Benjamin Grimm (Earth-13017)

Thing
Name	Benjamin "Ben" Grimm
Current Alias	Thing
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Formerly Fantastic Four (founding member)
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	No Hair At All
Skin	Orange
Unusual Features	Body is covered with an orange, flexible, rock-like hide; No apparent neck; Only four fingers (including the thumb) on each hand and four toes on each foot. The increase in the volume of his fingers has not decreased his manual dexterity. His skin is apparently susceptible to "drying" or what in a normal human being would be called the loss of skin oil, for his skin can be "chipped" under certain circumstances. The Thing has no outer ear structure.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Mutate
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-13017
Personal Information
Identity	Public
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Adventurer
Base of Operations	New York City, New York
Creators and Appearances
Creators	J.M. DeMatteis, Giuseppe Camuncoli
First	Amazing Spider-Man #700 (December, 2012)
First	Amazing Spider-Man #700 (December, 2012)

History

Thing was one of the many heroes that operated in New York City.

Notes

• In Spider-Man's distorted memory, Thing's appearance and history were occasionally merged with Hulk's or Sandman's.

See Also

• 1 appearance(s) of Benjamin Grimm (Earth-13017)
• 4 image(s) of Benjamin Grimm (Earth-13017)