| The Un-Men | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics and Vertigo |
| First appearance | cameo appearance: Swamp Thing #1 (November 1972) full appearance: Swamp Thing #2 (January 1973) |
| Created by | Len Wein Bernie Wrightson |
| In-story information | |
| Species | "Synthetic men", reconstructed and reanimated from the dead |
The Un-Men are a group of fictional characters in the DC/Vertigo Comics universe. Created by the writer/artist team of Len Wein and Berni Wrightson, the Un-Men made their first appearance in 1972, in issues #1–2 of the original Swamp Thing comic book series. The characters made subsequent appearances in later issues of Swamp Thing and its successor series, The Saga of the Swamp Thing (vol. 2) (later renamed Swamp Thing (vol. 2)), and in the 1994 five-issue Vertigo miniseries, American Freak: A Tale of the Un-Men. In August 2007, Vertigo (DC's "mature readers line") launched The Un-Men, a monthly comic book series chronicling the further exploits of these characters. 13 issues of that title were published.