"He broke my hand — an’ all he did wuz stand there!!"
from The Thing #28 (Oct. ’85) by Mike Carlin, Ron Wilson & Brett Breeding
You know, all things (har har) considered, The Thing wasn’t a bad little series. It gave us insight into Ben Grimm’s early years and “Rocky Grimm, Space Ranger” and motorcycling Thing (okay, not so much on that cover) and wrasslin’ Thing and “The Lockjaw Incident” — not cutting edge comics, by any means, but (usually) goofy and enjoyable, with some solid Kirby-esque Ron Wilson artwork and the occasional touch of superheroic melodrama.
For a good taste of the series, I’d recommend the Puppet Master two-parter in issues 5 and 6…a nice mix of full-on superhero mayhem and psychological turmoil done up in the mighty Marvel style.
