History
Thing presumably had a similar history to his Earth-616 counterpart up until Secret Wars in which after Ben returned from space he expected to celebrate his and Mister Fantastic's anniversary of becoming the Fantastic Four. However, instead of finding Reed there he instead found in his place a vial carrying the Venom symbiote. Ben was intrigued by the creature's seeming life with Reed explaining that they were experimenting on the creature to see whether or not it was alive. Ben then confronted Reed on him not being there to celebrate their anniversary and Reed stated he wanted to give Ben time to adjust after having gotten back from space. However Ben believed Reed to be making excuses of his guilt for how Ben became the Thing. Before the two could further argue, Invisible Woman called Reed over.
Ben then felt hurt and believed that Reed didn't truly understand him, however the symbiote then began to get Ben's attention. The symbiote asked Ben to free it and while hesitant, Ben decided to go through with it with the symbiote possessing him. When Reed came back, he found to his horror the symbiote possessing Ben. However, to Ben's amazement, the symbiote turned him back to human form. Ben was happy; however, Reed tried to persuade Ben that this wasn't the right thing to do things. Ben mistook Reed's concern for jealousy and broke the sonic machine when Reed attempted to use it before jumping out the window. While on the street, Ben back in his human form complimented himself and flirted with some ladies when he met with The Lizard who despite Connors' pleas that he had no intentions of fighting Ben, Ben suited up and fought the Lizard.
The Lizard began to talk to Ben as Ben beat the Lizard to a pulp and convinced Ben that they were both similar in a way and both should try to share their gifts rather than fighting each other. Ben was then put in a tube in the Lizard's secret laboratory in the sewer where the Lizard revealed he had double-crossed Ben and really wanted to use the symbiote. The Lizard then ran away with the symbiote as Ben slowly turned back into the Thing. However, as Ben managed to break out of the tube and arrived at the Baxter Building. He found he was too late as Connors managed to kill Sue and killed Reed in front of Ben. Lizard tried to convince Ben that this was a good thing and to join him so they could continue sharing Ben's gift. However, enraged by his friends' deaths, he tackled Lizard out of the building and the Lizard seeing he was gonna die asked Ben what Reed would think of this to which Ben commented (still angered) that he didn't know and killed Lizard. Now possessed by the symbiote, Ben roared in front of the NYPD helicopters.[1]Paraphernalia
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Notes
- In the story it is unclear what alias Ben uses in the story as while possessed by the symbiote he is still referred to as Ben Grimm or Thing, however given that he appears as Venom at the end of the story, it is presumed that he is Venom.
- In the story Ben goes through 2 different appearances while possessed by the symbiote one that mixes his appearance as the Thing with the symbiote appearing as a tank top and his classic shorts (similar to his Battleworld costume) and the other being more Venom based, with subtle Fantastic Four accents.
See Also
- 1 appearance(s) of Benjamin Grimm (Earth-TRN1075)
- 3 image(s) of Benjamin Grimm (Earth-TRN1075)
- 1 victim(s) killed by Benjamin Grimm (Earth-TRN1075)