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The Thing (Benjamin Jacob "Ben" Grimm) is a fictional character, a founding member of the superhero team known as the Fantastic Four in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961). His trademark orange rocky appearance, sense of humor, blue eyes, and his famous battle cry, "It's clobberin' time!" makes him one of comics' most recognizable and popular characters. The Thing's speech patterns are loosely based on those of Jimmy Durante.

In addition to appearing in the Fantastic Four, the Thing has been the star of Marvel Two-in-One, Strange Tales (with his fellow Fantastic Four member the Human Torch), and two incarnations of his own eponymous series, not to mention many miniseries and one-shots. The Thing was named Empire ' s tenth (of fifty) greatest comic book characters.

The Thing joined his Fantastic Four partner and frequent rival the Human Torch in #124 (1964) of Strange Tales, which then featured solo adventures of the Human Torch and backup Doctor Strange stories. The change was intended to liven the comic through the always humorous chemistry between the Torch and the Thing. They were replaced with the "modern-day" version of Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., who was then already appearing in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos in #135 (1965).

After a 1973 two issue try-out in issues 11 and 12 of Marvel Feature, the Thing appeared in the long-running series Marvel Two-in-One, which lasted 100 issues with seven annuals. In each issue Ben Grimm would be paired with another character from the Marvel Universe, frequently an obscure or colorful choice. The series was undoubtedly intended to introduce readers to new characters from Marvel's further reaches, by way of the more recognizable Thing's gruff, avuncular, and down-to-earth humor. In 1992, Marvel reprinted four Two-in-One stories (#50, 51, 77 and 80) as a miniseries under the title The Adventures of the Thing.

Images with a green border may be set as the character's main profile image. For images 200x200 or 300x300 pixels square.

CBUB Match Record:

Result	Opponent	My Score		Their Score
Win	Doom 2099	46	to	44
Win	Predalien	60	to	40
Loss	Sandman (Marvel)	42	to	50
Loss	Eradicator	48	to	62
Loss	Juggernaut	32	to	40
Win	Mighty Mouse	76	to	32
Loss	Doomsday	27	to	52
Loss	Mary Marvel	53	to	58
Loss	The Abomination	39	to	65
Loss	The Flash (Wally West)	54	to	97
Win	Yomiko Readman	81	to	23
Win	Rockslide	79	to	18
Win	The Blob	350	to	72
Win	Battle Angel Alita	53	to	17
Win	Rhino	96	to	26
Loss	Wolverine	51	to	64
Win	Luke Cage	80	to	18
Tie	Kalibak	54	to	54
Win	Venom (Mac Gargan)	49	to	33
Win	Solomon Grundy	73	to	29
Loss	Lobo	46	to	79
Win	Lobo	79	to	64
Loss	Godzilla	30	to	58
Win	Human Torch	69	to	39
Loss	Venom	46	to	54
Win	Colossus	93	to	59
Win	The Blob	82	to	25
Win	The Thing (John Carpenter)	92	to	25
Loss	Wolverine	66	to	92
Loss	The Hulk	12	to	77
Win	Captain America	49	to	47
Win	Atom Smasher	71	to	34
Loss	The Hulk	7	to	32
Win	Herculoids	20	to	7
Loss	Deadpool	11	to	13
Win	Bane	19	to	10
Loss	Colossus	14	to	15
Win	Killer Croc	14	to	7
Loss	Wolverine	13	to	15
Loss	Lobo	6	to	18
Loss	Skaar	5	to	13
Loss	Etrigan the Demon	7	to	14
Win	Hellboy	15	to	14
Win	Metallo	14	to	5
Win	Toxin	15	to	13
Win	Kenpachi Zaraki	14	to	12
Win	Fairchild	14	to	11
Win	Bane	22	to	7

Fantasy Teams Season 1 Record:

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Result	Opponent	My Score		Their Score
Loss	Gin Ichimaru	13	to	14

Fantasy Teams Season 2 Record:

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Result	Opponent	My Score		Their Score
Win	The Iron Giant	19	to	16