Appearing in "Man-Thing!"Edit
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Supporting Characters:
Adversaries:
- A.I.M.
Paul Allen (Death)
Other Characters:
- Dr Wendell (Death)
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Synopsis for "Man-Thing!"Edit
Continued from last issue... Trapped in a pit with the Man-Thing, Ka-Zar battles the creature and is surprised to find that the creature's touch does not burn him. The battle is quickly ended when the Man-Thing is knocked out by an AIM soldier's weapon. When Zabu frees himself, he attacks the AIM soldiers, and Ka-Zar soon helps his companion defeat their attackers, forcing them to retreat.
When Barbara and Paul arrive, they help Ka-Zar pull the muck-monster out of the pit and bring it back to their lab for examination. Along the way, Ka-Zar deduces that the creature's touch didn't burn him because he did not fear the creature. When one of the other scientists at the lab is shot, and that Paul and Dr. Calvin have gone missing, they catch one of the locals thinking that he's an agent of AIM. After some "convincing" from Zabu, the man confesses that he has nothing to do with AIM.
Ka-Zar, Zabu and Barbara manage to track down the AIM base, while back at the lab the Man-Thing revives and oozes through the cage holding it prisoner. While Ka-Zar battles the AIM agents stationed there, Barbara finds Dr. Calvin, and learns that Paul is a spy working for AIM. Paul holds Barbara at gun-point until the Man-Thing bursts through the wall and goes after Paul. Paul let's go of Barbara in fear of the Man-Thing, who grabs Paul. Paul is burned to death by the Man-Thing's touch. Ka-Zar manages to get himself, Zabu, Barbara and Dr. Calvin out of the base as the Man-Thing throws a switch causing the base to explode, seemingly destroying the Man-Thing.
NotesEdit
- Pencils, story pages: Buckler (pages 1-6), Buscema (pages 7-20).
- The Man-Thing appears next in Monsters Unleashed #5.
Solicit Synopsis: - Ka-Zar vs. the misanthropic Man-Thing! And when AIM drops in, to boot - look out!
TriviaEdit
- The tagline for this issue is, "The Mark of the Man-Thing!"
Related ArticlesEdit
- Ka-Zar image gallery
- Ka-Zar chronology page
- Ka-Zar quotes page
- Man-Thing image gallery
- Man-Thing chronology page
- Man-Thing quotes page
- Zabu chronology page
See Also
Recommended ReadingEdit
- Ka-Zar (Volume 1)
- Ka-Zar (Volume 2)
- Ka-Zar (Volume 3)
- Ka-Zar (Volume 4)
- Man-Thing (Volume 1)
- Man-Thing (Volume 2)
- Man-Thing (Volume 3)
- Man-Thing (Volume 4)
Links and ReferencesEdit
- Astonishing Tales article at Wikipedia
- Astonishing Tales series index at Comicbookdb.com
- Ka-Zar article at Wikipedia
- Ka-Zar profile at the Marvel Directory
- Ka-Zar profile at Spiderfan.org
- Ka-Zar profile at Pulp Heroes
- Man-Thing profile at Wikipedia
- Ka-Zar profile at Toonopedia
- Man-Thing profile at the Marvel Directory
- Man-Thing profile at Toonopedia
- Man-Thing movie entry at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
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- Week 04, 2021
- 1972
- 1972, August
- Bronze-Age
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- Astonishing Tales Vol 1
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- USA
- Stan Lee/Editor-in-Chief
- Rich Buckler/Cover Artist
- Sam Rosen/Cover Artist
- Roy Thomas/Writer
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- John Buscema/Penciler
- Dan Adkins/Inker
- John Costanza/Letterer
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- Wilma Calvin (Earth-616)/Appearances
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