Whoa! Marvel's Man-Thing Appears in The WEREWOLF BY NIGHT Trailer!
At the D23 Expo this past weekend, we were given one of the most amazing trailers that we have seen from the MCU in the last few years. It was probably my favorite thing to come out of D23, and it was the Marvel Studios Special Presentation trailer for Werewolf by Night. If you haven’t seen it yet, I will drop it at the bottom of the post for you. You have to see it.
Anyway, I couldn’t wait to get home and show my wife and kids this piece of amazingness. At approximately the 1:05 mark in the trailer, my 11 year old just casually says, “That was Man-Thing.” Instead of stopping it and ruining it for everyone I pulled out my phone, and wouldn’t you know, there he was.
To me, this is one of the most inspired reveals in the MCU. Let me give you a little background of who Man-Thing is, and what he means to the Marvel Universe.
Before he was turned into a swamp monster, he was Dr. Theodore Sallis. Sallis was a biochemistry professor who was first tasked by the Army to come up with a way for soldiers to survive in biochemical warfare. With the help of Curt Connors, he was able to develop the SO-2 Serum that would do just that. With that perfected, he was tasked to make a sustainable super-soldier serum. While being chased by AIM, a group that wanted to steal his experiments, Sallis tried to get his work to Connors to keep it safe. He crashed his car into a Florida swamp. Due to the magic that was found in that swamp and the chemicals in his car, he was transformed into Man-Thing.
Where he crashed turned into the Nexus of All Realities, which he is now the guardian of. The Nexus is the gateway not only to all realities, but the spaces in between. I wouldn’t be surprised if this story takes place in Florida to introduce the Nexus.
Man-Thing has fought alongside the Thing from the Fantastic Four, and has been hunted down by a team called the Fearsome Four. A Howard the Duck-lead team with She-Hulk, Nighthawk and Frankenstein’s Monster.
Man-Thing is an amazing character in Marvel Comics and I cannot wait to see how they use him in the MCU. Are you excited about this hero’s introduction? Let me know what you think.
Werewolf by Night will hit Disney+ on October 8th.
Written by: Billy Fisher