Edmond Winshead

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Name: Edmond Winshead

Classification: supporting character

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: Giant-Size Man-Thing #4 (May 1975): "The Kid's Night Out!"

Creators: Steve Gerber, Ed Hannigan, Ron Wilson, Frank Springer, John Buscema

Number of Appearances: 1

Gender: male

Note: kid whose death is avenged by Man-Thing

This story is described thus: "A kid dies. Why did he die? And how? A story about prejudice and hypocrisy." DarkMark's Man-Thing index provides the following synopsis: "A boy who identifies with the Man-Thing dies when he is forced to perform a physical feat beyond his capacities. The townspeople try to keep his diary from being published, but must then face the real Man-Thing's vengeance." Edmond Winshead's death was cited on a discussion board about the "best deaths" in comics, with the note that this is a story that "explores the depths of the soul concerning loneliness, alienation, and indifference from society." Is this story somehow reminiscent of the classic story/film "Cipher in the Snow"?

This character is in the following story which has been indexed by this website:

Giant-Size Man-Thing #4 (May 1975): "The Kid's Night Out!"