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April 22nd - Man-Thing

Biochemistry professor, Theodore Sallis, was recruited to work on a top secret project in a remote laboratory in the Florida Everglades.   Sallis’ assignment, called ‘Project Gladiator’ centered on recreating the super soldier serum that originally imbued Captain America with his powers.   Sallis made excellent progress in the endeavor when he realized the program had been infiltrated by agents of A.I.M.  Not wanting his research to fall into the hands of these terrorists, Sallis consumed the only sample and fled.  His car accidentally crashed into a mysterious swamp and Sallis appeared to have drowned.

The serum he had taken, combined with the mystical properties of the waters, caused Sallis to be transformed into a giant shambling mound composed of swamp flora.  This creature possessed incredible strength and resiliency and  could also excrete a substance that has a powerful acidic quality when combined the human hormones associated with fear and evil.  In other words, the monster’s touch is burning to those who have cowardice or villainy in their heart.  The creature Sallis had become, now known as The Man-Thing, made quick work of the villainous agents of AIM who had been pursuing him.

Sallis’ consciousness began to dwindle as he became more a creature of instinct.  As though attuned to nature itself, The Man-Thing came to be the protector of a portion of the swamp that included a nexus point that connected its universe to a bevy of different dimensions and realities.  As the guardian of this inter-dimensional portal (often referred to as the ‘Nexus of Realities’) The Man-Thing found itself regularly facing demons, ghosts, time-traveling warriors and all manner of menacing threats.  Circumstances additionally led to The Man-Thing joining forces with a number of heroes, including Dr. Strange, Jennifer Hale, Howard the Duck and many others.  Thew creature also found himself a member of the team of youthful adventurers known as The Daydreamers; as well as a part of the Legion of Monsters.  

Some time later, The Man-Thing was captured by the U.S. Government, ultimately leading to Man-Thing becoming a member of a new iteration of The Thunderbolts team.  Herein, Man-Thing was forced to utilize its connection to the Nexus so to enable high-speed transportation to The Thunderbolts when dispatched on missions.  The Man-Thing has since escaped confinement and returned to the Florida Everglades so to continue its vigilant guardianship of the Nexus.  

for the Mortal Kombat reboot movie which are the main villains, I nominated Byron Lawson or Byron Mann as the older Shang Tsung and Tom Wu as the younger Shang Tsung.

Spencer Wilding or Conan Stevens as Shao Khan.