Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	November 1979
Cover Price	0.40 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mark Gruenwald; Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details

Characters	the Man-Thing
Genre	monsters
Pencils	Bob Wiacek (signed)
Inks	Bob Wiacek (signed)
Letters	typeset

17 page The Man-Thing story "Regeneration -- and Rebirth"

Characters	Dr. Oheimer; Ellen Brandt (flashback); Henry Peter Gyrich; the Man-Thing [Dr. Ted Sallis seen in flashback]; Smathers
Synopsis	Dr. Oheimer attempts to restore Ted Sallis' intelligence while the Man-Thing's origin is retold.
Genre	monsters
Script	Michael Fleisher
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Bob Wiacek
Colors	Carl Gafford
Letters	John Costanza

1 page Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies advertisement "Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer."

Characters	Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Professor Sneer
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alan Kupperberg?
Inks	Mike Esposito?
Letters	Jim Novak?
Notes	Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from Continental Baking Company.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Excerpt from the Notebooks of Dakimh the Sorcerer"

Synopsis	Explains some of the Man-Thing's past adventures and lists the creators and issues he appeared in.
Script	Michael Fleisher?; Mark Gruenwald? [as Dakimhh the Sorcerer]
Letters	typeset