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Originally human, both characters started out as scientists, working in secret to develop formulas for enhancing human biology. Both victims of espionage and betrayal, each is forced to flee into the swamps with their research, only to be killed and subsequently transmuted into monstrous swamp-beings, bizarre human-plant hybrids endowed with strange powers and endless regenerative abilities. Despite being composed of swamp-muck and somewhat hideous in appearance, both characters are portrayed as healers and protectors: Swamp Thing, a plant elemental with the memories of human Alec Holland, is the emissary and defender of The Green, the combined awareness/energy of all plant-based life in the universe, while Man-Thing is barely sentient, more an inchoate, empathic mass than a thinking being serves as the guardian of The Nexus of All Realities, the convergence point of multiple dimensions (Credit goes to www.ofluxo.net). Both were introduced on the same year, with Man-Thing debut in the first issue of the black and white magazine called Savage Tales on May 1971, while Swamp Thing debut in The House of Secrets Issue #92 on July 1971 (though bear in mind that Alexander "Alex" Olsen was the first human to transformed into the Swamp Thing before DC Comics introduces the main one, Alec Holland on the following year). Interestingly, both their respective developers (Gerry Conway, co-creator & writer of Man-Thing and Len Wein, creator and writer of Swamp Thing) were roommates at the time. Later on the second appearance the Man-thing in the Astonishing Tales of Ka-Zar which is a two part story that span across Issues #12 and Issue #13, Issue #12 features a retelling origin of the Man-Thing written by Len Wein himself on July 1971, the same month when he also wrote Swamp Thing’s origin in The House of Secrets Issue #92 as well. Both also bear a resemblance another swamp monster called The Heap and both are actually homages of the golden-age character, The Heap debut in the Air Fighters Comics issue #3 on December 1942, a modernized version of The Heap appeared in Psycho Magazine on March 1971, a few months even before the introduction of Marvel’s Man-Thing and DC’s Swamp Thing (another co-creator of Man-Thing, Roy Thomas was a HUGE Heap fan). Both within their comic book run time introduces a unusaul superhero in a coat (Howard the Duck and John Constantine respectively) who often recruits the swamp monsters to become a member of superhuman individuals (Justice League Dark and The Howling Commandos respectively) to battle greater threats

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Originally human, both characters started out as scientists, working in secret to develop formulas for enhancing human biology. Both victims of espionage and betrayal, each is forced to flee into the swamps with their research, only to be killed and subsequently transmuted into monstrous swamp-beings, bizarre human-plant hybrids endowed with strange powers and endless regenerative abilities. Despite being composed of swamp-muck and somewhat hideous in appearance, both characters are portrayed as healers and protectors: Swamp Thing, a plant elemental with the memories of human Alec Holland, is the emissary and defender of The Green, the combined awareness/energy of all plant-based life in the universe, while Man-Thing is barely sentient, more an inchoate, empathic mass than a thinking being serves as the guardian of The Nexus of All Realities, the convergence point of multiple dimensions (Credit goes to www.ofluxo.net). Both were introduced on the same year, with Man-Thing debut in the first issue of the black and white magazine called Savage Tales on May 1971, while Swamp Thing debut in The House of Secrets Issue #92 on July 1971 (though bear in mind that Alexander "Alex" Olsen was the first human to transformed into the Swamp Thing before DC Comics introduces the main one, Alec Holland on the following year). Interestingly, both their respective developers (Gerry Conway, co-creator & writer of Man-Thing and Len Wein, creator and writer of Swamp Thing) were roommates at the time. Later on the second appearance the Man-thing in the Astonishing Tales of Ka-Zar which is a two part story that span across Issues #12 and Issue #13, Issue #12 features a retelling origin of the Man-Thing written by Len Wein himself on July 1971, the same month when he also wrote Swamp Thing’s origin in The House of Secrets Issue #92 as well. Both also bear a resemblance another swamp monster called The Heap and both are actually homages of the golden-age character, The Heap debut in the Air Fighters Comics issue #3 on December 1942, a modernized version of The Heap appeared in Psycho Magazine on March 1971, a few months even before the introduction of Marvel’s Man-Thing and DC’s Swamp Thing (another co-creator of Man-Thing, Roy Thomas was a HUGE Heap fan). Both within their comic book run time introduces a unusaul superhero in a coat (Howard the Duck and John Constantine respectively) who often recruits the swamp monsters to become a member of superhuman individuals (Justice League Dark and The Howling Commandos respectively) to battle greater threats