Marvel Reveals Phoenix-Powered Man-Thing in Avengers ✖ Man-Thing is the latest Marvel hero to obtain the Phoenix Force's power as "Enter the Phoenix" continues in the pages of Avengers #41, written by Jason Aaron and featuring art by Javier Garron, colors by David Curiel, and letters by VC's Cory Petit. Marvel Comics released a preview of the upcoming issue showing the Phoenix-powered Man-Thing going toe-to-toe with the similarly-powered Black Panther, featured on Leinil Francis Yu and Sonny Gho's cover. Man-Thing and Black Panther battle it out and, while we don't see Man-Thing fall before the preview ends, T'Challa seems to be dismantling the empathic creature with relative ease.