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Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #2 (Mid-Sep. 1988):
“Elements of Terror, Part 2: First Witness”
by Steve Gerber, Tom Sutton

Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #2

Title: “Elements of Terror, Part 2: First Witness”

Feature: Man-Thing (Ted Sallis)

Medium: comic

Cover date: Mid-Sep. 1988

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Steve Gerber
Art by: Tom Sutton


13 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Man-Thing Man-Thing (Ted Sallis)
(lead character)
hero scientist
  Daydreamers; Legion of Monsters... 
[Guardian of the Nexus of Realities]
Marvel 176
Corndog Corndog (Lloyd Zahner) villain
  Project: Glamor Marvel 11
Taco Bell Taco Bell (Monteiro) villain
  Project: Glamor
[drug addict; partner of Zahner]
Marvel 6
Brass Brass (General Selbert) villain
  Project: Glamor
[high-ranking Project: Glamor member]
Marvel 11
Senator Wilbur Wycombe supporting character
  [U.S. Senator] Marvel 4
Skinny villain
CBR Scale: D Satanism: Demon's Cult
Project: Glamor
[demon-worshipping drug addict]
Marvel 3
Freedom Science Studies Institute villain group scientist
  Project: Glamor Marvel 7
Steel Steel (Jody Choate) villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: S Catholic (raised); Evangelical Protestant (convert)
Project: Glamor; U.S. Army
[based (at least loosely) on Oliver North]
Marvel 9
Brew (Dr. Railsback)
(details) 
villain scientist
  Freedom Science Studies Institute; Project: Glamor
[long researched super-soldier formula; turned into monster]
Marvel 10
Nurse Goren
(details) 
villain
  Freedom Science Studies Institute
[assistant to Dr. Railsback]
Marvel 3
Project: Glamor Project: Glamor supporting character group
  [] Marvel 8
Demon Demon (Marea)
(cameo)
villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Satanism: Demon's Cult
(leader/high priestess)
Project: Glamor
[thought Man-Thing was the demon she worshipped]
Marvel 10
Mickey Ditillo
(voice only)
supporting character
  [newspaper reporter, exposed Project: Glamor] Marvel 10