Idol of Millions Ben Grimm The Thing Appreciation 2019

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Marvel-Two-in-One #4 Jul 1974
Captain America and Wundarr guest star in "Doomsday 3014!"
The Thing takes Wundarr for a day out at the zoo. While unattended, Wundarr frees the animals; unaware of the danger they pose.
A nearby Steve Rogers intervenes to help. Captain America and Sharon Carter go back with the Thing to the Baxter Building.
While the heroes are relaxing, Tarin appears on the time-platform, which was inadvertently left on.
She tells them of the Badoon invasion of her future world.

Captain America, Sharon Carter and the Thing decide to return with her to the 31st Century where they immediately come into conflict with the Zoms.

Unable to hold off the Zom hordes, Thing, Captain America, Sharon and Tarin are soon overpowered
and knocked unconscious when the Monster of Badoon arrives and takes them by surprise.

The defeated heroes are then carried off to be tried by the leader of the Badoon.
Letter to the editor from comics writer J.M. DeMatteis.

Script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Frank Giacoia.

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Thing #12 Jun 1984
Rocky Grimm, Space Ranger: Part 2 of 12 - "Doom!" First appearance of Tarianna
As Ben continues to explore the Beyonder's mysterious Battleworld



he comes face-to-face with the last foe he expected to see here - Doctor Doom!

Story by John Byrne. Art by Ron Wilson and Joe Sinnott.

[Silvermoth]

Oh yay of course Ben has his own thread! I love him! I love celebrating his Jewishness which to me makes him truly special

[comicscollector]

Great Super Hero.
One of my favorite stories of the Thing don´t have a It´s Clobberin Time scene which is Marvel Fanfare#15 from Barry Windsor Smith.
And i liked the redesign of Thing way back in Fantastic Four#310 to a more rockier form.

[Silvermoth]

Have you listened to the podcast “funny, he doesn’t look jewish?” It’s a Jewish podcast about comic books and they did a few episodes on the thing. It was actually lovely and so important

[Doombot]

Here's an old drawing I did of Thing giving the Hulk a tap on the chin.

[Jabare]

just have Thing beat Hulk in a straight-up fight

[Chris0013]

just have Thing beat Hulk in a straight-up fight

their grudge match should have always been portrayed as more evenly balanced.

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Thing #13 Jul 1984
Rocky Grimm, Space Ranger: Part 3 of 12 - "In All the Gathering Gloom!"
Ben and his new friend, the warrior Tarianna, set out to discover the secrets with Castle Doom!



Can the Fantastic Four's greatest enemy really be here on Battleworld, or is there something far more sinister afoot?

Story by John Byrne. Art by Ron Wilson and Joe Sinnott.

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Thing #14 Aug 1984
Rocky Grimm, Space Ranger: Part 4 of 12 - "Wild Blue Yonder!"
When Ben and Tarianna discover a space cruiser


they soon find themselves caught in the middle of an inter galactic civil war.

Story by John Byrne. Art by Ron Wilson, Joe Sinnott and Andy Mushynsky.

[K7P5V]

Ben Grimm makes a few appearances in Marvel Comics #1000, but my favorite is 1961 from Steve Rude.

[Ichijinijisanji]

you know hwat i cannot believe that this isn't a thread with a 100 pages already

[K7P5V]

you know hwat i cannot believe that this isn't a thread with a 100 pages already

I know, right? Between his numerous appearances in Fantastic Four & Marvel Two-in-One, along with his self-titled mag from 1983, The Thing should be dominating the activity stream.

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Maybe it will be so again as soon as the character makes his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Marvel-Two-in-One #5 Sep 1974
The Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America guest star in "Seven Against the Empire!"
The Thing and Captain America are trapped in the 31st Century
and at the mercy of humanity's reptilian masters, the Brotherhood of Badoon.


Now, their only hope lies in the hands of the futuristic freedom fighters known as the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Script by Steve Gerber http://www.jmdematteis.com/2017/09/gerber-day.html, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Mike Esposito.