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Cover: Bob Wiacek

Man-Thing #1

Nov 1979 · Marvel · 0.40 USD

📊 ~25,686 copies sold its debut month

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“Regeneration -- and Rebirth”

Marvel's muck-encrusted mockery of a man rises from the swamp in full, dripping menace on this 1979 cover by Bob Wiacek — the creature's glowing red eyes and tentacled visage looming against a blazing crimson sky as one massive fist crashes through the water below. The tagline says it all: "Whoever knows fear burns at the touch of the Man-Thing." With Michael Fleisher writing and Jim Mooney on interior art, this "Frightful 1st Issue" launches a series that leans into Marvel's darker, more atmospheric corner of horror with real conviction.

writer Michael Fleisher · artist Jim Mooney · inker Bob Wiacek · colorist Carl Gafford · letterer John Costanza · cover Bob Wiacek

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta

Raw (Fine) $13

CGC 9.8 $318*

CGC 9.6 $119*

CGC 9.4 $76*

CGC 9.2 $55*

CGC 9.0 $45*

CGC 8.5 $37*

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CGC 8.0 $32*

CGC 7.5 $27*

CGC 7.0 $24*

CGC 6.5 $21*

CGC 6.0 $20

CGC 5.5 $20*

CGC 5.0 $20*

CGC 4.5 $20*

CGC 4.0 $20*

CGC 3.5 $20*

CGC 3.0 $20*

CGC 2.5 $20*

CGC 2.0 $20*

CGC 1.5 $20*

CGC 1.0 $20*

CGC 0.5 $20*

* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade

Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Cast · 3 characters

Ellen Brandt Henry Peter Gyrich Ted Sallis

Full credits

writer Michael Fleisher

artist Jim Mooney

inker Bob Wiacek

colorist Carl Gafford

letterer John Costanza

cover pencils, inks Bob Wiacek

Reprints

↩ Reprints [Marvel Hostess Ads] #40 (1979)

Reprinted in Eclipso #71 (1980), Essential Man-Thing #2 (2008), Man-Thing Omnibus #[nn] (2012)

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