Marvel Celebrates 50 Fearsome Years Of Man-Thing With New Series And Haunting Variant Covers

Man-Thing is an interesting character but "icon"....I don't know that I'd agree. Tomb of Dracula, now there's your Marvel horror icon.

Though I'm glad to see a team tackle him that really seems to be interested in him, its odd that his 50th is being celebrated when other far more popular characters haven't been. I still think its bizarre that Marvel hasnt saluted their golden age Big Three (Sub-Mariner, original Human Torch & Captain America) in Legends format.

Nevertheless, here's wishing success to the new book and hopefully a renewed interest for the Legends team to re-release a Man-Thing in exclusive form!

23 minutes ago, McHogan said:

Part of the reason I quit monthlys was due to the ridiculous amount of variant covers that Marvel put out. Equal parts my fault for giving into my need for completion but they priced me right out a hobby I loved. Now only get TPBs of the books I have interest in..

Man-Thing as a character is pretty cool. I read a comparison between Man and Swamp and like both Captain Marvels they have an long history of gaining prominence at the same time as each other as well as fading from the spotlight roughly at the same time..

The BAF is amazing, which figures did people have trouble finding? I got lucky and found them all in one stop at a WalMart I never visit.. actually sold off Bullseye only to pay the amount of the figure again to get the extra head for a Dark Avengers Hawkeye kit bash..

i would buy this guy again, while I love this figure the paint apps Hasbro can do now would make a Deluxe version so much better

here in Canada that wave was so hard to complete, I could only ever find Daredevil, Elektra and Punisher , I bought both DD and Elektra but always passed on Frank because I didn't at the time want that figure and I expected maybe I'd get lucky at a con finding all of the Man-Thing pieces but never did, I really wanted Blade, Bullseye and Jessica, but never once could I find them inless I wanted to pay a really high price and as time went on they became even priceier and harder to obtain, so Man-Thing slipped by my grasp, I decided I would be fine with having the Toybiz Man-Thing, but I was kidding myself.. I want that BAF so damn badly

12 minutes ago, RyanDaly said:

I saw the whole wave in stores several times, but the only figure from the wave I wanted was Bullseye. I don't collect MCU figures and I'm not a fan of that version of Blade. So as much as I adore Man-Thing, I'm notwilling to pay $120 for him.

Gotcha, and I admire your restraint. I loved the Kingpin BAF and but wanted zero figures in wave. I ended up getting them all and completing Fisk onlyto have him released again as a deluxe. Now I have two Kingpins haha.

Those Netflix figures are pretty good, I think the Jessica Jones is the underrated gem of the wave ( DDs apparent allergic reaction to being cast in plastic bumped him down even though he was my most wanted going in.. not sure why his head is so puffy but wish they had fixed that with SDCC set) Blade, I didnt mind. I ended up keeping him after having him in hand, close enough to both comic and movie looks for me.

in a deluxe Man-Thing, Id like to see his fear fire powers somehow.. maybe an arm with flames. And a more detailed paint app, I didnt mind what we got but the most common knock I heard was he was kinda bland

12 minutes ago, McHogan said:

The BAF is amazing, which figures did people have trouble finding? I got lucky and found them all in one stop at a WalMart I never visit

I saw the whole wave in stores several times, but the only figure from the wave I wanted was Bullseye. I don't collect MCU figures and I'm not a fan of that version of Blade. So as much as I adore Man-Thing, I'm notwilling to pay $120 for him.

Part of the reason I quit monthlys was due to the ridiculous amount of variant covers that Marvel put out. Equal parts my fault for giving into my need for completion but they priced me right out a hobby I loved. Now only get TPBs of the books I have interest in..

Man-Thing as a character is pretty cool. I read a comparison between Man and Swamp and like both Captain Marvels they have an long history of gaining prominence at the same time as each other as well as fading from the spotlight roughly at the same time..

The BAF is amazing, which figures did people have trouble finding? I got lucky and found them all in one stop at a WalMart I never visit.. actually sold off Bullseye only to pay the amount of the figure again to get the extra head for a Dark Avengers Hawkeye kit bash..

i would buy this guy again, while I love this figure the paint apps Hasbro can do now would make a Deluxe version so much better

48 minutes ago, RyanDaly said:

Apropos, why the hell was Man-Thing the build-a-figure packaged with the Netflix Daredevil wave?!! I really hope he gets re-released the way Kingpin and Monster Venom were.

Oh Man-Thing..that is still my most wanted Legend figure that damn BAF I can't build...I really wish they would re-release him as a deluxe maybe more then currently any character.

also this just because I'm a Man-thing fan seems really fun! I am into reading this. plus those covers look really cool, finally more Man-Thing love!

41 minutes ago, RyanDaly said:

Apropos, why the hell was Man-Thing the build-a-figure packaged with the Netflix Daredevil wave?!!

Because dark and gritty or something...probably.

Apropos, why the hell was Man-Thing the build-a-figure packaged with the Netflix Daredevil wave?!! I really hope he gets re-released the way Kingpin and Monster Venom were.