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Character: Thing (Ben Grimm)

Tough Guy.  Rocky.  One of Marvel’s first four heroes.

Fantastic Four #1 (1961)

FANTASTIC FOUR #3 (1962): 1st Fantasti-Car

FANTASTIC FOUR #4 (1962): Return of Sub-Mariner

FANTASTIC FOUR #5 (1962): 1st Doctor Doom, 1st Time Travel…And the Single Greatest Comic Book of All Time

FANTASTIC FOUR #6 (1962): 1st Super-Villain Team-Up and 1st (Unofficial) No-Prize

FANTASTIC FOUR #7 (1962)

FANTASTIC FOUR #8 (1962): 1st Puppet Master and Alicia Masters

FANTASTIC FOUR #9 (1962): Prince Namor: Movie Producer

FANTASTIC FOUR HOUSE AD (1962)

STRANGE TALES #101 (1962)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 (1963)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #5 (1963)

FANTASTIC FOUR #10 (1963): 1st Stan and Jack!

FANTASTIC FOUR #11 (1963): 1st Impossible Man, Willie Lumpkin

FANTASTIC FOUR #12 (1963): 1st Thing/Hulk Fight

FANTASTIC FOUR #13 (1963): 1st Watcher

FANTASTIC FOUR #14 (1963)

FANTASTIC FOUR #15 (1963): 1st Yancy St Gang, Mad Thinker and Awesome Android!

FANTASTIC FOUR #16-17 (1963)

FANTASTIC FOUR #18 (1963): 1st Super Skrull

FANTASTIC FOUR #19 (1963): 1st Rama Tut

FANTASTIC FOUR #20 (1963): 1st Molecule Man

FANTASTIC FOUR #21 (1963): 1st Nick Fury & Hate Monger

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1 (1963): 1st Atlantis

STRANGE TALES #105 (1963)

STRANGE TALES #106 (1963)

STRANGE TALES #107 (1963)

STRANGE TALES #111 (1963): 1st Baron Mordo

STRANGE TALES #112 (1963)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18-19 (1964)

AVENGERS #5 (1964)

DAREDEVIL #2 (1964)

FANTASTIC FOUR #22 (1964): 1st Invisible Girl forcefields, “It’s Clobberin Time”

FANTASTIC FOUR #23 (1964)

FANTASTIC FOUR #24 (1964)

FANTASTIC FOUR #25-26 (1964 and The Top 10 Hulk vs Thing Fights

FANTASTIC FOUR #27 (1964)

FANTASTIC FOUR #28 (1964): FF meet X-Men

FANTASTIC FOUR #29 (1964): 1st Kirby Photo Collage

FANTASTIC FOUR #30 (1964): 1st Diablo

FANTASTIC FOUR #31-32 (1964)

FANTASTIC FOUR #33 (1964): 1st Attuma

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #2 (1964): Dr. Doom’s Origin!

STRANGE TALES #116 (1964)

STRANGE TALES #117 (1964)

STRANGE TALES #118-119 (1964)

STRANGE TALES #124 (1964)

STRANGE TALES #125 (1964)

STRANGE TALES #126-127 (1964)

STRANGE TALES 122-123 (1964): 1st Beetle!

FANTASTIC FOUR #34 (1965)

FANTASTIC FOUR #35 (1965): 1st Dragon Man; Reed proposes to Sue

FANTASTIC FOUR #36 (1965): 1st Medusa, Frightful Four

Fantastic Four #37 (1965)

FANTASTIC FOUR #38 (1965): 1st spanking; 1st Trapster

FANTASTIC FOUR #39-40 (1965): Jack Kirby Draws Daredevil!

FANTASTIC FOUR #41-43 (1965)

FANTASTIC FOUR #44-47 (1965): 1st Inhumans

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #3 (1965): Reed and Sue wedding; 1st Patsy Walker

STRANGE TALES #128 (1965): 1st Demonicus

STRANGE TALES #129 (1965): 1st Tiboro

STRANGE TALES #130-133 (1965)

Strange Tales #132 (1965)

STRANGE TALES #134 (1965): 1st Eternity (off screen)

FANTASTIC FOUR #48-50 (1966): First Appearances of Galactus and Silver Surfer!

FANTASTIC FOUR #51 (1966): 1st Negative Zone

FANTASTIC FOUR #52-53 (1966): 1st Black Panther, Klaw

FANTASTIC FOUR #54 (1966)

FANTASTIC FOUR #55 (1966)

FANTASTIC FOUR #56 (1966)

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #4 (1966): 1st Quasimodo

FANTASTIC FOUR #57-63 (1966-1967): DOOMSDAY; 1st Blastaar

FANTASTIC FOUR #64 (1967)

FANTASTIC FOUR #65 (1967): 1st Ronan, Kree, Kree Supreme Intelligence

FANTASTIC FOUR #66-67 (1967): 1st Warlock (Him)

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #5 (1967): 1st Psycho-Man and lackeys

STRANGE TALES #150-158 (1966-1967): Nick Fury

STRANGE TALES #159-168 (1967): Nick Fury; 1st Clay Quartermain, Contessa Valentina Allegro

DAREDEVIL #37-38, FANTASTIC FOUR #73 (1967-1968): DD Switches Bodies with Dr. Doom!

FANTASTIC FOUR #68-71 (1967-1968): The Mini-Skirt!

FANTASTIC FOUR #72 (1968)

FANTASTIC FOUR #74-77 (1968): 1st Microverse

FANTASTIC FOUR #78-79: Thing No More (1968)

FANTASTIC FOUR #80 (1968)

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #6 (1968): 1st Franklin Richards, Annihilus

SUB-MARINER #8 (1968): Namor vs Thing!

AVENGERS #59-60: 1st YellowJacket; Jan marries Hank (1968-1969)

FANTASTIC FOUR #81-83: (1968-69) HUMAN TORCH IS A RAPIST

FANTASTIC FOUR #84-87 (1969)

FANTASTIC FOUR #88-89 (1969)

FANTASTIC FOUR #90-93 (1969): Franklin is named

SILVER SURFER #5 (1969)

AMAZING ADVENTURES #1-2 (1970): Inhumans

AVENGERS #82 (1970)

FANTASTIC FOUR #100 (1970)

FANTASTIC FOUR #101 (1970)

FANTASTIC FOUR #102-104 (1970): War With Atlantis; Jack’s Last Issue

FANTASTIC FOUR #105-106 (1970)

FANTASTIC FOUR #95-98 (1970)

FANTASTIC FOUR #99 (1970)

INCREDIBLE HULK #122-123 (1969-1970)

Silver Surfer #16-17 (1970)

Sub-Mariner #31 (1970)

FANTASTIC FOUR #107-110 (1971)

FANTASTIC FOUR #111-116 (1971): 1st Overmind

FANTASTIC FOUR #117-118 (1971-1972)

AVENGERS #89-97: The Kree-Skrull War (1971-1972)

FANTASTIC FOUR #119: H.E.R.B.I.E. Mach One (1972)

FANTASTIC FOUR #120-123 (1972): 1st Air Walker

FANTASTIC FOUR #124-125 (1972): Stan Lee’s Last Issue

FANTASTIC FOUR #126-128 (1972)

MARVEL FEATURE #11-12 (1972): Precursor to Marvel Two-in-One

FANTASTIC FOUR #129-132 (1972-1973): 1st Thundra; Johnny’s red costume

FANTASTIC FOUR #133 (1973)

FANTASTIC FOUR #134-135 (1973)

FANTASTIC FOUR 138-139 (1973)

MARVEL TEAM-UP #5-6 (1972-1973): Vision and The Thing

AVENGERS #127 and FANTASTIC FOUR #150 (1974): Crystal and Quicksilver’s wedding

AVENGERS #128 (1974)

FANTASTIC FOUR #136-137 (1973)

FANTASTIC FOUR #143-144 (1974): I Can Beat That Doom in Two Issues

FANTASTIC FOUR #147-149 (1974): Fighting Over Sue

FANTASTIC FOUR #151-153: Thundra (1974)

FANTASTIC FOUR 140-142 (1973-1974)

FANTASTIC FOUR 145-146 (1974): Ternak

GIANT-SIZE FANTASTIC FOUR #2 (1974)

GIANT-SIZE FANTASTIC FOUR #3 (1974)

GIANT-SIZE SUPER STARS #1 (1974)

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #1 (1974): Man-Thing

Marvel Two-In-One #2 (1974)

Marvel Two-In-One #4-5 (1974): Captain America, Guardians of the Galaxy

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #6-7 and DEFENDERS #20 (1974): Dr. Strange and Valkyrie

Sub-Mariner #64-72 (1973-1974): Series Ends

Fantastic Four #154 (1975)

FANTASTIC FOUR #155-157: Dr. Doom, Silver Surfer, and a tangled mess (1975)

FANTASTIC FOUR #158-163 (1975)

FANTASTIC FOUR #164-165 (1975-1976): 1st Crusader

Marvel Two-In-One #10 (1975): Black Widow

Marvel Two-In-One #11-12 (1975): Golem and The Most Exciting Team-Up of All!!!

Marvel Two-In-One #8 (1975): Christmas Issue

Marvel Two-In-One #9 (1975): Thor; 1st Radon

AVENGERS #150-151 (1976): Final Steve Englehart Issue

FANTASTIC FOUR #166-167 (1976): Sue creates invisible objects

FANTASTIC FOUR #168-170 (1976): Luke Cage joins, quits

FANTASTIC FOUR #171-175: Another Galactus Story (1976)

FANTASTIC FOUR #176 (1976)

FANTASTIC FOUR #177 (1976): 1st Texas Twister, Captain Ultra

Fantastic Four annual #11, Marvel Two-In-One #20 and annual #1 (1976): Liberty Legion

HAPPY LAST DAY OF HANAKKAH from JACK KIRBY (19760

Marvel Team Up #47; Two-In-One #16-17 (1976): Ka-Zar

Marvel Two-In-One #13: Power Man (1976)

Marvel Two-In-One #14 (1976): Son of Satan

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #18 (1976): Scarecrow

Marvel Two-In-One #19 (1976): Tigra

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #21-23: Doc Savage and Thor (1976-1977)

Super-Villain Team-Up #5-12 (1976): 1st Shroud

DEFENDERS #51 (1977): 1st Ringer

FANTASTIC FOUR #178-183: Evil Reed (1977)

FANTASTIC FOUR #185-186 (1977): 1st Salem Seven

FANTASTIC FOUR #187-190 (1977)

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #12 (1977)

MARVEL TWO IN ONE #25 (1977): Iron Fist

MARVEL TWO IN ONE ANNUAL #2 (1977): Death of Thanos; 1st Lord Chaos, Master Order

Marvel Two-In-One #24 (1977): Bill Foster

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #26-28 (1977): Nick Fury and Deathlok

UNCANNY X-MEN #104-108 (1977): 1st Starjammers; Byrne

FANTASTIC FOUR #191 (1978): The team breaks up

FANTASTIC FOUR #192: Johnny goes solo (1978)

FANTASTIC FOUR #193-194 (1978)

FANTASTIC FOUR #195 (1978)

FANTASTIC FOUR #196-200: Getting the old band back together (1978)

FANTASTIC FOUR #201 (1978)

Marvel Two-In-One #35-36 (1978): Skull the Slayer, Mr. Fantastic

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #37-39: Vision, Daredevil, Yellowjacket (1978)

Marvel Two-In-One #40-41 (1978): Black Panther, Brother Voodoo

Marvel Two-In-One #42-43 (1978): 1st Project Pegasus

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #44 (1978)

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #45 (1978)

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #46 (1978): Hulk and Howard the Duck

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #3 (1978): 1st Nygorn

FANTASTIC FOUR #202 (1979)

Fantastic Four #203 (1979)

FANTASTIC FOUR #204-206, 208-213 (1979): 1st Terrax; Skrull/Xandarian War

Fantastic Four annual #14 (1979)

GODZILLA #17-22 (1978-1979)

GODZILLA #23-24 (1979)

MARVEL TWO IN ONE #47-48 (1979): Yancy St. Gang and Jack of Hearts

MARVEL TWO IN ONE #49 (1979): Dr. Strange

MARVEL TWO IN ONE #50 (1979): Thing vs. Thing!

Marvel Two-In-One #51 (1979): Beast, Ms. Marvel, Nick Fury, Wonder Man; 1st Floating Poker Game

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #52 (1979): 1st Crossfire

Marvel Two-In-One #53-58 (1979): Project Pegasus Saga

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #4 (1979): Black Bolt

DAREDEVIL #163-164 (1980)

FANTASTIC FOUR #214: Epilogue to the Big Space Epic (1980)

FANTASTIC FOUR #215-216 (1980): Wolfman leaves

FANTASTIC FOUR #217 (1980): HERBIE dies

Fantastic Four #219 (1980): Sienkiewicz/Moench run starts

Fantastic Four #220-221 (1980): John Byrne Begins

FANTASTIC FOUR #224-225 (1980): Thor Team Up

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