#167

Synopsis

Ted breaks through into a study and finds a man in bed surrounded by papers that comprise of notes for a novel that's never been finished, where the characters are the people that he's been with over the past three months. The Writer had warped reality and brought them all to life, and separated Ted from the Man-Thing. As the Writer dies, so reality turns back to normal, and Ted and the Man-Thing merge back into one being.

Credits

Script

Reggie Jones, Simon Jowett, Nel Yomtov, Evan Skolnick, Chris Cooper, Josh Cohen

Pencils

Paul Johnson, Jeff Moore, John Czop, Guy Dorian Sr., Reggie Jones

Inks

Paul Johnson, Jeff Moore, Tim Dzon, John Stokes, Reggie Jones

Colours

Michael Kraiger, Paul Johnson, Frank Lopez, Steve Whitaker, Ashley Posella

Letters

Michael Higgins, Ellie de Ville, Diana Albers

Editor

Richard Ashford

Assistant editor

Michael Kraiger

Group editor

Ralph Macchio

Editor-in-chief

Tom DeFalco

Breakdowns

Reggie Jones

Finishes

Fred Harper

Characters

• Genevieve Beaumain
• Elijah Beaumain
• Martin Beaumain
• Ted Sallis
• Julia Carpenter
• Man-Thing
• Mutt
• Spider-Woman
• Black Bolt
• Blackagar Boltagon
• The Writer
• Rachel Carpenter
• Hector
• Atalanta
• Michael Jeffries
• Walter Charles
• Turbo
• Achilles
• Turbo
• Ulysses
• Michiko Musashi
• Sam Buchanan
• Wendy Sue Niceiza
• Jim Rhodes
• Nabisco Niceiza
• Vengeance
• Reverend Nice
• Rebecca Taylor
• War Machine
• Michael Badilino

Other printings & variants

• Newsstand