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 #228 cover

Fantastic Four #228"Ego-Spawn"

Mar 1981

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Thor #305 cover

Thor #305"Hark, The Herald Angel Lives!"

Mar 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One #73 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #73"Pipeline through Infinity"

Mar 1981

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The Amazing Spider-Man #215 cover

The Amazing Spider-Man #215"By My Powers Shall I Be Vanquished!"

Apr 1981

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Fantastic Four #229 cover

Fantastic Four #229"The Thing From the Black Hole"

Apr 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One #74 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #74"A Christmas Peril!"

Apr 1981

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What If? #26 cover

What If? #26

Apr 1981

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Dazzler #2 cover

Dazzler #2

Earliest catalogued appearance of Harry S. Osgood.

Apr 1981

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Fantastic Four #230 cover

Fantastic Four #230"Firefrost And The Ebon Seeker"

May 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One #75 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #75"By Blastaar -- Betrayed"

May 1981

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Dazzler #3 cover

Dazzler #3

Earliest catalogued appearance of Lancelot Steele.

May 1981

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Fantastic Four #231 cover

Fantastic Four #231"In All the Gathered Gloom!"

Jun 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One #76 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #76"The Big Top Bandits"

Jun 1981

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Dazzler #4 cover

Dazzler #4

Jun 1981

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Fantastic Four #232 cover

Fantastic Four #232"Back To the Basics!"

Jul 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One #77 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #77"Only The Swamp Survives!"

Jul 1981

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Fantastic Four #233 cover

Fantastic Four #233"Mission For A Dead Man!"

Aug 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One #78 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #78"Monster Man!"

Aug 1981

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What If? #28 cover

What If? #28

Earliest catalogued appearance of Battlin' Jack Murdock.

Aug 1981

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Fantastic Four #234 cover

Fantastic Four #234"The Man With The Power!"

Sep 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One #79 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #79"Shanga, the Star-Dancer!"

Sep 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One Annual #6 cover

Marvel Two-in-One Annual #6"An Eagle From America!"

Earliest catalogued appearance of American Eagle.

Sep 1981

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Fantastic Four #235 cover

Fantastic Four #235"Four Against Ego!"

Oct 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One #80 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #80"Call Him...Monster!"

Oct 1981

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X-Men Annual #5 cover

X-Men Annual #5"Ou, La La- Badoon"

Oct 1981

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Fantastic Four Annual #16 cover

Fantastic Four Annual #16"The Coming of Dragon Lord!"

Oct 1981

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What If? #29 cover

What If? #29

Oct 1981

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Rom #23 cover

Rom #23

Oct 1981

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Fantastic Four #236 cover

Fantastic Four #236"Terror In A Tiny Town"

Nov 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One #81 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #81"No home for heroes!"

Nov 1981

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Fantastic Four #237 cover

Fantastic Four #237"The Eyes Have It!"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Julie Angel.

Dec 1981

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The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15 cover

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15"Spider-Man: Threat or Menace?; Just How Strong Is... Spider-Man?; Peter Parker's Apartment!; A Gallery of Spider-Man's Most Famous Foes!"

Dec 1981

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Marvel Two-in-One #82 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #82"The Fatal Effects of Virus X!"

Dec 1981

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Fantastic Four #238 cover

Fantastic Four #238"The Lady Is For Burning!"

Jan 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #83 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #83"Where Stalks the Sasquatch!"

Jan 1982

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Crazy Magazine #82 cover

Crazy Magazine #82

Jan 1982

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Fantastic Four #239 cover

Fantastic Four #239"Wendy's Friends"

Feb 1982

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The Avengers #216 cover

The Avengers #216"...To Avenge The Avengers!"

Feb 1982

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Moon Knight #16 cover

Moon Knight #16"Shadows of the Moon; Seekers of Stone"

Feb 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #84 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #84"Cry for Beloved Canada!"

Feb 1982

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What If? #31 cover

What If? #31

Feb 1982

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Fantastic Four #240 cover

Fantastic Four #240"Exodus"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Luna.

Mar 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #85 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #85"The Final Fate of Giant-Man"

Mar 1982

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Fantastic Four #241 cover

Fantastic Four #241"Render Unto Caesar!"

Apr 1982

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Marvel Graphic Novel #1 cover

Marvel Graphic Novel #1"The Death of Captain Marvel"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Shatterax.

Apr 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #86 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #86"Time Runs Like Sand!"

Apr 1982

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Micronauts #40 cover

Micronauts #40

Apr 1982

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Fantastic Four #242 cover

Fantastic Four #242"Terrax the Untamed"

May 1982

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Marvel Fanfare #2 cover

Marvel Fanfare #2"Editori-Al; To Sacrifice My Soul; Annihilation"

May 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #87 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #87

May 1982

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Fantastic Four Roast #1 cover

Fantastic Four Roast #1"When Titans Chuckle!"

May 1982

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Fantastic Four #243 cover

Fantastic Four #243"Shall Earth Endure?"

Jun 1982

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Iron Man #159 cover

Iron Man #159"When Strikes Diablo"

Jun 1982

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Doctor Strange #53 cover

Doctor Strange #53"Land of the Pharaohs"

Jun 1982

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Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1 cover

Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1"A Gathering of Heroes"

Jun 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #88 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #88"Disaster at Diablo Reactor!"

Jun 1982

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Silver Surfer #1 cover

Silver Surfer #1

Jun 1982

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Fantastic Four #244 cover

Fantastic Four #244"Beginnings and Endings"

Jul 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #89 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #89"The Last Word"

Jul 1982

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Fantastic Four #245 cover

Fantastic Four #245"Childhood's End"

Aug 1982

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Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #3 cover

Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #3"And The Winner is Death"

Aug 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #90 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #90"Eyes of the Sorcerer"

Aug 1982

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What If? #34 cover

What If? #34

Earliest catalogued appearance of Hulk Jr..

Aug 1982

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Dazzler #18 cover

Dazzler #18

Aug 1982

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Fantastic Four #246 cover

Fantastic Four #246"Too Many Dooms"

Sep 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #91 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #91"In the Shadow of the Sphinx"

Sep 1982

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Fantastic Four #247 cover

Fantastic Four #247"This Land Is Mine!"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Kristoff Vernard.

Oct 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #92 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #92"This Evil Returning!"

Oct 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7 cover

Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7"And they shall call him... Champion !"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Champion.

Oct 1982

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The Incredible Hulk Annual #11 cover

The Incredible Hulk Annual #11

Oct 1982

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Fantastic Four #248 cover

Fantastic Four #248"Nightmare!"

Nov 1982

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The Incredible Hulk #277 cover

The Incredible Hulk #277"What Friends Are For!"

Nov 1982

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Marvel Team-Up Annual #5 cover

Marvel Team-Up Annual #5"Serpent Rising"

Nov 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #93 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #93"And One Shall Die!"

Nov 1982

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Dazzler #21 cover

Dazzler #21

Nov 1982

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Fantastic Four #249 cover

Fantastic Four #249"Man and Superman!"

Dec 1982

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The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16 cover

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16"Who's That Lady?"

Earliest catalogued appearance of Monica Rambeau.

Dec 1982

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The Incredible Hulk #278 cover

The Incredible Hulk #278"Amnesty!"

Dec 1982

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Marvel Two-in-One #94 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #94"The Power Trap!"

Dec 1982

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What If? #36 cover

What If? #36

Dec 1982

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Fantastic Four #250 cover

Fantastic Four #250"X-Factor"

Jan 1983

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The Incredible Hulk #279 cover

The Incredible Hulk #279"Everybody Loves A Parade, Right?"

Jan 1983

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Marvel Two-in-One #95 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #95"The Power to Live...The Power to Die!..."

Jan 1983

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Fantastic Four #251 cover

Fantastic Four #251"Into The Negative Zone!"

Feb 1983

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Marvel Two-in-One #96 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #96"Visiting Hours"

Feb 1983

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What If? #37 cover

What If? #37

Feb 1983

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Fantastic Four #252 cover

Fantastic Four #252"Cityscape"

Mar 1983

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Marvel Two-in-One #97 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #97"Yesterdaze"

Mar 1983

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The Uncanny X-Men #167 cover

The Uncanny X-Men #167"The Goldilocks Syndrome!"

Mar 1983

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Fantastic Four #253 cover

Fantastic Four #253"Quest"

Apr 1983

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Marvel Two-in-One #98 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #98"Vid Wars!"

Apr 1983

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Fantastic Four #254 cover

Fantastic Four #254"The Minds Of Mantracora"

May 1983

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Marvel Two-in-One #99 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #99"Ghost Stories For a Rainy Night"

May 1983

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Fantastic Four #255 cover

Fantastic Four #255"Trapped!"

Jun 1983

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Marvel Two-in-One #100 cover

Marvel Two-in-One #100"So This Is...The End!"

Jun 1983

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Fantastic Four #256 cover

Fantastic Four #256"The Annihilation Gambit"

Jul 1983

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The Thing #1 cover

The Thing #1"Lifelines"

Jul 1983

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The Avengers Annual #12 cover

The Avengers Annual #12

Jul 1983

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Fantastic Four #257 cover

Fantastic Four #257"Fragments"

Aug 1983

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The Thing #2 cover

The Thing #2"For Beauty Passed Away"

Aug 1983

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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