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Issue: Giant-Size Man-Thing #1

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Publication Date: August 1974

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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues

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Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN:

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Price: $0.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Squarebound

Publishing Format: Was ongoing

Format Notes:

Reprinted In4

3 Content Items

reprinted 4 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From4

3 Content Items

reprinted 4 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (6 total)

The Glob Strikes Again!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Man-Thing; Glob

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Giant-Size Man-Thing #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Man-Thing Omnibus #[nn] published October 2012
as The Glob Strikes Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

How Will We Keep Warm When the Last Flame Dies?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Man-Thing; The Glob; Paul Benton; Professor Marshall; Akar; Yagzan; Kamar; The Entropists; Richard Rory

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Man-Thing Omnibus #[nn] published October 2012
as How Will We Keep Warm When The Last Flame Dies? [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 25

Meditations on a Mound of Muck

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Man-Thing

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Man-Thing Omnibus #[nn] published October 2012
as Meditations On A Mound Of Muck [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: LOC from reader Guy C. Lawley and a half-page essay by Gerber.

Ice-Monster Cometh!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Hugo Bogg; Ice-Monster

Synopsis: A criminal pretends to be the ice-monster when the real thing comes to call...

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Amazing Adult Fantasy #11 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
was The Ice Monster Cometh! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Job Number: V-568

I Was the Invisible Man!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Adam Clayton (only appearance)

Synopsis: A scientist invents a device that allows him to run faster than light, becoming invisible. He uses this ability to anonymously show off, planning to soon reveal his discovery and become rich. However, traveling so fast ages him rapidly, so that after only a few weeks he is elderly and near death.

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Strange Tales #67 published February 1959
was I Was the Invisible Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Job Number: T-97

Notes: Story mistakenly credited as reprinted from Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1. It was reprinted in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2, but originally published in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #67.

Goom! The Thing from Planet X!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Goom (introduction, origin); Mark Langley (introduction); Helen Langley (introduction)

Synopsis: An astronomer sends radar waves to communicate with aliens, unfortunately attracting the attention of the hideous Goom who tries to conquer earth.

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Tales of Suspense #15 published March 1961
was Goom! The Thing from Planet X!, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1

From Content Item: Flag

Tales of Suspense #15 published March 1961
was Goom, Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

Job Number: V-87

Notes: Narrated in the first person. Goom's next published appearance is in Warlock and the Infinity Watch (Marvel, 1992 series) #7 (August 1992); while his next chronological appearance is in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005); he also appeared in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series).