Man-Thing (real name Dr. Theodore "Ted" Sallis) is a character from Marvel Comics. He is a scientist who was mutated into an empathetic swamp monster with mystical abilities.
Man-Thing was created by Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, and Gray Morrow.
Appearances
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Man-Thing was brought up in the episode "Nothing Personal". He was one of the creatures being observed by S.H.I.E.L.D., and was brought up in a conversation between Pepper Potts and Maria Hill.
Thor: Ragnarok
A statue dedicated to Man-Thing appears on Sakaar at Grandmaster's palace, supposedly because he was also a former champion of Grandmaster's arena battles.
Werewolf by Night
In the special, Ted was captured Verussa Bloodstone and her team of Monster Hunters to be destroy so she can find someone to take the mantle of her late husband, however, Jack Russell aka the Werewolf by Night sneak in pretending to be a monster hunter came to his rescue. Man-Thing grab Jack and thought he was one of the monster hunters only to learn it was only Jack. Jack and Ted then had a short talk and Jack told him he was gone to free him and refused the bloodstone that was on him and making him weak. Ted then met Elsa Bloodstone and wasn't sure if he could trust her but learn she was an ally. She helps him escape and then removed the Bloodstone off of him.
Ted then returns and burns Verussa before she can kill Elsa, Elsa then told him that Jack had transformed and left. Ted later found him and took care of him while he was asleep. Ted and Jack set together, gave him some coffee and informed Jack that Elsa was fine.
Marvel Animated Universe
Ultimate Spider-Man
Man-Thing appears in the Halloween special "Blade and the Howling Commandos". At first, he did not appear alongside his teammates the Howling Commandos, although he was constantly referred to as 'The Big Guy'. After the team and Spider-Man track down Dracula to his castle in Transylvania, they are swarmed by ghouls. While the situation seems completely against them, a SHIELD jet flies over, unleashing Man-Thing in the form of a green liquid mass that disintegrates any ghoul it comes into contact with. Man-Thing then reforms in front of Spider-Man's eyes to properly acquaint himself with the plant creature. Man-Thing participates in the battle against Dracula and is victorious. However, Man-Thing and the rest of the Commandos are betrayed by N'Kantu, the Living Mummy to take the cursed Ankh for himself. As N'Kantu escapes to New York now overflowing with the Ankh's power, Spider-Man gets Man-Thing to travel through the sewers, absorbing enough sewage so that he can grow to titanic size and hold off N-Kantu long enough for the other heroes to get the Ankh off N'Kantu. Once N'Kantu's powers are stripped from him, Man-Thing returns to normal size and regroups with the Howling Commandos.
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
Man-Thing appears along with the rest of the Howling Commandos as a guest star in the episode "Hulking Commandos". On the night of Halloween, Man-Thing teams up with the Hulks to stop Dormammu from taking control of humanity by turning everyone into Mindless Ones. During the battle, Man-Thing is also transformed into a Mindless One, but he is returned to normal after Dormammu is subdued.
Guardians of the Galaxy
In the short episode "Rocket! Groot! Man-Thing!", the Milano lands in a swamp on Earth, and while Rocket Raccoon tries to repair the ship, Man-Thing enters and attacks him. He gets into a fight with another plant-based being Groot until he is ejected and destroyed by one of Rocket's explosives. However, Man-Thing regenerates and attacks the ship again in the episode "Guardians Unite". After the Guardians escape him, they discover that Man-Thing attacked because the ship was leaking oil into the swamp. The Guardians then remove the oil to show Man-Thing they meant no ill will, and Man-Thing drops his grudge against them.
Trivia
- In the comics, Ted Sallis was a scientist part of the project to recreate the Super Soldier Serum, only to discover he was helping a terrorist organization known as A.I.M. Ted attempted to escape, but was shot by his wife Ellen Brandt. As he sank into the bayou, the formula then mutated him into Man-Thing.
- Contrary to popular belief, Man-Thing is not a rip-off of DC Comics' Swamp-Thing. As a matter of fact, Man-Thing made his debut one month before Swamp-Thing and both characters' creators are good friends.
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