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The Man-Thing (Dr. Theodore "Ted" Sallis) is a fictional monster appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writers Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, and Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow, the character first appeared in ''Savage Tales'' #1 (May 1971), and went on to be featured in various titles and in his own series, including ''Adventure into Fear'', which introduced the character Howard the Duck. Steve Gerber's 39-issue run on the series〔Gerber's run is continuous from ''Fear'' #11-19, and ''Man-Thing'' #1-22, as well as the concurrent ''Giant-Size Man-Thing'' #1-5, and ''Monsters Unleashed'' #8-9, and these were followed quickly by a story in the ''The Rampaging Hulk'' #7 for a total of 39 issues. In addition, Gerber also wrote Man-Thing into ''Marvel Two in One'' #1, three issues of ''Daredevil'' as well as ''Iron Man Annual'' #3, which are not here counted among the 39.〕 is a cult classic that was influential on such writers as Neil Gaiman.〔(Neil Gaiman Journal: "Steve Gerber", February 11, 2008 )〕 Man-Thing is a large, slow-moving, empathic, humanoid creature living in the Florida Everglades near the Seminole reservation and the fictitious town of Citrusville. He was portrayed by Mark Stevens in the 2005 made-for-TV film ''Man-Thing''. ==Publication history== As described in the text featurette "The Story Behind the Scenes" in ''Savage Tales'' #1 (cover-dated May 1971), the black-and-white adventure fantasy magazine in which the character debuted in an 11-page origin story, Man-Thing was conceived in discussions between Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee and writer Roy Thomas, and that together they created five possible origins. Lee provided the name, which had previously been used for unrelated creatures in Marvel's early science-fiction/fantasy anthology ''Tales of Suspense'' #7 (Jan. 1960) and #81 (Sept. 1966),〔(''Tales of Suspense'' #7 (Jan. 1960) ): "I Fought the Molten Man-Thing!", writer unknown, at the Grand Comics Database〕 as well as the concept of the man losing sentience. As Thomas recalled in 2002: Thomas worked out a detailed plot〔The three-page, single-spaced plot for the 11-page story is reprinted in ''Alter Ego'' #81 (October 2008), pp. 22-23〕 and gave it to Gerry Conway to script. Thomas and Conway are credited as writers, with Gray Morrow as artist. A second story, written by Len Wein and drawn by Neal Adams, was prepared at that time, but, upon ''Savage Tales'' The Wein-written Man-Thing story appeared in-between Wein's first〔The character Alex Olsen, introduced in DC's ''House of Secrets'' #92 (July 1971)〕 and second〔The character Alec Holland, introduced in DC's ''Swamp Thing'' #1 (Nov. 1972)〕 version of his DC Comics character Swamp Thing. Wein was Conway's roommate at the time, and as Thomas recalled in 2008, Man-Thing received his own 10-page feature, again by Conway (with Morrow inking pencils by Howard Chaykin), in ''Adventure into Fear'' #10 (Oct. 1972), sharing that anthological title with reprinted 1950s horror/fantasy stories. Steve Gerber, who would become Man-Thing's signature writer, succeeded Conway the following issue, with art by Rich Buckler (Mayerik began with issue #13). The feature expanded to 15 pages with #12 (art by Jim Starlin), became 16 pages two issues later, and reached the then-standard 19-page length of Marvel superhero comics with issue #15, at which point the series also went from bi-monthly to monthly. In ''Fear'' #11 (Dec. 1972), page 11, Gerber created the series' narrative tagline, used in captions: "Whatever knows fear burns at the Man-Thing's touch!" After issue #19 (Dec.1973), Man-Thing received a solo title, which ran 22 issues (Jan. 1974 - Oct. 1975). Following Morrow, the main series' primary pencillers were, successively, Val Mayerik, Mike Ploog, John Buscema, and Jim Mooney. A sister publication was the larger, quarterly ''Giant-Size Man-Thing'' #1-5 (August 1974 - August 1975), which featured 1950s horror-fantasy and 1960s science fiction/monster reprints as back-up stories, with a Howard the Duck feature added in the final two issues. The unintentional double entendre in the sister series' title became a joke among comics readers.〔As Thomas, for one, recalled: "''Giant-Size Man-Thing'' later had a decidedly funny ring to it, but not 'Man-Thing' in itself". (Thomas interview, p. 21)〕 In the final issue, writer Gerber appeared as a character in the story, claiming he had not been inventing the Man-Thing's adventures but simply reporting on them and that he had decided to move on. Gerber continued to write Man-Thing guest appearances in other Marvel titles, as well as the serialized, eight-page Man-Thing feature in the omnibus series ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #1-12 (Sept. 1988 - Feb. 1989), and a supporting role in ''The Evolutionary War'', coming to the aid of Spider-Man.〔''Web of Spider-Man Annual'' #4〕 Gerber also wrote a graphic novel that Kevin Nowlan spent many years illustrating, but he did not live to see it published.〔()〕 A second ''Man-Thing'' series ran 11 issues (Nov. 1979 - Jan. 1981). Writer Michael Fleisher and penciller Mooney teamed for the first three issues, with the letters page of #3 noting that Fleisher's work had received a great deal of negative criticism and that he had been taken off the book. He was succeeded by, primarily, writer Chris Claremont and illustrators Don Perlin (breakdowns) and Bob Wiacek (finished pencils). Claremont's stories introduced Man-Thing and Jennifer Kale to Doctor Strange (whose series he was concurrently writing), after which his material focused on two new supporting characters: John Daltry, Citrusville's new sheriff, and Bobbie Bannister, a formerly wealthy girl who is the only survivor when her parents' yacht is attacked. These characters' stories he resolved by tying them to a resolution for his own ''War Is Hell'' series.〔''Man-Thing'' vol. 2, #10-11, guest starring John Kowalski〕 Black and white Man-Thing stories, and some covers, also appeared in the Marvel magazine ''Monsters Unleashed'' as well. Simon Jowett provided a Man-Thing story in ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #164-168 (Early Oct.-Late Nov. 1994). The story was set soon after Sallis' transformation, yet depicted Sallis using a standard personal computer with up-to-date graphics rather than hard-copy files, an example of the floating timeline effect. J.M. DeMatteis began writing the character in a backup story in ''Man-Thing'' vol. 2, #9 (March 1981), which opened with a fill-in by Dickie McKenzie. DeMatteis would go on to write Man-Thing stories in ''Marvel Team-Up'', ''The Defenders'', ''Marvel Fanfare'', and the limited series ''Daydreamers'', as well as the eight-issue ''Man-Thing'' vol. 3 (Dec. 1997 - July 1998), illustrated by Liam Sharp. The two would re-team for the Man-Thing feature in the two-issue ''Strange Tales'' vol. 4 (Sept.-Oct. 1998). Four issues were written, but #3 and 4 were never published. Their stories were summarized briefly in ''Peter Parker: Spider-Man Annual '99'', also by DeMatteis, with art by Sharp and others.〔(Ellen Brandt ) at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe〕〔(K'Ad-Mon of the Fallen Stars ) at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe〕〔(Cleito ) at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe〕 In the 2000s, Man-Thing has starred in a handful of stories appearing in one-shots and limited series, including ''Marvel Knights Double Shot'' #2 (July 2002) by Ted McKeever, and ''Legion of Monsters: Man-Thing'' #1 (May 2007) by Charlie Huston and Klaus Janson. In 2008, writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa retold Man-Thing's origin in ''Dead of Night Featuring Man-Thing'' #1-4 (April–July 2008), from the Marvel MAX imprint.〔(Aguirre-Sacasa talks "Dead of Night featuring Man-Thing" ), Comic Book Resources, February 13, 2008〕 This was followed by an eight-page story in ''Marvel Comics Presents'' vol. 2, #12 (Oct. 2008), by writer Jai Nitz and artist Ben Stenbeck. Man-Thing appeared regularly during The Punisher's ''Franken-Castle'' story arc and became a regular member of ''Thunderbolts'' with issue #144. The series was retitled ''Dark Avengers'' with #175, and Man-Thing continued to appear as a regular character until issue #183. Steve Gerber's posthumous Man-Thing story ''The Screenplay of the Living Dead Man'', with art by Kevin Nowlan, originally planned as a 1980s graphic novel before being left uncompleted by the artist, was revived in the 2010s and appeared as a three-issue miniseries cover-titled ''The Infernal Man-Thing'' (Early Sept.-Oct. 2012).〔(''Infernal Man-Thing'' ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 The story was a sequel to Gerber's “Song-Cry of the Living Dead Man” in ''Man-Thing'' #12 (Dec. 1974).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Man-Thing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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