logical Weakness: He burns anyone who feels fear. This of course means that if something can make Man-Thing feel even a flicker of fear than he'll be immolated by his own powers. He's actually died this way twice. | |
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Alternate Universe | |
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Alternate Universe: Man-Thing and several supporting characters find their way to a neighboring fantasy world of wizards and warriors during the same dimensional confluence that spawns Howard the Duck. | |
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Posthumous Character | |
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Posthumous Character: Edmond in "The Kid's Night Out" is run down by a cruel, uncaring world, but a certain shambling mound is prepared to balance the scales. | |
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Original Man | |
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Original Man: Adam K'ad-mon is theorized to be the first human being (and is where the trope gets its name). Disturbingly, it looks almost exactly like the Man-thing and guards the prime matrix, focal point of the "multiverse". | |
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Creepy Good | |
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Creepy Good: Almost everyone who meets him is at the very least disturbed by Man-Things appearance and behavior, but he is firmly on the side of good, if only by chance, as his power tends to target evildoers. Man-Thing itself has little understanding of good or evil, just that evil hurts it, and that makes it angry! | |
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Third-Person Person | |
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Third-Person Person: In the "Elements of Terror" storyline, Col. Jody Choate does this repeatedly. | |
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| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8c681acc | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8e59e4a6 | type |
Cthulhumanoid | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8e59e4a6 | comment |
Cthulhumanoid: In appearance at least, since his "face" is framed by several large root-tentacles, and a rare heroic example. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8e59e4a6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8e59e4a6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8e59e4a6 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8e92e125 | type |
Lawyer-Friendly Cameo | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8e92e125 | comment |
Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: "The Prison Without Walls", an episode of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon penned by Steve Gerber after his fallout with Marvel, features a Shambling Mound (a monster from the tabletop game derived from Man-Thing, Swamp Thing and The Heap) which has been visually redesigned to clearly reference Man-Thing hmself. Man-Thing frequently appears as one of the members of the Parliament of Trees in Swamp Thing. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8e92e125 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8e92e125 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8e92e125 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8ed5c6e4 | type |
Asshole Victim | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Asshole Victim: Most, if not all, of the people who end up feeling the Man-Thing's touch. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8ed5c6e4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8ed5c6e4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_8ed5c6e4 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_92a61707 | type |
The Speechless | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_92a61707 | comment |
The Speechless: Out of necessity, seeing as how Man-Thing has no mouth. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_92a61707 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_92a61707 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_92a61707 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_96e5792c | type |
Moral Guardians | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_96e5792c | comment |
Moral Guardians: Olivia, a shrewish fundamentalist Christian who serves as the secondary antagonist in the Citrusville storyline. She's so revolted to read her daughter's schoolbooks and find out they contain such horrors as a factual discussion of human sexual biology and sexuality, political texts that mention the positive concepts of Communism alongside the negatives, stories about atheists and raising the possibility that maybe god isn't the ultimate source of life that she whips her neighbors into a frenzied mob, resulting in a murderous book-burning party. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_96e5792c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_96e5792c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_96e5792c | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_99828ce6 | type |
Nature Hero | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_99828ce6 | comment |
Nature Hero: By virtue of living in and defending a swamp. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_99828ce6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_99828ce6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_99828ce6 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: Man-Thing's burning touch against "anyone that feels fear", has been upgraded from mundane acid sweat to being an EXTREMELY powerful supernatural ability. Man-Thing roasted a rogue Hyperion in their days with the Thunderbolts and more recently a miniature sproutling of Man-Thing's, Boy-Thing was able to harm Frank Castle the Cosmic Ghost Rider who was possessing the armour of a Prime Celestial. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_9bcd82c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_9bcd82c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_9bcd82c0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a03b1d9f | type |
Failure Hero | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a03b1d9f | comment |
Failure Hero: Author Avatar Richard Rory. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a03b1d9f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a03b1d9f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a03b1d9f | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a5fb0d24 | type |
Healing Factor | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a5fb0d24 | comment |
Healing Factor: Because his "flesh" is just algae and moss draped over a flexible root-based skeleton, he can swiftly regrow any bits that get blasted away or chopped off. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a5fb0d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a5fb0d24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a5fb0d24 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a8c6a317 | type |
Super-Strength | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a8c6a317 | comment |
Super Strength: Man-Thing has immense strength, well beyond that of a human being. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a8c6a317 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a8c6a317 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a8c6a317 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a9317105 | type |
Age Without Youth | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a9317105 | comment |
What happens to those who drink the waters of the Fountain of Youth, rather than bathing in them. Bathing in the Fountain rejuvenates a person, but, as Schist discovered, if you drink it you turn into a twisted, corpse-like wraith cursed with Age Without Youth. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a9317105 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a9317105 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a9317105 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a939a527 | type |
Red Eyes, Take Warning | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a939a527 | comment |
Red Eyes, Take Warning: For those who know fear burn at the Man-thing's touch! And there is plenty of reason to be afraid of an ugly nigh infinitely regenerating giant with super human strength and corrosive secretions who does not want you in its swamp. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a939a527 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a939a527 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_a939a527 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ab173426 | type |
Ruthless Modern Pirates | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ab173426 | comment |
Ruthless Modern Pirates: Modern pirates make an appearance in an issue introducing supporting character Barbara. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ab173426 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ab173426 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ab173426 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ac5b526d | type |
Hellgate | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ac5b526d | comment |
Hellgate: The 'Nexus of All Realities' in Man-Thing's swamp. Not to be confused with the other "Nexus of All Realities", the M'Kraan Crystal...though the two are connected on some level. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ac5b526d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ac5b526d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ac5b526d | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ad8dbae4 | type |
Public Domain Artifact | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ad8dbae4 | comment |
Public Domain Artifact: You can't have a fantasy in the Florida swamp without a Fountain of Youth and some ancient Conquistadors. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ad8dbae4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ad8dbae4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ad8dbae4 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_af19229b | type |
Plant Person | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_af19229b | comment |
Plant Person: Light on the 'person', but Man-Thing counts as one, if only in the sense that he's a mobile plant in a vaguely humanoid shape. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_af19229b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_af19229b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_af19229b | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_b0a529cb | type |
Extreme Doormat | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_b0a529cb | comment |
Extreme Doormat: Debbi, wife of Col. Choate, in the "Elements of Terror" storyline (in Marvel Comics Presents). She has no will or life beyond him, and allows him to murder her to satisfy his sick urges. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_b0a529cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_b0a529cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_b0a529cb | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_b983a56b | type |
Came Back Wrong | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_b983a56b | comment |
Came Back Wrong: Beyond a shadow of a doubt. It's made quite clear that there is nothing left of Sallis beyond a few vague and dreamy memories that are usually locked away in the depths of Man-Thing's skull, and the few occasions when Sallis' mind is restored are so traumatic that reverting Man-Thing to mindlessness is treated as the only moral thing to do so long as a physical cure remains out of reach. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_b983a56b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_b983a56b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_b983a56b | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_bbfaa837 | type |
Knight Templar | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_bbfaa837 | comment |
Knight Templar: The Foolkiller. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_bbfaa837 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_bbfaa837 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_bbfaa837 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_bcb452a9 | type |
Weirdness Magnet | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_bcb452a9 | comment |
Weirdness Magnet: It's not so much him as his habitat, but since Man-Thing's swamp is a Nexus Of Realities, not to mention saturated with mystical energy, weird and strange things tend to pop up there more often than not. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_bcb452a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_bcb452a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_bcb452a9 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_c54522c3 | type |
Ghost Pirate | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_c54522c3 | comment |
Ghost Pirate: A whole shipful, cursed of course. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_c54522c3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_c54522c3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_c54522c3 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_d40a8a0f | type |
Suddenly Voiced | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_d40a8a0f | comment |
Suddenly Voiced: Is able to speak a Universal Language at the end of his Thunderbolts appearances, which carries into his more recent Red She-Hulk appearances. But he still has no mouth. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_d40a8a0f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_d40a8a0f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_d40a8a0f | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_d7639dba | type |
Achilles' Heel | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_d7639dba | comment |
Achilles' Heel: Man-Thing's is being dried out. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_d7639dba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_d7639dba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_d7639dba | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_da3a90a | type |
Acid Attack | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_da3a90a | comment |
Acid Attack: His most iconic power; when driven to true aggression by the presence of fear, his body secretes a highly caustic chemical that allows him to lethally burn whatever he touches. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_da3a90a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_da3a90a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_da3a90a | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_da76b18 | type |
Hijacked by Ganon | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_da76b18 | comment |
Hijacked by Ganon: Both original runs revealed near the end that The Netherspawn was the one pulling the strings. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_da76b18 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_da76b18 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_da76b18 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ddf4698 | type |
Pulling Themselves Together | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ddf4698 | comment |
Pulling Themselves Together: Almost every Man-Thing combat seems to involve pieces coming off... and then clumping back into shape. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ddf4698 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ddf4698 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_ddf4698 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_de5f028b | type |
Barbarian Hero | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_de5f028b | comment |
Barbarian Hero: Korrek. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_de5f028b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_de5f028b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_de5f028b | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e596f27b | type |
Star-Crossed Lovers | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e596f27b | comment |
Star-Crossed Lovers: One issue had a pair with obvious Romeo and Juliet parallels. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e596f27b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e596f27b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e596f27b | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e6b3e4f2 | type |
Chain Pain | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e6b3e4f2 | comment |
Chain Pain: One of the bikers in early issues attacks Man-Thing with a chain. It gets stuck to him and provides a catalyst to his escape from Schist's death trap. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e6b3e4f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e6b3e4f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e6b3e4f2 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e8a56ee7 | type |
Steven Ulysses Perhero | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e8a56ee7 | comment |
Steven Ulysses Perhero: See Meaningful Name above. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e8a56ee7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e8a56ee7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_e8a56ee7 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_eb9afb9d | type |
Evil Old Folks | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_eb9afb9d | comment |
Evil Old Folks: Josefsen the Mad Viking; a literal grandfather, he was still the hardest-working longshoreman in his home town, driven and dedicated to the point that he refused to stop working even after being formally retired. When his ex-boss demanded the police remove him, Josefsen went berserk; he grabbed his former employee and threw him at the cops, then stormed off home. There, he worked himself into a rage and ultimately went on a berserk killing spree in a stereotypical viking outfit. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_eb9afb9d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_eb9afb9d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_eb9afb9d | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_efbd4c52 | type |
All Bikers are Hells Angels | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_efbd4c52 | comment |
All Bikers Are Hells Angels: At one point, Richard Rory has the misfortune to encounter a pack of them in the swamp. Subverted though as they become friends with him. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_efbd4c52 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_efbd4c52 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_efbd4c52 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_f6ca5b54 | type |
The Archmage | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_f6ca5b54 | comment |
The Archmage: Dakimh the Enchanter. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_f6ca5b54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_f6ca5b54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_f6ca5b54 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_fa6bfde9 | type |
Have a Gay Old Time | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_fa6bfde9 | comment |
Have a Gay Old Time: Giant-Size Man-Thing. Widely thought to be deliberate. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_fa6bfde9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_fa6bfde9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_fa6bfde9 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_fdad625e | type |
Was Once a Man | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_fdad625e | comment |
Was Once a Man: Until he tried to keep a recreated version of Captain America's Super Soldier serum away from foreign spies. Cornered and with no options left, he injected the serum into himself, moments before the spies gunned him down. The serum, combined with the mystical energies of the swamp, transformed the scientist into a shambling, mindless monstrosity. | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_fdad625e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_fdad625e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Man-Thing / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Man-Thing / Comicbook / int_fdad625e | |
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ItemName | |
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