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![Marvel Two-In-One Epic Collection: Cry Monster (Marvel Two-In-One (1974-1983)) by [Steve Gerber, Bill Mantlo, Len Wein, Mike Friedrich, Chris Claremont, Roger Slifer, Marv Wolfman, Scott Edelman, Tony Isabella, Sal Buscema, Ron Wilson, Jim Starlin, Gil Kane, John Romita, George Tuska, Herb Trimpe, Bob Brown, Arvell Jones, Roy Thomas]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61iUAS3JwHL._SY346_.jpg)
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Watch out, Yancy Street! Benjamin Grimm, A.K.A. the Fantastic Four's ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing, is stomping his way into his own series — guest-starring the greatest heroes in the Marvel Universe! In this inaugural MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE Epic Collection, the Thing battles the Incredible Hulk, the minions of Thanos and the giant monster Braggadoom — and even brings the Guardians of the Galaxy back into the firmament of Marvel stars! He also joins forces with icons like Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Daredevil and Luke Cage to battle all manner of fearsome foes! And to top it all off, the Thing travels to the pages of MARVEL TEAM-UP to join the amazing Spider-Man in a MTIO/MTU crossover classic!
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- LanguageEnglish
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- PublisherMarvel
- Publication dateAug. 8 2018
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Marv Wolfman has created more characters that have gone on to television, animation, movies and toys than any other comics creator since Stan Lee. Marv is the writer-creator of Blade, the Vampire Hunter which has been turned into three hit movies starring Wesley Snipes, as well as a TV series. Marv also created Bullseye, the prime villain in the 2003 movie, Daredevil, and was the writer-creator of the New Teen Titans which was a runaway hit show on the Cartoon Network. It has also been picked up as a live action movie. Marv's character Cyborg, has also been featured on the TV show Smallville, while his Superman creation, Cat Grant, was a regular on the Lois And Clark, The New Adventures of Superman TV series. Many of Marv's other characters have appeared on many animated series.
Beyond comics, Marv writes video games, novels, cartoons, animation and lots more. Marv wrote the direct-to-video animated movie, The Condor, for POW Entertainment, released in March, 2007, and just completed his newest direct-to-DVD animated movie, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract" based on his own comic story. Marv also wrote the novelization of Superman Returns" - which won the industry SCRIBE Award for best speculative fiction novel adapted, as well as co-wrote the "Superman Returns" Electronic Arts video-game. His book "Homeland," the Illustrated History of the State of Israel" was published in April 2007 and has already won many awards including the prestigious National Jewish Book Award. He has also written a novel based on his own comic, Crisis on Infinite Earths which was published in April, 2005. Marv was also Editorial Director for 15 graphic albums for the educational market, targeting high school students who read with a 3rd -5th grade level.
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Two-in-One takes everybody's favourite blue-eyed Thing from the Fantastic Four and hurls him into a non-stop cavalcade of adventures with special guests, taking on villains both old and new along the way. As well as big names like Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk and, of course, Spider-Man himself, there are also more obscure partners such as the Scarecrow and the Golem as well as new Marvel stars Valkyrie and Ghost Rider.
With nearly every issue being a standalone story (there are a couple of two-parters that see Ben roll from one guest to another), it means there's something for everyone to enjoy, and the pace is breakneck. There is some small measure of continuity, mostly involving bashful Benjamin being left in charge of cosmic innocent Wundarr, and this benefits from the collected edition, but for the most part this is a great book to occasionally dip into.
Steve Gerber and Bill Mantlo are the main writers for this initial stretch of the title, both with a great grasp of the Thing as well as ably selling what is special about each successive guest character. There is some great art by an array of Marvel greats as well, including Sal Buscema, Jim Starlin, Gil Kane and Herb Trimpe, meaning the book looks as good as it reads.
Extras include a promo ad and five pages of original art by Buscema, Kane and Ron Wilson. I'm glad that the Epic line is starting to tackle more esoteric titles like this; it's a fascinating artifact of a style of promotion that just doesn't happen any more, but more importantly, they're just wonderful stories.

Like the other reviewers, I found the book, and the original series, immensely enjoyable without being able to identify anything particularly notable about its contents. With one exception: it's about the Thing, who for my money is the greatest character Marvel ever created. The tragic man-monster with a heart of gold and the best sensayuma in the Marvel Universe is irresistible. He was in the first Marvel I can remember being read to me and in the first Marvels I can remember reading for myself. I've loved the big guy since I was five, which, as "Yellow Submarine" was topping the charts at the time, means its pretty much a lifetime thing. It helps, of course, that there is something indestructible about the Thing. I don't mean in terms of how strong he is, but something more fundamental. Even the worst of Marvel's writers can't help but get him right. He seems to be impossible to write badly as a character, even if the stories he's in are piffle. And thus Marvel Two-in-One, 1970s Marvel's most consistently enjoyable title without anything of specific merit about it (with the exception, of course, of its 1977 annual - the conclusion of Jim Starlin's Warlock/Thanos saga - and pretty much every issue from its annus mirabilis, 1979).
So what have we here? The two Marvel Feature stories, by writers Len Wein and Mike Friedrich, are drawn by aforementioned Jim Starlin, which makes them more memorable than they really ought to be. MTIO proper kicks off with 9 issues written by Steve Gerber, Marvel's weirdest writer of the 1970s. These stories aren't prime Gerber, though they often follow up plots and continuity from his other regular titles, but there's normally something sufficiently off-the-wall in each issue to keep you entertained. Art on the first two Gerber issues is handled by the great Gil Kane, who sometimes suffered from inappropriate inkers, but here he is happily served by Joe Sinnott at the brushes and the results are excellent. The remaining Gerber issues are mainly drawn by Sal Buscema, who, as was usually the case, phones it in, though he has enough natural talent to ensure the storytelling is extremely clear and the basic drawing is proficient even if it's rather dull and apparently produced it in his sleep.
The most interesting story from Gerber sees him bringing back the Guardians of the Galaxy, who'd previously only appeared in a single story in the try-out title Marvel Superheroes, back in 1968. This adventure, which also features Captain America, isn't that interesting in itself but for what it did. Which was to pretty much establish the Guardians as part of Marvel Universe continuity and thus contribute, albeit distantly, to a rather different team of Guardians becoming a big hit in the movies. The notion of a Guardians movie ever being a big hit when Gerber brought them back in 1974 would have seem more far-fetched than any of Gerber's stories, and bearing in mind we're dealing with a writer man who had his creation Howard the Duck attacked by a giant animated pickle and who had a deer carry off the hero Nighthawk's brain in a dish.
There's something of a revolving door of writers and artists for the remaining issues. Most are written by Bill Mantlo, Marvel's most adequate writer of the 1970s, and, along with Sal B, the most prominent artist is Ron Wilson, the penciller most associated with MTIO overall (and "The Thing", the solo title it eventually changed to in 1982). Wilson was pretty much a journeyman, but although his art wasn't especially sophisticated, it had considerable power, and, unlike Buscema the Younger, his work always looked like he'd put everything he had into it. Wilson loved Ben Grimm and, like Aunt Petunia's favourite nephew, his art wasn't particularly pretty but it had guts and integrity in great parts. It's not lovely but it's immensely likeable. Elsewhere on the art front, you can see what a difference good inking can make, as Klaus Janson and Dick Giordano make the usually workmanlike Bob Brown and Arvell Jones look extremely stylish.
I haven't focused on the stories because, for the most part, they're just standard dopey '70s superhero nonsense, long on action and short on logic, but they are all immense, if non-nutritious, fun by virtue of featuring the Thing. Co-stars include big hitters like Spidey, Iron Man and Daredevil, reliable second-stringers such as Luke Cage and Ka-Zar, modish '70s dudes like Ghost Rider and the Son of Satan (I so miss the days when a comic called Son of Satan could hit the stands and no-one cared in the slightest), and real obscurities like the Scarecrow, the Golem and Tigra.
All told this could be seen as the sort of indefensible hooey you can end up clogging the house with if you don't watch out, but on the other hand, even at its most forgettable, it's enormously enjoyable and will give you far more fun than many more worthy comics. Go on, you know you want to.


