Thing
REAL NAME: Ben Grimm
GROUP AFFILIATION: Fantastic Four

While piloting an experimental spacecraft on an unauthorized mission, Ben Grimm was bombarded by mysterious cosmic rays. The radiation transformed Grimm into an immensely powerful monster with a rock-like hide! In the ensuring years, Grimm, now the eyerlovin' blue eyed Thing, has used his spectacular strength to fight super-menaces and would-be conquerors as a member of the fabulous Fantastic Four!

In the beginning...
Ben Grimm was the college roomate of his future partner Reed Richards, the pliable Mister Fantastic!