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)

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