Man-Thing (2nd Series)

    (Marvel, 1979-1981)
™ and ©1979 Marvel Entertainment Group

Scientist Ted Sallis had left the confines of his government lab, continuing his mysterious research in a secluded hideaway in the Everglades. His project: to recreate the Super Soldier Serum that had created Captain America. Eventually, he believed he had reached his goal, but when he tried to deliver the serum to his government contact, thugs attempted to steal his discovery. With escape impossible, Sallis injected himself with the formula and drove his car headlong into the swamp. In the brackish waters, the serum reacted with Sallis’s bloodstream, transforming him into the creature known as Man-Thing.

Marvel has sometimes been accused of basing Man-Thing on DC’s Swamp Thing, and vice-versa. Truth be told, the two characters were introduced almost simultaneously in 1971, with cover dates so close together that both companies must have had their respective characters in development before the other’s release.
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Man-Thing (2nd Series) #1

November, 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
34 copies available from $7.95 		Michael FleisherJim Mooney
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #2

January, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
16 copies available from $1.25 		Michael FleisherJim Mooney
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #2 Newsstand Edition

January, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
1 copy available for $3.50 		Newsstand Edition by Bob Wiacek; 1st appearance of Dr. Schectman Michael FleisherJim Mooney
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #3

March, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
13 copies available from $2.16 		Michael FleisherJim Mooney
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #4

May, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
15 copies available from $2.50 		Chris ClaremontDon Perlin
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #4 Newsstand Edition

May, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
1 copy available for $14.98 		Newsstand Edition by Bob Wiacek; Conitinues in Dr. Strange #41 Chris ClaremontDon Perlin
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #5

July, 1980
Cover Price: $0.40
13 copies available from $1.26 		Chris ClaremontDon Perlin
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #6

September, 1980
Cover Price: $0.50
10 copies available from $1.25 		Chris ClaremontDon Perlin
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #6 Newsstand Edition

September, 1980
Cover Price: $0.50
1 copy available for $4.99 		Chris ClaremontDon Perlin
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #7

November, 1980
Cover Price: $0.50
8 copies available from $2.00 		Chris ClaremontDon Perlin
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #8

January, 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
7 copies available from $1.45 		Chris ClaremontDon Perlin
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #9

March, 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
5 copies available from $1.75 		Dickie McKenzie, J.M. DeMatteisLarry Hama, Ed Hannigan
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #9 Newsstand Edition

March, 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
1 copy available for $9.99 		Dickie McKenzie, J.M. DeMatteisLarry Hama, Ed Hannigan
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #10

May, 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
3 copies available from $2.25 		Chris ClaremontDon Perlin
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #11

July, 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
10 copies available from $2.25 		Chris ClaremontVal Mayerik
Man-Thing (2nd Series) #11 Newsstand Edition

July, 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
2 copies available from $2.99 		Chris ClaremontVal Mayerik