Thing

Marvel Comics

THING

2787

APPEARANCES

8320

TOTAL ISSUES

830

SERIES

The Thing (Ben Grimm) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. The Thing was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and he first appeared in The Fantastic Four #1 (November 1961).

FIRST APPEARANCE

Fantastic Four #1 cover

Fantastic Four #1

"The Fantastic Four!"

November 1961

First appearances of Thing, Human Torch, Mister Fantastic, and 1 more. Earliest catalogued appearances of Mole Man and Giganto (Mole Man).

ALL APPEARANCES

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Fantastic Four #106 cover

Fantastic Four #106"The Monster's Secret"

Jan 1971

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Fantastic Four #107 cover

Fantastic Four #107"And Now...The THING!"

Feb 1971

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Fantastic Four #108 cover

Fantastic Four #108"The Monstrous Mystery of the Nega-Man"

Mar 1971

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Fantastic Four #109 cover

Fantastic Four #109"Death in the Negative Zone!"

Apr 1971

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Fantastic Four #110 cover

Fantastic Four #110"One From Four Leaves Three!"

May 1971

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Fantastic Four #111 cover

Fantastic Four #111"The Thing Runs Amok!"

Jun 1971

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Fantastic Four #112 cover

Fantastic Four #112"Battle of the Behemoths!"

Jul 1971

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Fantastic Four #113 cover

Fantastic Four #113"The Power of the Over-Mind!"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Overmind.

Aug 1971

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Fantastic Four #114 cover

Fantastic Four #114"But Who Shall Stop the Over-Mind?"

Sep 1971

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The Avengers #92 cover

The Avengers #92"All Things Must End!"

Sep 1971

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Fantastic Four #115 cover

Fantastic Four #115"The Secret of the Eternals!"

Oct 1971

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Fantastic Four #116 cover

Fantastic Four #116"The Alien, The Ally, and...Armageddon!"

Nov 1971

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Fantastic Four #117 cover

Fantastic Four #117"The Flame and the Quest!"

Dec 1971

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The Avengers #94 cover

The Avengers #94"More Than Inhuman!"

Dec 1971

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Fantastic Four Annual #9 cover

Fantastic Four Annual #9"Lo, There Shall Be An Ending"

Dec 1971

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Fantastic Four #118 cover

Fantastic Four #118"Thunder In The Ruins!"

Jan 1972

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Fantastic Four #119 cover

Fantastic Four #119"Three Stood Together!"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Taku.

Feb 1972

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Fantastic Four #120 cover

Fantastic Four #120"The Horror That Walks on Air!"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Air-Walker.

Mar 1972

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Fantastic Four #121 cover

Fantastic Four #121"The Mysterious Mind-Blowing Secret of Gabriel!"

Apr 1972

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Marvel Premiere #1 cover

Marvel Premiere #1"And Men Shall Call Him... Warlock"

Apr 1972

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Fantastic Four #122 cover

Fantastic Four #122"Galactus Unleashed"

May 1972

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Fantastic Four #123 cover

Fantastic Four #123"This World Enslaved!"

Jun 1972

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The Incredible Hulk #152 cover

The Incredible Hulk #152"But Who Will Judge the Hulk?"

Jun 1972

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Fantastic Four #124 cover

Fantastic Four #124"The Return of the Monster!"

Jul 1972

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Marvel Team-Up #3 cover

Marvel Team-Up #3"The Power To Purge!"

Jul 1972

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The Incredible Hulk #153 cover

The Incredible Hulk #153"The World, My Jury!"

Jul 1972

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Sgt. Fury #100 cover

Sgt. Fury #100

Jul 1972

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Fantastic Four #125 cover

Fantastic Four #125"The Monster's Secret!"

Aug 1972

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Fantastic Four #126 cover

Fantastic Four #126"The Way It Began!"

Sep 1972

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Fantastic Four #127 cover

Fantastic Four #127"Where the Sun Dares Not Shine!"

Oct 1972

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Fantastic Four #128 cover

Fantastic Four #128"Death in a Dark and Lonely Place!"

Nov 1972

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Marvel Super-Heroes #33 cover

Marvel Super-Heroes #33"The Prince And The Puppet!; The Hulk Must Die!"

Nov 1972

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Fantastic Four #129 cover

Fantastic Four #129"The Frightful Four - - Plus One!"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Thundra.

Dec 1972

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Fantastic Four #130 cover

Fantastic Four #130"Battleground: The Baxter Building!"

Jan 1973

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Marvel Team-Up #6 cover

Marvel Team-Up #6"...As Those Who Will Not See!"

Jan 1973

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Fantastic Four #131 cover

Fantastic Four #131"Revolt in Paradise!"

Feb 1973

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Fantastic Four #132 cover

Fantastic Four #132"Omega! The Ultimate Enemy!"

Mar 1973

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Fantastic Four #133 cover

Fantastic Four #133"Thundra at Dawn"

Apr 1973

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Crazy #2 cover

Crazy #2

Apr 1973

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Fantastic Four #134 cover

Fantastic Four #134"A Dragon Stalks the Skies!"

May 1973

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Captain Marvel #26 cover

Captain Marvel #26"Betrayal!"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Death (Marvel).

May 1973

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Hero for Hire #9 cover

Hero for Hire #9

May 1973

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Fantastic Four #135 cover

Fantastic Four #135"The Eternity Machine!"

Jun 1973

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Crazy #3 cover

Crazy #3

Earliest catalogued appearance of Bill Cosby.

Jun 1973

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Fantastic Four #136 cover

Fantastic Four #136"Rock Around the Cosmos!"

Jul 1973

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Fantastic Four #137 cover

Fantastic Four #137"Rumble on Planet 3!"

Aug 1973

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Fantastic Four #138 cover

Fantastic Four #138"This Way Lies...Madness!"

Sep 1973

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Marvel Feature #11 cover

Marvel Feature #11"Cry Monster"

Sep 1973

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Fantastic Four #139 cover

Fantastic Four #139"Target: Tomorrow"

Oct 1973

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Fantastic Four #140 cover

Fantastic Four #140"And Now--Annihilus Rules Two Worlds!"

Nov 1973

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Sub-Mariner #67 cover

Sub-Mariner #67"Seawinds of Change!"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Force (Marvel).

Nov 1973

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Marvel Feature #12 cover

Marvel Feature #12"The Bite of the Blood Brothers"

Nov 1973

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Fantastic Four #141 cover

Fantastic Four #141"The End of the Fantastic Four"

Dec 1973

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The Avengers #118 cover

The Avengers #118"To The Death!"

Dec 1973

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Fantastic Four #142 cover

Fantastic Four #142"The Coming of Darkoth--the Death Demon!"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Darkoth.

Jan 1974

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Marvel Treasury Edition #1 cover

Marvel Treasury Edition #1

Jan 1974

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Marvel Two-in-One #1 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #1"Vengeance Of The Molecule Man!"

Jan 1974

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FOOM Magazine #5 cover

FOOM Magazine #5

Jan 1974

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Fantastic Four #143 cover

Fantastic Four #143"The Terrible Triumph of Doctor Doom"

Feb 1974

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Fantastic Four #144 cover

Fantastic Four #144"When Strikes the Sinister Seeker!"

Mar 1974

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Captain Marvel #31 cover

Captain Marvel #31"The Beginning of the End"

Mar 1974

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Marvel Two-in-One #2 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #2"Manhunter From the Stars!"

Mar 1974

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Fantastic Four #145 cover

Fantastic Four #145"Ternak! The Monster Who Walks the Midnight Snows!"

Apr 1974

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Fantastic Four #146 cover

Fantastic Four #146"Doomsday: 200 Below"

May 1974

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Marvel Two-in-One #3 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #3"Inside Black Spectre!"

May 1974

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Giant-Size Super-Stars #1 cover

Giant-Size Super-Stars #1

May 1974

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Fantastic Four #147 cover

Fantastic Four #147"The Sub-Mariner Strikes"

Jun 1974

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Daredevil #110 cover

Daredevil #110"Birthright!"

Jun 1974

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Fantastic Four #148 cover

Fantastic Four #148"The Frightful Four Strike Again!"

Jul 1974

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Captain Marvel #33 cover

Captain Marvel #33"The God Himself!"

Jul 1974

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Marvel Two-in-One #4 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #4"Doomsday 3014!"

Jul 1974

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Fantastic Four #149 cover

Fantastic Four #149"To Love, Honor and Destroy"

Aug 1974

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Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2 cover

Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2"Cataclysm!"

Aug 1974

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Fantastic Four #150 cover

Fantastic Four #150"Ultron-7: He'll Rule the World"

Sep 1974

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The Avengers #127 cover

The Avengers #127"Bride and Doom"

Sep 1974

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Marvel Two-in-One #5 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #5"Seven Against The Empire"

Sep 1974

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The Human Torch #1 cover

The Human Torch #1"Johnny Storm, the Human Torch"

Sep 1974

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Fantastic Four #151 cover

Fantastic Four #151"Thundra and Lightning"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Mahkizmo.

Oct 1974

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The Avengers #128 cover

The Avengers #128"Bewitched, Bothered, and Dead"

Oct 1974

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Fantastic Four #152 cover

Fantastic Four #152"World of Madness--World of Doom"

Nov 1974

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Giant-Size Man-Thing #2 cover

Giant-Size Man-Thing #2"Of Monsters and Men!"

Nov 1974

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Marvel Two-in-One #6 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #6"Death-Song Of Destiny!"

Nov 1974

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Giant-Size Fantastic Four #3 cover

Giant-Size Fantastic Four #3"Where Lurks Death, Rides the Four Horsemen"

Nov 1974

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Giant-Size Avengers #2 cover

Giant-Size Avengers #2

Nov 1974

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Fantastic Four #153 cover

Fantastic Four #153"Worlds in Collision"

Dec 1974

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Marvel Treasury Edition #2 cover

Marvel Treasury Edition #2

Dec 1974

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Fantastic Four #154 cover

Fantastic Four #154"The Man in the Mystery Mask"

Jan 1975

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Marvel Two-in-One #7 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #7"Name That Doom!"

Jan 1975

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Fantastic Four #155 cover

Fantastic Four #155"Battle Royal"

Feb 1975

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Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4 cover

Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4"Madrox the Multiple Man!; We Have to Fight the X-Men!"

Earliest catalogued appearances of Jamie Madrox, Peotor (Super-Apes), Igor (Super-Ape), and 1 more.

Feb 1975

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The Defenders #20 cover

The Defenders #20

Feb 1975

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Fantastic Four #156 cover

Fantastic Four #156"Middle Game"

Mar 1975

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Marvel Two-in-One #8 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #8"Silent Night... Deadly Night!"

Mar 1975

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The Defenders #21 cover

The Defenders #21

Mar 1975

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Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #1 cover

Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #1

Mar 1975

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Fantastic Four #157 cover

Fantastic Four #157"And Now,,,The Endgame Cometh! Part One: Check..."

Apr 1975

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Marvel Team-Up #32 cover

Marvel Team-Up #32"All The Fires In Hell!"

Apr 1975

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Fantastic Four #158 cover

Fantastic Four #158"Invaders from the 5th Dimension!"

May 1975

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Marvel Two-in-One #9 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #9"When A God Goes Mad!"

May 1975

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Giant-Size Fantastic Four #5 cover

Giant-Size Fantastic Four #5"Divide --and Conquer!"

May 1975

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CREATORS

Writers and artists on Thing's earliest appearances.

Stan Lee Jack Kirby Dick Ayers Steve Ditko Chic Stone George Roussos Larry Lieber Paul Reinman

SERIES

100th Anniversary Special: Fantastic Four

100th Anniversary Special: Fantastic Four

1 issue

2099 A.D. Genesis

2099 A.D. Genesis

1 issue

2099 Unlimited

2099 Unlimited

10 issues

2099: World of Tomorrow

2099: World of Tomorrow

8 issues

A-Babies vs. X-Babies

A-Babies vs. X-Babies

1 issue

Absolute Carnage

Absolute Carnage

6 issues

Absolute Carnage: Avengers

Absolute Carnage: Avengers

1 issue

Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk

Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk

1 issue

Absolute Carnage Omnibus

Absolute Carnage Omnibus

1 issue

Agent X

Agent X

15 issues

Age of Ultron

Age of Ultron

12 issues

Age of X: Universe

Age of X: Universe

2 issues