WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Yagzan (Marvel) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- August 1974
- On sale
- May 7, 1974
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
pencils: Mike Ploog, Val Mayerik, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirbyinks: Mike Ploog, Frank Chiaramonte, Jack Abel, Steve Ditko, Christopher Rule, Dick Ayersletters: Danny Crespi, John Costanza, Artie Simekscript: Steve Gerber, Stan Leecolors: Petra Goldbergediting: Stan Lee
Stories
- How Will We Keep Warm When the Last Flame Dies? · 25 pages
- Ice-Monster Cometh! · 5 pages
A criminal pretends to be the ice-monster when the real thing comes to call...
- I Was the Invisible Man! · 7 pages
A scientist invents a device that allows him to run faster than light, becoming invisible. He uses this ability to anonymously show off, planning to soon reveal his discovery and become rich. However, traveling so fast ages him rapidly, so that after only a few weeks he is elderly and near death.
- Goom! The Thing from Planet X! · 13 pages
An astronomer sends radar waves to communicate with aliens, unfortunately attracting the attention of the hideous Goom who tries to conquer earth.
Characters
Bruce BannerHulkTed SallisMan-ThingRichard RoryGlobJoseph TimmsGoomYagzan
Reprinted in
Essential Man-Thing (2006), Man-Thing Omnibus (2012), Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection (2015), Marvel Masterworks: Man-Thing (2024), Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus (2025)