The Thing and his Marriage to Alica Masters: Should we really believe it ?

[Anthony W]

Men know that having your wife be a cat lady is far worse than facing Hulk, Dr. Doom, and Galactus.

Run, Ben, Run!!

She had sooooo many cats.

[Ravin' Ray]

YES! I believe it will push through.

[CaptCleghorn]

If anyone out there really hasn't hated my ideas yet:

MTIO as a sitcomish series with Ben and Alicia (and the cats).

[Hulkout42]

Do i think they will get hitched? Yes i do. Do i think it will last? That i don't know, i would like to believe that after the fiasco with Kitty and to put one over DC after their little **** up with the Bat & Cat they will not pull a fast one but then again their track record is not the most stellar.

[Iron Maiden]

Yeah, I've never ever seen what Aunt Petunia looks like as Ben kept mentioning her several times and never got the issue where she appeared. She's surprisingly beautiful to be honest.

IIRC Ben's Uncle Jake's wife passed away and Petunia is his second wife.

[Dr. Skeleton]

Ooookay, not blood related. That makes sense.

[MarvelMaster616]

As a fan of the Thing I question his upcoming marriage to Alica Masters as this is not the first time Marvel tried something like this with Ben and Alica as well.

Given the history of the Fantastic Four and the Thing one has to wonder: Will Marvel pull the rug under its readership again ?

I mean just earlier this year fans were given a Bait and Switch Marvel X-men wedding and it lead to a new series in the line up. Also again with the whole history of Ben and Alica one has to wonder if ANYTHING can go wrong.....I mean COME ON It can't be that SIMPLE, RIGHT ?

As fans of the characters and its history: What do you all think of this ?

This is my biggest concern too. This past summer, we saw two major wedding events get canceled at the last minute. Kitty/Colossus was especially heartbreaking and I think it did some serious damage to Kitty Pryde's character. I'd rather not see that happen to Thing and Alicia. They deserve better. I know Marvel has a shaky history with married characters, but I hope the success of Mr. and Mrs. X shows that married characters can work. At the very least, Thing and Alicia deserve a chance.

[iron chimp]

As a character he's been allowed to drift away in popularity and importance for decades. This storyline is a way to take him in a slightly different direction. There is no chance they are passing up that opportunity.

(Cue ben turning human during ceremony and running out of the ceremony)

[Hypestyle]

Ben and Alicia should have a child. it would be cool for the Thing to be a dad, finally.

[BAS]

The relationship between Ben and Alicia has played out over decades - where for the majority of the time they've been together, they've also had relationships with others when they've been apart.

Maybe it's time to explore something new with the pair - so a marriage at this point makes sense. It's really not like they haven't shown she's a survivor of numerous near-death or life-altering experiences as a result of her relationship with Ben and the Fantastic Four in general.

[jetengine]

Ben isnt so popular that Marvel can try and sell us that "Marriage limits stories' horseshit so I think it'll go through.

[mrbrklyn]

Ben and Alicia should have a child. it would be cool for the Thing to be a dad, finally.

A baby thing could be a rough delivery.

[Byakko]

Ben and Alicia should have a child. it would be cool for the Thing to be a dad, finally.

He has twin boys in the Earth X universe. That look exactly like him. I have to assume there was a hell of an anesthetic mutant on hand to help with that delivery.

[Silvermoth]

Maybe it’s like passing kidney stones but bigger?

[Iron Maiden]

Ben had children in the Spider-Girl MC2 universe too. I thought the mother in that one was Sharon Ventura though. And Johnny was married to Lyja, which would be just like Tom DeFalco to do that