Appearing in ""No Choice of Colors!""
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Mark Jackson (First appearance; dies)
Villains:
- Wallace Corlee (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
Locations:
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Synopsis for ""No Choice of Colors!""
Wallace Corlee is the hateful, racist sheriff of Topequa, Florida. He pursues a black man named Mark Jackson into the swamplands outside of town. Corlee shoots Jackson in the shoulder, but the refugee manages to evade capture until he finally collapses from exhaustion. When he revives he finds the Man-Thing standing in front of him. Jackson is more afraid of the sheriff still hunting for him than he is of the muck monster. He tells the Man-Thing that the sheriff framed him for a burglary and is chasing him because Mark was romantically involved with a white woman (one that the sheriff had set his eye on). He continues to speak to the Man-Thing at length despite the fact that the Man-Thing does not have the intellect to comprehend anything that he is saying. Regardless, the creature listens to the man's story intently. Before long, Sheriff Corlee catches up with Jackson and draws his gun. He reveals that Jackson is a liar and is actually wanted for murder. Jackson confesses to the crime, but pleads that he wasn't left with a choice. The Man-Thing cannot determine the validity of the conflicting emotions he senses, so he begins to walk away. Once Corlee gets a clear shot, he shoots Jackson dead. The Man-Thing turns when he hears the sheriff joyously laughing over what he has done. The Man-Thing approaches, prompting terror in the sheriff's eyes. The Man-Thing grabs Corlee by the face and uses his burning touch to kill him.
Appearing in ""The Face of Horror""
Featured Characters:
- Lizard-Man (Zraa Zromm)
Supporting Characters:
- United Nations
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- FBI (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed subterraneans
Races and Species:
- Unidentified Subterranean race
- Humans
Locations:
Synopsis for ""The Face of Horror""
A representative of an underground race of lizard-men asks the leaders of UN countries for some surface territory for their people. When he is rebuffed, he releases volcanic activity upon the surface world.
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
- "No Choice of Colors" is reprinted in Book of the Dead #3.
- Contains a one-panel cameo flashback of Ellen Brandt.
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Adventure into Fear article at Wikipedia
- Adventure into Fear series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Adventure into Fear series index at Comicbookdb.com
- Man-Thing profile at Wikipedia
- Man-Thing profile at Toonopedia
- Man-Thing profile at the Marvel Directory
- Man-Thing movie entry at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)