Talk:Alternative versions of the Thing

Thing ring
There's no section anywhere about Benjy Grimm, the teenager with the 2 rings that turn him into The Thing when he slaps them together. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.173.226.229 (talk) 21:08, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Ultimate Thing Lacks Citations
that section needs a warning, and somebody should go through and add the volume & issue numbers. -npc


 * I just happened to add a statement, and certaintly cited my source. Since I'm a big UFF fan, I might be able to figure out the correct sources for the rest of the section. I disagree that it needs a warning -- it's just a section in progress.


 * I wrote:
 * "[The Ultimate version of the Thing] was also able to easily beat down a zombie version of the Hulk, whereas mainstream Marvel universe storylines like World War Hulk would suggest the mainstream Thing is no longer even in the mainstream Hulk's fighting class."


 * Is that controversial? I admit I am not the most knowledgeable about mainstream Hulk VS Thing history. I know there have been many well-hyped fights between them over the decades, but all I really know of right now is "What Happens In Vegas Stays in Vegas", from Fantastic Four #533-535, collected in Planet Hulk Prelude, in which Ben was barely able to simply redirect a extra-gammified, raging gray Hulk away from innocents, really just drawing Hulk's ire and avoiding personal injury. This rampage, which inadvertently killed 26 people and a dog, eventually helped get the Hulk onto that one-way space flight far, far away from Earth. So, in Planet Hulk he became stronger than ever, being reconditioned on a harsher planet (kinda like sending a human to Krypton to train, then he comes back to Earth a near-Superman), and in World War Hulk it wasn't even a real fight between Hulk and Ben. (Oh, any excuse to get out WWH ... hmmm ... no, okay, it really wasn't.) Finally, I mean, come on, that Hulk held his own against the Sentry, who had put Ben in his place (or out a high Baxter-Building window) more than once, easy (especially during some delightful Iron Man/Dr. Doom time-traveling hijinks in the Mighty Avengers storyline Venom Bomb). So I don't think mainstream Thing is even a real challenge to mainstream Hulk, but I am a little out of touch with recent developments, and I don't know all the old-school Marvel-age history between them. If someone else knows better, feel free to fix the article and set me straight here on the Talk page.
 * --Ben Culture (talk) 05:54, 19 September 2012 (UTC)