The Thing Clobbers the Marvel Universe on New Variant Covers
Ben Grimm, also known as the ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing from the Fantastic Four, finally got his own series after more than a decade of sharing the spotlight with Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Girl, and the Human Torch in the pages of Fantastic Four #1. Stan Lee, Marvel’s publisher, introduced the Thing to readers through a series of team-up stories in Marvel Two-in-One, which featured different Marvel heroes in each issue. After a fight with the Hulk and a team-up with Iron Man in issues 11 and 12 of Marvel Feature, a trial run for the Thing, his own comic book debuted with Marvel Two-in-One #1 in October 1973.