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Marvel werewolf by night comics11/8/2023 From there, Man-Thing stories involved Man-Thing coming to the aid of people who had been wronged by punishing the wrongdoers: an abusive husband, a racist cop, and a corrupt businessman were among those that came to regret their actions. Anyway, Man-Thing wins, doorways are closed, and everything returns to normal. Going out on a limb to say that probably wasn't in the job description. but only after successfully surviving a trial by combat. This is where a new facet of Man-Thing is explained by Dakimh the Enchanter: Man-Thing is the guardian of the Nexus of All Realities, and as a result can close the doorways. Jennifer and Man-Thing disappear, only to reappear in another dimension, chained. Unfortunately, the portal remained open, with demons taking over human minds and souls, so in an effort to close the portal, the Kales prepare a ritual. One of his first adversaries was Thog the Nether-Spawn, a demon inadvertently brought to Earth by the actions of young witch Jennifer Kale and her brother Andrew, and after winning their battle, Man-Thing threw Thog back to Sominus, his home dimension. The AIM agents would become Man-Thing's first kills. The transformation rapidly decayed Sallis' intelligence, effectively taking over his humanity, replacing it with superhuman strength, and an ability to secrete acid when touching anyone with fear. Thus began the perfect storm to create Man-Thing: magical swamp energies, prototype Super-Soldier Serum, and some of Curt Connors' regeneration serum (because we know how well that turned out for him). Sallis fled in his car, injecting himself with the serum before crashing into the swamp. Shortly after, his charming wife Ellen led him into an ambush by evil organization AIM, who wanted the sample (you forget one anniversary, and you get led to a group of bad guys - nice, Ellen). After completing a prototype of the serum, he committed the formula to memory and burnt all traces of the work, save one existing sample. Undeterred, Sallis began working with Curt Connors (yes, that Curt Connors) on modifying the serum as a new Super-Soldier Serum, à la Captain America. The side effect, though, was more than a little problematic. Ted Sallis was indeed a biochemistry professor, who developed the SO-2 Serum, designed to nullify the dangers of biochemical warfare. Man-Thing's origin story is deeper, and much more interesting, than the brief snapshot above. RELATED: Who Is Man-Thing (AKA Ted) in 'Werewolf by Night'? A 2005 Man-Thing film based on the character was released straight to TV/DVD, and by most accounts it is best that Marvel has moved on from it. Having cleared the confusion, we push Swamp Thing aside, a story for another time, to focus on the mossy monster making his second live action appearance ever onscreen. Oddly enough, Wein wrote the second Man-Thing story, another interesting facet of their history. Wein did room with Gerry Conway at the time, who wrote the first Man-Thing story, while Wein was working on Swamp Thing. Seems awfully close to simply be coincidental, but according to an interview with Len Wein, creator of Swamp Thing, that's exactly what it was. Swamp Thing, on the other hand, was Alex Olson, a scientist caught in a lab explosion, was dumped into a swamp, drowned, and became resurrected by a combination of chemicals and supernatural forces. Man-Thing began life as Ted Sallis, a biochemist who injected a miracle drug he invented into his own system, was chased into a swamp, drowned, and became resurrected by a combination of the drug and supernatural forces. DC's Swamp Thing debuted in House of Secrets #92, July 1971. Man-Thing, from Marvel, debuted in Savage Tales #1, May 1971. So, Swamp Thing, right? No, but it's one of those no, not really, kinda/sorta stories.
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