Man-Thing Vol 5

Man-Thing is an American comic book limited series of the horror genre. It is the fifth such title to bear the name Man-Thing, and features the eponymous moss-crusted hose-nosed monster of the same name. This series was published by Marvel Comics and ran for five issues beginning in May, 2017.

The creative team behind this series consists of famed children's spook-fest writer Robert Lawrence "R.L." Stine of Goosebumps fame, with artwork by German Peralta, who also inked the series. The series was colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by Travis Lanham. The series was edited by Katie Kubert with Christina Harrington as assistant editor.


 * Man-Thing, Volume 5 #1
 * Man-Thing, Volume 5 #2
 * Man-Thing, Volume 5 #3
 * Man-Thing, Volume 5 #4
 * Man-Thing, Volume 5 #5


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 * The Man-Thing was created by writers Roy Thomas & Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow. Historically however, the character is best known as the slimy love-child of writer Steve Gerber, who crafted nearly all of the Man-Thing stories from the early 1970s. The character first appeared in the third story from Savage Tales #1 in May, 1971.


 * Man-Thing (2017) redirects to this page.


 * Issues #1-2 of the series both bear a May, 2017 cover date. The remaining issues were released on a monthly shipping schedule.


 * Issue #1 shipped with seven variant covers by varying artists. One cover was an "action figure" variant, one was a blue logo iteration of the regular Tyler Crook cover, and one was a "Venomized" cover.