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Ben Grimm

The Thing

4,593 appearancesSince 1961

Ben Grimm first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 (1961-11), published by Marvel. 4,593 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Character history

Key issues

12 issues

Fantastic Four
#1
first appearance · origin
1961-11-00
Strange Tales
#101
origin
1962-10-00
Fantastic Four
#11
origin
1963-02-00
Fantastic Four Annual
#1
origin
1963-09-00
The Complete Fantastic Four
#1
origin retold
1977-09-28
Fantastic Four
#245
origin retold
1982-08-00
Fantastic Four
#296
origin retold
1986-11-00
Die Fantastischen Vier#1Cape Archive1999
Die Fantastischen Vier
#1
origin retold
1999-01-14
Die Rächer#12Cape Archive1999
Die Rächer
#12
death
1999-12-16
Fantastic Four
#60 (489)
origin retold
2002-10-00
Marvel Méga Hors Série
#25
origin retold
2005-07-15
Fantastic Four: The Movie#1Cape Archive2005
Fantastic Four: The Movie
#1
origin retold
2005-08-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

Fantastic Four
1961–1996
382 issues →
Fantastic Four
1998–2011
134 issues →
Marvel Two-in-One
1974–1983
75 issues →

Marvel's Greatest Comics cover

Marvel's Greatest Comics

1969–1981

39 issues →

Ultimate Fantastic Four cover

Ultimate Fantastic Four

2004–2009

32 issues →

Fantastic Four cover

Fantastic Four

2023–2025

30 issues →

Strange Tales cover

Strange Tales

1951–1968

29 issues →

Marvel Tales cover

Marvel Tales

1966–1994

26 issues →

Fantastic Four Annual cover

Fantastic Four Annual

1963–1994

25 issues →

The Mighty World of Marvel cover

The Mighty World of Marvel

1972–1979

24 issues →

Marvel Knights 4 cover

Marvel Knights 4

2004–2006

23 issues →

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four cover

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four

2003–

22 issues →

The Avengers cover

The Avengers

1963–1996

21 issues →

The Amazing Spider-Man cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

1999–2014

21 issues →

Fantastic Four Epic Collection cover

Fantastic Four Epic Collection

2014–

21 issues →

Marvel Collectors' Item Classics cover

Marvel Collectors' Item Classics

1965–1969

19 issues →

FFCape Archive 2014

Fantastic Four

2014–2015

18 issues →

Marvel Comics Presents cover

Marvel Comics Presents

1988–1995

17 issues →

Fantastic Four Adventures cover

Fantastic Four Adventures

2010–2012

17 issues →

Spider-Man Comic cover

Spider-Man Comic

1979–1979

16 issues →

TTTCape Archive 1997

Toyfare: The Toy Magazine

1997–2011

16 issues →

Fantastic Four cover

Fantastic Four

2013–2014

16 issues →

The Incredible Hulk cover

The Incredible Hulk

1968–1999

15 issues →

Fantastic Four Pocket Book cover

Fantastic Four Pocket Book

1980–1982

15 issues →

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Fantastic Four
1996–1997
13 issues →
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four
2005–2009
13 issues →
The Thing
1983–1986
12 issues →
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars
1984–1985
12 issues →
Silver Surfer
1987–1998
12 issues →
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Facsimile Edition
2024–2025
12 issues →
FFCape Archive 2025
Fantastic Four
2025–
12 issues →
Smash!
1966–1971
11 issues →
Marvel Team-Up
1972–1985
11 issues →
Quasar
1989–1994
11 issues →
FFWCape Archive 2001
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine
2001–2002
11 issues →
The Amazing Spider-Man
1963–1998
10 issues →
SDCape Archive 1993
Savage Dragon
1993–
10 issues →
Sub-Mariner
1968–1974
9 issues →
Rom
1979–1986
9 issues →
Marvel Masterworks
1987–1993
9 issues →
What If...?
1989–1998
9 issues →
Avengers
1998–2004
9 issues →
X-Men The Hidden Years
1999–2001
9 issues →
UFFCape Archive 2004
Ultimate Fantastic Four
2004–2008
9 issues →
Ultimate Power
2006–2007
9 issues →
Civil War Chronicles
2007–2008
9 issues →
MMTCape Archive 2009
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four
2009–2014
9 issues →
New Avengers
2010–2013
9 issues →
Guardians of the Galaxy
2015–2017
9 issues →
The Avengers Annual
1967–1994
8 issues →
What If?
1977–1984
8 issues →
Marvel Vision
1996–1998
8 issues →
EFFCape Archive 1998
Essential Fantastic Four
1998–2013
8 issues →
Black Panther
1998–2003
8 issues →
Ultimate Spider-Man
2000–2009
8 issues →
TTCape Archive 2006
The Thing
2006–2006
8 issues →
Incredible Hulk
2009–2010
8 issues →
FF
2011–2012
8 issues →
MMMCape Archive 2013
Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-in-One
2013–
8 issues →
Avengers Epic Collection
2013–
8 issues →