The latest to join Sideshow’s line of Marvel collectibles is the monstrous Man-Thing Comiquette. Each piece is individually painted and hand-finished, each with its own unique quality and detail that is the trademark of a handcrafted Sideshow Collectibles Comiquette. Complete with LED light-up eyes and towering over 18 inches high, the Man-Thing Comiquette captures the intimidating presence of the mutant guardian in incredible detail, the perfect addition to any Marvel display.
Before Earth was formed, a creator being from before time spawned the Fallen Stars, each an embodiment of one of its thoughts. On Earth, the creator made a woman, Cleito, representing the nature of reality. Cleito spawned Adam K’ad-Mon, the first Man of Lineage, and their birth site became the Nexus of Reality, a focal point uniting all dimensions. Descendants of K’ad-Mon served as Nexus guardians, but over time the Men of Lineage became less concerned with this mission, until eventually one man abandoned it completely: Ted Sallis.
A biochemistry professor at Empire State University, the sheltered Sallis had no knowledge of his destiny and preferred books to people. The United States Army recruited him into “Project Sulfur,” which sought a means to survive bio-chemical warfare. Sallis developed “Serum SO-2,” which granted immunity to all known toxic biochemicals, but its mutagenic effects would have transformed people into monsters. Ted’s friend, the free-spirited girl Sainte-Cloud, convinced him to denounce the Project, shutting it down before any serum was produced.
Sallis was later reassigned to “Project Gladiator,” a S.H.I.E.L.D. research program based in the Florida Everglades and aimed at re-creating the lost “Super-Soldier” serum that had created Captain America. Working separately from his colleagues, Sallis modified his SO-2 formula as the basis for a new Super-Soldier serum. The subversive organization A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) wanted the serum and conspired with Ellen, Ted’s embittered wife. Upon completing his new serum, Ted committed its formula to memory and burnt his records. When Ellen led Ted into an A.I.M. ambush, he fled and injected the only existing sample of the serum into himself just before his car crashed into the swamp. He should have died, but the magical energies of the swamp (containing the Nexus of Reality) combined with the serum to transform him into the hideous creature later known as the Man-Thing. His intelligence rapidly fading, he slew the A.I.M. agents and Man-Thing made the swamps his home and became the guardian of the Nexus of Reality. Eternally cursed with a monstrous form, barely aware of its past or surroundings, the Man-Thing remains the most startling slime creature of all.
