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Cover: Mike Ploog

Giant-Size Man-Thing #1

Aug 1974 · Marvel · 0.50 USD
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Contains 4 stories
How Will We Keep Warm When the Last Flame Dies?
25 pp · Horror-Suspense
Paul BentonProfessor MarshallAkar (death)KamarThe Entropists (first appearance)
Ice-Monster Cometh!
5 pp · Fantasy
Hugo BoggIce-Monster
I Was the Invisible Man!
7 pp · Science Fiction
Adam Clayton (only appearance)

In "I Was the Invisible Man!", a desperate scientist harnesses a radical invention to outrun light itself—turning invisible and free to move unseen. As he revels in the thrill of speed and secrecy, the cost mounts: time warps around him, leaving him fraying at the edges, aging in mere weeks.

Goom! The Thing from Planet X!
13 pp · Horror-Suspense
Mark Langley (introduction)Helen Langley (introduction)

When an astronomer sends radar signals into space in a bid to reach alien life, he unwittingly awakens Goom, a monstrous entity from Planet X drawn to Earth by the call. Now, the creature descends with terrifying intent, and humanity’s only hope lies in the strange, swamp-dwelling Man-Thing, who may be the only one able to stop the invasion.

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Cast · 7 characters

Full credits

writer, artist Jack Kirby
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils, inks Mike Ploog

Reprints

↩ Reprints Strange Tales #67 (1959), Tales of Suspense #15 (1961), Amazing Adult Fantasy #11 (1962)

Reprinted in Comic Reader #106 (1974), Eclipso #60 (1977), Essential Man-Thing #1 (2006), Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 (2012), Man-Thing Omnibus #[nn] (2012), Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection #2 (2016), Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus #[nn] (2025), Marvel Masterworks: Man-Thing #2 (2025)

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