The First Appearances and Origin of Man-Thing

History of the Marvel Universe #3

In this episode, we look at the origin of Man-Thing, as well as the earliest appearances of Barbara Morse, who later became Mockingbird.

The Origin of Ka-Zar:

Sources:
Savage Tales #1 (May, 1971)
Astonishing Tales #6 (June, 1971)
Astonishing Tales #7 (August, 1971)
Astonishing Tales #8 (October, 1971)
Astonishing Tales #10 (February, 1972)
Astonishing Tales #12 (June, 1972)
Astonishing Tales #13 (August, 1972)
Fear #10 (October, 1972)

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[gagecrawley]

Fun Fact: Both Man-Thing and Swamp-Thing were based on another comic book swamp monster called The Heap.

[testfire]

That was a lot of fun, very interesting! Especially now that Man-Thing has officially joined the MCU.

[johnmorrissey]

OK, I'm sold! I'm now a PATRON! And it looks like I have MANY hours of entertainment, education, and enjoyment ahead of me while I catch up with your prodigious output! I am certain that this is gonna be a fantastic journey!!

[KGBookkeeping]

Always up for more Man-Thing stories, hopefully they do em in the MCU with the recent developments

[darrenbennett]

I had the magazine with this origin story in it . Found it in a yard sale as a lil kid . Wish I still had it lol

[gustavgnoettgen]

Damn that's a well drawn comic. Like francophone adventure titles.

[jamesmoss]

I'm glad that man-thing is now in the MCU. 😀👍

[underdog]

More man thing, , One of the most underrated comic books

[tannerbruning]

Please tell me more. I need to know more about man thing

[alphatrion]

I used to have a comic featuring hulk, manthing and a creature called the Amorf.

[seesfractals]

Would love to see you expound on the Man-Thing’s further exploits.

[fightingtyler]

I'd love to see a follow-up to this.

[davidmitchell]

I just loved the giant sized man thing.

[vincentfranklin]

Whoever knows fear, burns at the Man-Thing's touch!

[scottmcfarlane]

I always wanted Giant-Size Man-Thing #1

[Nuff.]

Ohotmu Mystic arcana & Horror 2005

[philip]

How many people have been injected with the super soldier syrum??

[tharubaba]

It’s official .. coming to Disney + 🔜.. as a 🎃 special

[kaneparker]

OOH YEAH MY PARENTS KANE KEKE OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS REMEMBER HIM

[angrykrabs]

What a ridiculous name for a funny looking creature 🤔