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Issue: Giant-Size Man-Thing #4
Publication Date: May 1975
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Issues: #4 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 01/21/1975
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous, occult
First Line: Panic in the city...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Howard the Duck #1 published February 2002
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMan-Thing Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2012
as Panic in the City [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Giant-Size Man-Thing #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Garko the Man-frog from the story "Frog Death!" is called Gorko on the cover.
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The Kid's Night Out! [Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Oliver Winshed; Marie Winshed; Samuel Pinder; Elinore Pinder; Margaret Pinder; Lewis Milner; Alice Rimes
First Line: It is just past noon...
Synopsis: Prejudice and hypocrisy plays a big part in a kids death.
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In Content Item: FlagMan-Thing Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2012
as The Kid's Night Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Part 2 Paper Legacy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Edmund Winshed (flashback); Lewis Milner; Alice Rimes; Miss Simmons; Miss Hartwick (cameo)
First Line: For three days and three nights it has rained without pause.
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In Content Item: FlagMan-Thing Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2012
as The Kid's Night Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Continued from "The Kid's Night Out!".
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Part 3 The Final Silence

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Oliver Winshed; Marie Winshed; Samuel Pinder; Elinore Pinder; Margaret Pinder; Lewis Milner (death); Alice Rimes; Mr. Dannon
First Line: Alice faints... and thunder peals across the sky once again...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMan-Thing Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2012
as The Kid's Night Out! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Continued from "Part 2 Paper Legacy". Concluded in this story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Man-Thing; Jennifer Kale; Korrek; Dakimh
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Steve Gerber has an editorial note thanking letterer Annette Kawecki for assisting him with the writing of an important segment of the story. Includes letters from David F. Godwin, Bill Warren, C.L.W., Stan Timmons and Marvel Value Stamp #36 (Ancient One).
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Frog Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Hooper; Joe; Mike
First Line: There are worlds upon worlds --
Synopsis: Howard the Duck falls through the dimensions back to Earth and must face Garko the Man-Frog.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #12 [Regular] published October 1976
as Frog Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Howard the Duck #1 published February 2002
as Frog Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Frog Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Howard the Duck's first solo appearance. Spin-off from Man-Thing #1 (first series). Carl Barks credited as "spiritual guide."
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I Entered the...Doorway to Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): unnamed Russian (only appearance)
First Line: I must not let them out!
Synopsis: A Russian farmer becomes a gold miner and uncovers a doorway into a dimension of malevolent beings. When the army comes for the man's gold they ignore his warnings to leave the doorway and are destroyed, leaving the man to reseal the portal, determined to open it again if democracy does not come soon.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #72 published December 1959
was I Entered the... Doorway to Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-459
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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The Man with No Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alan Ohm; Fred; Dr. Trent
First Line: Next car please...
Synopsis: A claustrophobic artist seeks help from a psychiatrist and it turns out he has no memories from more than one year before.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #21 published January 1955
was The Man With No Past [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4

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