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Man-Thing was created in the early 70s to capitalize on the growing monster craze, but under writer Steve Gerber it became something quite different…experimental, surreal and very, very weird. Join me, Paul Matthew Carr, as I attempt to make sense of this cult classic and analyze each issue - puttin…

Paul Matthew Carr

Colorado, USA


    • Oct 10, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Bonus: Werewolf by Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 19:04


    It happened! It finally happened! Man-Thing is officially in the MCU! Werewolf by Night premiered on Disney Plus a couple of days ago and it not only featured Man-Thing he was a main character! This is a short episode where I give my initial thoughts on the show as a whole – the aesthetic, the The post Bonus: Werewolf by Night appeared first on DaddyElk Productions.

    Bonus: Rocket! Groot! Man-Thing!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 10:40


    Hey everyone, the next "real" episode is taking a bit longer to research than I had anticipated so my timeline has been set back a little. Also,  I have been traveling quite a bit for work-related projects – which is a good thing for my wallet, but not conducive to sitting in front of a The post Bonus: Rocket! Groot! Man-Thing! appeared first on DaddyElk Productions.

    BONUS: Man-Thing In The MCU

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 19:53


    Hello everyone and welcome to a bonus episode of the Nexus of All Realities! In this episode, I talk about the appearances, references, and allusions to Man-Thing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There have been rumors floating about that Man-Thing will be appearing in live-action in Phase 4 of the MCU.  And with all the The post BONUS: Man-Thing In The MCU appeared first on DaddyElk Productions.

    Episode 27: Nexus of All Realities: Man-Thing Takes Manhattan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 33:22


    Today on the program: Giant-Size Man-Thing #2 And we're back! The long-awaited return of the Nexus of All Realities, the world's favorite Man-Thing podcast when it's actually updated! And on today's program, we're talking about the second of the Giants Size issues where Man-Thing gets captured and taken to New York to be exhibited in The post Episode 27: Nexus of All Realities: Man-Thing Takes Manhattan appeared first on DaddyElk Productions.

    Coming Soon: New Episodes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 2:26


    Been a while, eh? Yeah, I know...sorry about that. But this is an announcement to let everyone know that The Nexus of All Realities will resume in one week's time with all-new episodes, special guests, a few surprises along the way. And if you're not careful you may just learn something along the way! Spoilers: The post Coming Soon: New Episodes appeared first on DaddyElk Productions.

    BONUS: The Nexus of All Realities: Weapon Plus: WWIV #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 16:06


    Today on the program another short bonus episode where I take a look at a recent comic released back in January, Weapon Plus: World War IV #1 This is the one with Man-Slaughter, the rip-off - er, ah, I mean - spin-off of Man-Thing. Look I have thoughts and feelings about this new character and The post BONUS: The Nexus of All Realities: Weapon Plus: WWIV #1 appeared first on DaddyElk Productions.

    Episode 26: Nexus of All Realities: Dawg Day Afternoon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 31:28


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Today on the program: Man-Thing #10 – “No one Dies Forever!” The long awaited conclusion of the Zeke and Maybelle ghost story begun in the previous issue. And gol’ dang it may nots come out the way yee’d expect it to. This story takes some The post Episode 26: Nexus of All Realities: Dawg Day Afternoon appeared first on DaddyElk Productions.

    BONUS: The Nexus of All Realities: The Super Hero Squad

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 15:46


    Hello everyone and welcome to the Nexus of All Realities – a Man-Thing podcast! This will not be a "proper" episode just a little bonus content while I do some preparation to resume the show with new episodes coming very soon. But what I’m going to do today is talk about Man-Thing’s appearance in one

    Nexus: Program Update (or Why I’ve Gone Missing)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2020 1:52


    Hello everyone! Just a quick message to let everyone know why I have not been releasing episodes in a while. Basically I've been sick. I think you'll be able to tell be my voice - or rather lack of one - but I will be back soon with new episodes and a few extras I've

    Episode 25: Nexus of All Realities: Deathwatch!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2019 23:05


    Hello everyone and welcome to the Nexus of All Realities – a Man-Thing podcast. Today on the program I will be discussing Man-Thing #9: Deathwatch! This is part 1 of a two part story that is basically just straight-up ghost story. Albeit with a swamp monster and a man who talks like Gomer Pyle. Along the we

    Episode 24: Nexus of All Realities: Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019 33:39


    Hello everyone and welcome to the Nexus of All Realities – a Man-Thing podcast. Today on the program I will be discussing an appearance of Man-Thing in Master of Kung Fu #19.  How does a master of Kung Fu come to be in a Florida swamp? You will find out the answers to this question

    Episode 23: Nexus of All Realities: Giant-Size Man-Thing #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 29:53


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Today on the program...the big one...the grand euphemism...the greatest double entendre in all comic book history: Giant-Size Man-Thing So yes, there will be jokes of a questionable nature...be prepared. Shockingly though (or maybe not shocking if you've been reading Gerber) there are some pretty

    Bonus Episode: Nexus of All Realities: Man-Thing (2005)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 34:34


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Today on the program: Man-Thing (The 2005 Movie) Today on the program I will be discussing the 2005 Brett Leonard directed loose adaptation of Man-Thing. And by “loose adaptation” I’m talking really, really loose. This is something I’ve been threatening to do for a

    Episode 22: Nexus of All Realities: Schist Happens

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 35:23


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Today on the program: Man-Thing #8 – “The Gift of Fear” This is the conclusion to the story that began on the last episode and we deal with the consequences of Man-Thing's exposure to the Rainbow Fountain.  Will Man-Thing finally be cured and returned back

    Episode 21: Nexus of All Realities: The MacGuffin of Youngness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 28:32


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Today on the program: Man-Thing #7 - "The Old Die Young" This is the first of a two part story dealing with the Fountain of Youth and a mysterious fortress hidden in the swamp full of conquistadors and garishly clothed adventurer types.  we also

    Episode 20: Nexus of All Realities: Hey Kids! Existential Comics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 32:48


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Today on the program: Man-Thing #6 - "And When I Died... ! " a conclusion of sorts to the saga of Darrel the depressed, deceased clown we began in the last episode. In this issue Steve Gerber does what Steve Gerber does best, and

    Episode 19: Nexus of All Realities: Depressed Ghost Clown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2019 26:12


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Hooray an episode! Timely, eh? Yeah, its been a while...sorry. Today on the program I’ll be talking about Man-Thing #5 - Night of the Laughing Dead. This is special to me because this is the very first issue of Man-Thing I ever bought (with my own

    Episode 18: Nexus of All Realities: The Butterfly Effect (Monsters Unleashed)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2018 29:23


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! This time on the show I'm straying from the main title again to delve into the magazine style comics that marvel was publishing in the 1970s - specifically Monsters Unleashed #5. Because of the comics code there were heavy restrictions on what could and

    Episode 17: Nexus of All Realities: Thing On Thing Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 27:52


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! On the program this time Marvel Two In One #1 “The Vengeance of the Molecule Man” That's right today on the program I’ll be straying from the main title to discuss a man-thing side appearance in Marvel Two-In-One. It’s a punch-em-up, team-up comic with Ben Grimm’s

    Episode 16: The Nexus of All Realities: A Fool and His Monster

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 28:29


    Welcome (back) everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! On the program this time Man-Thing #4 “The Making of a Madman!” Finally I'm back to finish off the Foolkiller arc and to talk about religion and politics...so you know, that won't annoy anyone I'm sure. In the issue we get the backstory for

    Episode 15: The Nexus of All Realities: I Pity the Fool!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 24:35


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! On the program this time Man-Thing #3 “Day of the Killer, Night of the Fool!” That’s right it is the introduction of the Foolkiller, the self-righteous crusader for anti-foolness. If you are a fool and come anywhere near his vicinity well...I pity you. This

    Episode 14: The Nexus of All Realities: Bikers, Businessmen & Buffoons

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2017 26:11


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! On the program this time Man-Thing #2 "No Where to Go but Down" This time is a bit of a palate cleanser after the last issue's trippy craziness. This is a humorous issue that introduces us to Richard Rory and Ruth Hart, two characters

    Episode 13: The Nexus of All Realities: Crazy Fun-Time Weirdness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2017 28:45


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! On the program this time **fanfare** Man-Thing #1! That's right its Battle for the Palace of the Gods the second part of the story which began in the last issue of Adventure into Fear. And it is full of Gerbery weirdness as can be expected

    Episode 12: The Nexus of All Realities: Peanut Butter Warrior

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2017 25:22


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Hey, its been a while since the last episode but this is worth the wait! Fantasy realms, wizards, barbarians made of peanut butter (not making that up) and a talking duck. Any guesses on which talking duck? Also, I talk about the 70s fascination

    Episode 11: The Nexus of All Realities: Cynicism in the Swamp

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2017 33:20


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Are you ready for cynicism and nihilism in the swamp as we follow a group of truly horrible people as they attempt to get back to civilization without killing each other? Well you're in luck! This episode I’ll be talking about Adventure Into Fear #18: A

    Episode 10: The Nexus of All Realities: Its Wundarr-ful

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2017 29:42


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Are you ready for parody, satire, intriguing ideas that culminate in a punch up with a gloopy swamp monster in a small Florida town? Then this is the issue for you. Today’s episode is Adventure Into Fear #17, It Came Out of the Sky!

    Episode 9: The Nexus of All Realities: Its Fun to Stay at the S.W.A.M.P.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2017 23:51


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities – A Man-Thing podcast! Are you ready for not-so-subtly named corporate businessmen? How about shirtless construction workers being racist? Or maybe Indians with Molotc cocktails? Well then, its time for Man-Thing! Today’s episode is Adventure Into Fear #16, Cry of the Native! There's a whole mess of subjects in

    Episode 8: The Nexus of All Realities: Dark Domains and Impractical Outfits

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 30:41


    Welcome everyone to the Nexus of All Realities - A Man-Thing podcast! Well it was a hectic Holiday season with little time to do to much more than have fun and enjoy myself. But now all that is over and we can get back to talking about 70s swamp monsters - and space wizards and demons and

    Episode 7: The Nexus of All Realities: Wizards and Space Gladiators

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2016 25:54


    Welcome back everyone to the Nexus of All Realities - A Man-Thing podcast. On today's program we will be continuing the continuing the 3-part story-line involving the Zerhed-na cult  - this time it’s the middle bit with wizards and space gladiators. No I’m not kidding. Also, as an added bonus I'll be talking drugs and drug

    Episode 6: The Nexus of All Realities: Demons, Cults & Jerks

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 26:11


    Hooray! Another episode! And this new episode is all about cults in the 1970s. And more demons. And a jerk with a silly name. This episode has it all! It's the first of a three-part story that brings back Thog, takes us to psychedelic nether-worlds and continues the Gerber's world-building and mythology. Now yes, there was a bit

    Episode 5: The Nexus of All Realities: No Choice of Colors

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2016 22:50


    Hello everyone and welcome back to the Nexus of All Realities - a Man-Thing Podcast! I realize this is going up a bit late...but that's only because I suck at deadlines. But this time on the show we get a little heavy and talk in depth about race relations in the 1970s. So that's right, you

    Episode 4: The Nexus of All Realities: Its All Fun & Games Till Someone Summons a Demon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2016 24:37


    Ah, these kids today...with their crazy ways and demon summoning. You'd think they'd know better than to head out into the center of a mystical convergence and play around with stolen magical spell books, but what ya gonna do? Get ready everyone for the arrival of Steve Gerber and all the weirdness that comes with it. I am

    Episode 3: Nexus Of All Realities: Its Not Okay to Throw a Baby Off a Bridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2016 21:23


    Hello everyone and welcome to the Nexus of All Realities – a Man-Thing podcast. The issue I’ll be covering this time around is Adventure Into Fear #10 – Cry Monster! On this episode we will be talking about spousal abuse and attempted baby killing. Yep, you read that right. So you know, just a little light fair for your comic

    Episode 2: Nexus Of All Realities: Jungle Guy Inflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2016 22:51


    Welcome to episode 2 of Nexus of All realities - A Man-Thing Podcast. This episode is a two-fer as promised covering Astonishing Tales #12 and #13. These issues are in fact Ka-Zar stories with Man-Thing acting as a supporting character; but a couple of interesting additions to the Man-Thing mythos are added here as such

    Episode 1: Nexus Of All Realities: Man-Thing’s A-Comin’

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2016 17:44


    The Coming of the Man-Thing! Yep, you read that right. Just don't think about it too much. This episode we explore the origin of the Man-Thing from Savage Tales #1. Its an adult-oriented take on the swamp-based monster. Its got it all: semi-naked women, scientists with questionable ethics and of course random injections with untested

    Episode 0: Nexus of All Realities: Baby Got Backstory

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2016 17:35


    Okay, so here it is the not-quite first episode. Yes, I have chosen to do an Episode 0. I know there are some out there who feel that zero episodes (or zero issues) are not really necessary and a bit of a waste of time. Well, I'm pretty new to this whole podcast thing so I figured I should do a little introductory ramble to get started. But don't fear - it's short.

    Nexus Of All Realities Podcast: A Promo Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2016 1:20


    Well it is finally here. I have been threatening this podcast for about a year and now I have finally gone and done it. The Nexus Of All Realities: A Man-Thing Podcast will launch August 1st. As a brief introduction, for those of you who don't know, Man-Thing is one of two swamp-based comic book

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