Man-Thing
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The Man-Thing (Dr. Theodore "Ted" Sallis) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writers Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, and Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow, the character first appeared in Savage Tales #1 (May 1971), and went on to be featured in various titles and in his own series, including Adventure into Fear. Steve Gerber's 39-issue run on the series is considered to be a cult classic.
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Encyclopedic overview
30 sectionsContents
- Publication history
- Fictional character biography
- Powers and abilities
- Other known Man-Things
- Savage Land's Man-Thing
- Weirdworld's Man-Things
- She-Man-Thing
- Roxxon's Man-Thing
- Boy-Thing
- Comic book character spin-offs
- Other versions
- ''Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe''
- Earth-91
- Earth-691
- Earth-11234
- ''Mutant X''
- ''The Adventures of the X-Men''
- ''Ultimate Marvel''
- Warp World
- ''What If''
- In other media
- Television
- Film
- Video games
- Miscellaneous
- Merchandise
- Reception
- Collected editions
- References
- External links
The Man-Thing (Dr. Theodore "Ted" Sallis) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writers Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, and Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow, the character first appeared in Savage Tales #1 (May 1971), and went on to be featured in various titles and in his own series, including Adventure into Fear. Steve Gerber's 39-issue run on the series is considered to be a cult classic.
The Man-Thing is a large, slow-moving, empathic, humanoid swamp monster living in the Florida Everglades near a Seminole reservation and the fictional town of Citrusville in Cypress County (also fictional), Florida.
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