Comics:Giant-Size Man-Thing Vol 1 4
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| "The Kid's Night Out!"
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| "Frog Death!"
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| "I Entered the... Doorway to Doom!"
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| "The Man With No Past"
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Synopsis for "The Kid's Night Out!"
The Man-Thing finds himself drawn to the emotions that are coming from a funeral being held for Edmond Windshed. Attending the funeral is his parents, uncle, aunt, grandmother, gym teacher, and classmates. However when Alice Rimes (Edmond's classmate and only friend) interrupts the eulogy to call them all on how horribly the treated Edmond, she is violently removed by Edmond's uncle. However she is saved by the Man-Thing which is drawn by the violent emotions and burns Edmond's uncle and Alice manages to escape.
The next day, Alice takes an essay written by the late Edmond to have it published in the schools newspaper. The essay inside is Edmonds life story where he talks about how he was always treated poorly because of his weight and how his gym teacher ultimately caused his death by pushing him to hard and literally making Edmond run to death.
Believing that it's all lies perpetuated by Alice, the gym teacher calls in the Windshed cland to confront her. As they are about to burn Edmond's memoirs, the Man-Thing arrives and attacks them all. Each victim gives into their fears and is burned and killed in a fitting epitaph to their behavior to Edmond. After the attacks end, the Man-Thing walks off again into the swamp.
This story is continued in Man-Thing #17...
Appearing in "Frog Death!"
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Synopsis for "Frog Death!"
After months of falling between the dimensional void, Howard lands back on the Earth was stranded on during his battle against the Overmaster, however this time he lands in Clevland. Befriending some children, they take Howard to the nearest cigar shop, where the indifferent owner is given a shock first by Howard's currency (US money with ducks for presidents) and later his appearance.
When asking the children why the cigar shop owner was on edge, they point out Garko, a man who since moving into the neighborhood has sat in the window of his fourth floor apartment looking into a jar and occasionally yelling about taking over the world.
Garko debates over the merrits of ruling the world, and decides that the point of aquiring power would be to get more, which would equate to killing people. Opting to just cut out the world conquering and skip to the killing, he consumes the potion in his bottle and transforms into a Man-Frog creature.
When the rampaging Garko approaches Howard and the boys, Howard sends them off to call the police while he battles the Man-Frog. During the fight Garko begins to shrink and turn into a real frog. Swinging blindly, Howard accidentally strikes a police officer who has arrived to the scene. Not beleiving his story about a giant Man-Frog, the police arrest Howard instead believing him to be the maniac that was called in about. As the police car drives away, it runs over the frog body of Garko.
Appearing in "I Entered the... Doorway to Doom!"
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Synopsis for "I Entered the... Doorway to Doom!"
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Appearing in "The Man With No Past"
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Synopsis for "The Man With No Past"
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Notes
- "Frog Death!" is reprinted in Marvel Treasury Edition #12.
- "I Entered the... Doorway to Doom!" was originally printed in Strange Tales (Volume 1) #72.
- "The Man With No Past" was originally printed in Journey Into Mystery #21.
- The Man-Thing appeared last in Man-Thing (Volume 1) #18. He appears next in Man-Thing (Volume 1) #19
- Howard the Duck appeared last in Man-Thing (Volume 1) #1. He appears next in Giant-Size Man-Thing #5.
Trivia
- Garko the Man-Frog's name is spelled as "Gorko" on the cover to this issue.
Related Articles
- Man-Thing image gallery
- Man-Thing cover gallery
- Man-Thing chronology page
- Howard the Duck image gallery
- Howard the Duck chronology page
- Howard the Duck quotes page
See Also
- Write your own review of this comic!
- Discuss Giant-Size Man-Thing Vol 1 4 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Giant-Size Man-Thing series
Recommended Reading
- Man-Thing (Volume 1)
- Man-Thing (Volume 2)
- Man-Thing (Volume 3)
- Man-Thing (Volume 4)
- Howard the Duck (Volume 1)
Links and References
- Man-Thing profile at Wikipedia
- Man-Thing profile at the Marvel Directory
- Man-Thing profile at Toonopedia
- Man-Thing movie entry at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
- Howard the Duck article at Wikipedia
- Howard the Duck article at the Marvel Directory
