Biochemist Ted Sallis and his team are on a mission: To recreate the serum that spawned the world's first super-soldier. But like the swamp itself, there are dangers lurking beneath the surface...Ted's partner Eric, his girlfriend Ellen, the government, terrorists...everyone wants what Ted has, but what Ted doesn't realize is...the swamp itself may want him! A radical re-imagining of the Man-Thing's origin begins here, in a horror-tinged tale narrated by Digger, keeper of the Tower of Shadows!

Ted Sallis believes he is in the Everglade swamps to re-discover the lost Super Soldier serum from WWII for the United States government. In actuality, he has been working for A.I.M. the whole time. His partner Eric Schist and his fiance Ellen Brandt have been in on the deceit from the beginning. Ted finds out the truth and in his attempt to flee with the research is gunned down, but not before ingesting the untested serum...thus is born Man-Thing.