The FF's first adventure concludes
THE THING
Big-hearted tough guy of the Fantastic Four
REAL NAME: Benjamin Jacob Grimm
OCCUPATION: Adventurer, former test pilot, wrestler
BASE: New York City
HEIGHT: 6 ft
WEIGHT: 500 lbs.
EYES: Blue
HAIR: (human form) Brown: (the Thing) None
FIRST APPEARANCE: Fantastic Four #1 (November, 1961)
POWERS: Superhuman strength, endurance, and durability. He can lift 85 tons, absorb the blast of an armor-piercing bazooka shell, withstand temperature extremes, and needs to suit to survive in space or in the ocean depth.
ESSENTIAL STORY LINES
FANTASTIC FOUR #1: An accident is space changes pilot Ben Grimm into the orange-colored-rock-encrusted Thing.
FANTASTIC FOUR #8: The Thing meets Alicia Masters and a long love affair begins.
FANTASTIC FOUR #310: Having quit the Fantastic Four, the Thing decides to join the West Coast Avengers, when he mutates into an even more grotesque creature, and sets off for Monster Island to find Mole Man.
(taken from The Marvel Encyclopedia)
Why does mr. fantastic have a funny voice when he stretches ?
rrtx99 10 months ago
Notice at 7:37 the Thing isn't wearing any pants!!! Woops!!! The only flaw in Jack Kirby's art, accidental porno!
SPIKEY123Z 2 years ago
gret !!
i aways dream i read this magazine, but i never foun it ^^
thank you
vittow 3 years ago