Genre : Science Fiction / Horror / Fantasy / comic book collection Pages : 434 Published : 2015 Contains Astonishing Tales (1970) # 12-13 , Fear # 11-19 , Marvel Two-In-One # 1 , Man-Thing (1974) 1-8 ; material from Savage Tales (1971) # 1 , Fear # 10 , Monsters Unleashed # 5

Summary : In a swamp there is a secret government project , another attempt at the secret soldier project that birthed Captain America this time being lead by chemist Ted Sallis when the inevitable sabotage happens . In a desperate attempt to save the project and his own life Sallis injects himself with the formula as he is forced into the murky swamp waters . Little does he know that these swamp waters are connected to a magical nexus and when the formula combine with the magic waters inside him Sallis is transformed into a swamp creature or a Man-Thing if you will . Devoid of most of his human intelligence and slower than your grandma at an all you can eat buffet things seem pretty bad for good old Ted . But there are some benefits . He is no longer a being flesh and blood but instead a living embodiment of the swamp itself , he can sense peoples emotions , his strength rivals demons , seemingly only really weak to fire , and his touch burns those who feel fear around him . Come follow his epic story as he fights terrorists , a business man named F.A. Schist , bikers , demons , meets the Thing and Howard the Duck , saves reality multiple times without thinking about it , performs a play with a dead clown , and much more .

Review : I believe this made the Man-Thing into my top 5 comic book characters . The name is a bit dull but the stories are excellent . He is almost like the swamp version of Godzilla . There is a lot of fantasy and such in these stories but I think the simple stories revolving around the denizens of the swamp feel just as creative . I think all the stories featured were good but I have a soft spot for the black and white issues as they feel the most like an old Universal horror film .

Recommendations : Books

1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
2. Parasite Eve by Hideaki Sena
3. Dilvish , the Damned by Roger Zelazny
4. Dookie by Tony Kearns
5. Black Ambrosia by Elizabeth Engstrom
6. The Manitou by Graham Masterton
7. Dark Water by Koji Suzuki
8. The Black Master by Walter B. Gibson
9. Death Reign of the Vampire King by Norvell W. Page
10. Black Creek Crossing by John Saul

Songs

1. Art of Dying – George Harrison
2. Iron Man – Black Sabbath
3. Animal I Have Become – 3 Days Grace
4. Hold On Loosely – .38 Special
5. Marie Laveau – Bobby Bare
6. Good Ole Boys – Waylon Jennings
7. Highwayman – The Highwaymen
8. Eve of Destruction – Barry McGuire
9. Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum
10. East Bound and Down – Jerry Reed

Movies

1. Howard the Duck (1986)
2. Man-Thing (2005)
3. Werewolf by Night (2022)
4. Fire and Ice (1983)
5. Godzilla (1954)
6. The Invisible Man (1933)
7. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
8. In A Violent Nature (2024)
9. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
10. Swamp Thing (1982)

Lesson : Never trust the secretary … also just stop trying to remake the super soldier project .