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Description

Name
Benjamin Jacob "Ben" Grimm

Codename
Thing

Affiliation
The Fantastic Four

Nationality
Jewish

Abilities
- Skilled street fighter and hand to hand combatant
- Superhuman strength, stamina and durability
- Rock-like skin
- Excellent dexterity

- Above-average reflexes

- Enhanced lung capacity

Biography
Ben Grimm was the college-years associate of Reed Richard and Victor von Doom, though he lacked their high level of sophistication and interest in science. He once jokingly promised that if Reed built a spaceship he would pilot it for him. Graduating from college, Ben joined the U.S. Air Force and became a skilled fighter pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. Taking Ben up on his promise, Reed made him the pilot of a spacecraft he created. Reed, his lover Sue Storm, and Sue's brother Johnny were also present as crew members. When the ship was hit with cosmic radiation in outer space, it crashed, though all four inhabitants survived and mutated into strange new super-powered forms. While Reed gained the power of elasticity, Sue gained the power of invisibility, and Johnny gained the powers of pyrokinesis and flight, Ben transformed into a hideous rock-giant and fell into a deep depression. Even as Reed worked to find a cure for his condition, Ben used the benefits of his new form to combat evil as the Thing, a member of the Fantastic Four.

Voice Actor
Ron Perlman

Description

Name
Benjamin Jacob "Ben" Grimm

Codename
Thing

Affiliation
The Fantastic Four

Nationality
Jewish

Abilities
- Skilled street fighter and hand to hand combatant
- Superhuman strength, stamina and durability
- Rock-like skin
- Excellent dexterity

- Above-average reflexes

- Enhanced lung capacity

Biography
Ben Grimm was the college-years associate of Reed Richard and Victor von Doom, though he lacked their high level of sophistication and interest in science. He once jokingly promised that if Reed built a spaceship he would pilot it for him. Graduating from college, Ben joined the U.S. Air Force and became a skilled fighter pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. Taking Ben up on his promise, Reed made him the pilot of a spacecraft he created. Reed, his lover Sue Storm, and Sue's brother Johnny were also present as crew members. When the ship was hit with cosmic radiation in outer space, it crashed, though all four inhabitants survived and mutated into strange new super-powered forms. While Reed gained the power of elasticity, Sue gained the power of invisibility, and Johnny gained the powers of pyrokinesis and flight, Ben transformed into a hideous rock-giant and fell into a deep depression. Even as Reed worked to find a cure for his condition, Ben used the benefits of his new form to combat evil as the Thing, a member of the Fantastic Four.

Voice Actor
Ron Perlman