—Richard RoryY'know... I get the feeling America will be living with the scars of that war... even longer than Sybil's brother!
Appearing in "Dance to the Murder"
Featured Characters:
- ⏴ Man-Thing (Ted Sallis) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Richard Rory ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- Sybil Mills ⏵ (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Demons of Liberation (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Mills (Sybil's Brother) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Ed (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Vic (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Toby (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Ruth Hart (Only in recap)
- Skull-Crushers Motorcycle Club (Only in recap)
- "Snake" (Only in recap)
- Foolkiller (Only in recap)
- Critics (Only in recap)
- Agent of Heaven (Only in recap)
- Agent of the Realm Between (Only in recap)
- Agent of Hell (Only in recap)
- Citrusville Sheriff (Mentioned)
- Mr. Mills (Sybil's Father) (Referenced)
- Mr. Carver (First appearance; unnamed)
Races and Species:
- Man-Things (Main story and recap)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Vampires (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
- Werewolves (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
Realities:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Florida (Main story and flashback)
- Everglades (Main story and recap)
- Man-Thing's Swamp (Main story and recap)
- Kozy Korner Motel (First appearance; unnamed)
- Topequa (Mentioned)
- Citrusville (Mentioned)
- Man-Thing's Swamp (Main story and recap)
- Miami (Only in flashback)
- Unidentified Dance Studio (Only in flashback)
- Everglades (Main story and recap)
- St. Louis, Missouri (Named only)
- Florida (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Vietnam, Asia (Mentioned)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
Events:
- Vietnam War (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Synopsis for "Dance to the Murder"
Richard Rory is spending a night in the solitude of the Florida swamps, when he's visited by the Man-Thing. Rory talks about his recent adventures and losses, further lamenting about his life as a total loser. Finishing his story, Richard spies a woman bolting through the swamps.
Going after her, he literally trips over her, and she tries to attack him until the Man-Thing stops her. After Richard stops the Man-Thing from burning her by quelling her fear, they are attacked by a man in a mask, he grazes the woman (Sybil) but the Man-Thing makes short work of him.
On the run, she tells Richard that she was kidnapped while waiting for her brother to pick her up after his dance lessons by masked men who called themselves the Demons of Liberation. Finding a hotel, they try to get a room when they are suddenly cornered by the Demons of Liberation, and their leader.
When they try to attack, the Man-Thing destroys all their weapons. Defeated, the Demons of Liberation are all forced to unmask. All of them are hideously scarred, except for their leader, who turns out to be Sybil's brother. Sybil's brother tells her that they are all former Vietnam veterans, who have been unable to get decent jobs after the war, and that they organized the Demons of Liberation to strike back at the injustices they have endured since after 'Nam.
With Sybil and her brother reconciling, Rory and Man-Thing leave to let them sort things out.
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- First appearance of the Demons of Liberation.
- First appearance of Sybil Mills.
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Man-Thing profile at Wikipedia
- Man-Thing profile at the Marvel Directory
- Man-Thing profile at Toonopedia
- Man-Thing movie entry at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)