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Giant-Size Man-Thing #4

Marvel · Series began 1974 · May 1975

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Dates

Cover date: May 1975
On sale: January 21, 1975
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Frank Brunner, Ed Hannigan, Ron Wilson, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, Steve Ditko, Joe Maneelyinks: Frank Brunner, Frank Springer, Alfredo Alcala, Steve Ditko, Joe Maneelycolors: Glynis Oliver, Phil Rachelson, Frank Brunnerscript: Steve Gerber, Annette Kawecki, Paul S. Newmanletters: Tom Orzechowski, Artie Simekediting: Stan Lee

Stories

The Kid's Night Out! [Part 1] · 11 pages
Prejudice and hypocrisy plays a big part in a kid's death.
Part 2 Paper Legacy! · 9 pages
Part 3 The Final Silence · 10 pages
Frog Death! · 9 pages
Howard the Duck falls through the dimensions back to Earth and must face Garko the Man-Frog.
I Entered the... Doorway to Doom! · 5 pages
A Russian farmer becomes a gold miner and uncovers a doorway into a dimension of malevolent beings. When the army comes for the man's gold, they ignore his warnings to leave the doorway and are destroyed, leaving the man to reseal the portal, determined to open it again if democracy does not come soon.
The Man with No Past · 4 pages
A claustrophobic artist seeks help from a psychiatrist and it turns out he has no memories from more than one year before.

Characters

Ted SallisMan-ThingHoward the DuckGarko the Man-Frog

Reprinted in

Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus (2025), Essential Man-Thing (2006), Man-Thing Omnibus (2012), Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection (2015), Marvel Treasury Edition (1974), Essential Howard the Duck (2002), Howard the Duck Omnibus (2008), Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (2011), Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection (2015), Marvel Masterworks: Howard the Duck (2020)