The Thing
About The Thing in comics
The Thing first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 (1961), published by Marvel.
We list 314 comic series featuring The Thing, with series dates from 1940 to 2026, from publishers including Marvel, Marvel UK, IDW.
The key issues below cover The Thing's first appearance, origin and death issues where the record exists, plus other key issues they appear in.
The Thing key issues
- First appearanceFantastic Four #1 (1961) - Marvel
- OriginStrange Tales #101 (1962) - Marvel
- OriginFantastic Four #141 (1973) - Marvel
- Death[Marvel Super Heroes] Secret Wars #11 (1984) - Marvel
- DeathAlpha Flight #75 (1989) - Marvel
- OriginFantastic Four Annual #24 (1991) - Marvel
- DeathAvengers #12 (1997) - Marvel
- Key issueFantastic Four #5 (1962) - MarvelFirst appearance of Doctor Doom
- Key issueFantastic Four #11 (1962) - MarvelFirst appearance of Impossible Man, Willie Lumpkin
- Key issueThe Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1962) - MarvelFirst appearance of J. Jonah Jameson, John Jameson, Chameleon
- Key issueFantastic Four #13 (1963) - MarvelFirst appearance of The Watcher, Red Ghost
- Key issueFantastic Four #15 (1963) - MarvelFirst appearance of Mad Thinker, Awesome Android
- Key issueThe Amazing Spider-Man #3 (1963) - MarvelFirst appearance of Otto Octavius, Doctor Octopus
- Key issueStrange Tales #110 (1963) - MarvelFirst appearance of Dr. Strange, Wong, Ancient One
- Key issueFantastic Four Annual #1 (1963) - MarvelFirst appearance of Krang
- Key issueFantastic Four #19 (1963) - MarvelFirst appearance of Nathaniel Richards, Pharaoh Rama-Tut
- Key issueDaredevil #1 (1964) - MarvelFirst appearance of Daredevil, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page
- Key issueFantastic Four #30 (1964) - MarvelFirst appearance of Diablo
- Key issueFantastic Four #33 (1964) - MarvelFirst appearance of Attuma
Also Appears In
Fantastic Four
New Avengers
The Silver Surfer
Marvel Comics Presents
Marvel Treasury Edition
Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection
Marvel Two-in-One
The Thing
True Believers: Fantastic Four by John Byrne
Daredevil: Father
Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine
Dark Wolverine
X-Factor
The Amazing Spider-Man
Web of Spider-Man
Sentry: Fallen Sun
The Thing: Freakshow
Thor 1999
X-Force
Marvel Mangaverse
Marvel Super-Heroes
Daredevil
Fantastic Four: 1234
The Fantastic Four: The Secret Story of Marvel's Cosmic Quartet
Iron Man
What If...?
Power Pack
Exiles
Thor
Alpha Flight
Spectacular Spider-Man
Doomwar
Captain America
Ultimate Fantastic Four
X-Men Unlimited
Onslaught: Marvel
Fantastic Four: Heroes Return - The Complete Collection
Fantastic Four / Spider-Man Classic
Stan Lee Meets Dr. Doom
Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne
Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects
The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Fantastic Four
Thunderbolts
Marvel Holiday Special 2004
The Fantastic Four: The Trial of Galactus
Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four
Last Hero Standing
Civil War: Front Line
New Mangaverse
Amazing Spider-Man #252 Facsimile Edition
Marvel Knights 4
Civil War: Amazing Spider-Man
Captain America: To Serve and Protect
The Infinity War
Marvel Triple Action
Marvel Age Fantastic Four
Infinity Crusade
The Thing Is Big Ben
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Fantastic Four [Taco Bell]
Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man
The Avengers
Heroes Reborn: The Return
Captain Universe / Invisible Woman
The Adventures of Spider-Man
Avengers Masterworks
Taco Bell / Fantastic Four
X-Men / Fantastic Four
Marvel Selects: Fantastic Four
Doctor Strange
Essential Marvel Two-in-One
Iceman and Angel
Onslaught Reborn
Code of Honor
Startling Stories: The Thing
Marvel Mangaverse: Eternity Twilight
Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine
Marvel Adventures Super Heroes
Captain Marvel
Marvel Heroes Reborn
Marvel Two-in-One Annual
Silver Surfer
Fantastic Four Visionaries: Walter Simonson
The Incredible Hulk
Super-Villain Team-Up
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four
The Spirit
Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe
Excalibur
Damage Control
Weapon X: Days of Future Now
Shadows & Light
Startling Stories: The Thing - Night Falls on Yancy Street
Sensational Spider-Man
Marvel 2-in-One
Silver Surfer: Requiem
Gambit
Ultimates
Fantastic Four: The Life Fantastic
Civil War: Casualties of War
Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men
Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe
Civil War: Black Panther War Crimes
Fantastic Four Annual
New Warriors
Galactus the Devourer
Dark Reign: Fantastic Four
X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl
Hasbro / Secret Wars
Civil War MGC
Daredevil: Father [Director's Cut]
Ultimate Spider-Man and X-Men
Fear Itself: Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man No. 300 [Spider-Man II Wal-Mart Movie Edition]
Deadpool Team-Up
Wolverine
Marvels: Eye of the Camera
Fantastic Four Set II
FF
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Amtrak Presents All Aboard
Infamous Iron Man
Avengers 1: The Coming of the Avengers!
Infinity War
True Believers: Fantastic Four - Galactus Hungers
X-23
Fantastic Four Epic Collection
Original Sin
Micronauts
Essential Marvel Saga
The Uncanny X-Men '96
What If...? Secret Wars
The Best of Marvel Comics
Moon Knight
Fantastic Four
The Project Pegasus Saga Starring The Thing
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Spidey Super Stories
Thing: Project Pegasus
Fantastic Four: Into the Breach
The Fantastic Four Comic Annual
True Believers: Fantastic Four - The Birth of Valeria
Fantastic Four
Blink
The Mighty World of Marvel
Silver Surfer Omnibus
Silver Surfer: The Coming of Galactus
The Thing: Project Pegasus
Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-in-One
Marvel Tales
Silver Surfer Epic Collection
Fantastic Four
Mini Marvels: Rock, Paper, Scissors
Fantastic Four No. 1: Panel by Panel
Ms. Marvel
True Believers: Venom -- Dark Origin
Union Jack
True Believers: Fantastic Four - Hulk vs Thing
True Believers: Fantastic Four vs. the New Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection)
Superman
True Believers: Empyre - Anelle
Fantastic Four: The Dinosaur Fantastic Four No. 1 Halloween Trick-or-Read 2024
Ultimate Marvel Flip Magazine
Fantastic Four by J. Michael Straczynski
Amazing Spider-Man No. 300 Facsimile Edition
Blockbuster
Secrets of the Unknown
House of X
Fantastic Four No. 6 Facsimile Edition
The New Warriors
Immortal Hulk
Marvel's Greatest Comics
Captain America: Heroes Return - The Complete Collection
X-Men No. 135 Facsimile Edition
Wonder Man
Marvel Knights Spider-Man
Civil War II
Timmy the Timid Ghost
Tales of the Thing
Black Cat
X-Men: Forever
Franklin Richards One Shot
Fantastic Four #2 Facsimile Edition
Marvel Adventures Hulk
Spider-Man: Chapter One
True Believers: Infinity War
Franklin Richards: Not-So-Secret Invasion
Death's Head II
Doll Man
Sunfire & Big Hero Six
Fantastic Four: In Search of Galactus
Marvel Milestones: Venom & Hercules
Paradise X: Heralds
What If? X-Men Age of Apocalypse
Fear Itself: The Fearless
Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four in Hard Choices
Spider-Man / Deadpool
Fantastic Four: Reunited They Stand
Spider-Man Family
Fantastic Four No. 7 Facsimile Edition
The Amazing Spider-Man No. 255 Facsimile Edition
Avengers: Infinity Quest
History of the Marvel Universe
Tarot
Artist's Edition
Fantastic Four Vol. 1 No. 247 [Marvel Legends Reprint]
Marvel Rivals
The Greatest Villains of the Fantastic Four
Amazing Spider-Man #252 Niagara Falls Edition
Spider-Man & the Secret Wars
Artisan Edition
Deadpool
World War Hulks: Hulked-Out Heroes
Bullseye: Perfect Game
The Complete Fantastic Four
What If? Wolverine Enemy of the State
True Believers: Fantastic Four - Marvel Two-in-One
Pow! and Wham!
Target Presents: Reading to the Rescue!
The Avengers and Power Pack Assemble!
Universe X: Cap
Marvel Age Fantastic Four Tale
Spider-Man / Human Torch
True Believers: Empyre - Lyja
Spider-Man Collectible Series
Fantastic Four: Antithesis
Wolverine: Weapon X
X-Men
Amazing Spider-Man #300 Niagara Falls Edition
I Am an Avenger
Spider-Girl
Quicksilver
Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Marvel Girl
Spider-Man Family: Untold Team-Ups
Iron Fist
Carnage, U.S.A.
Fantastic Four Unplugged
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man
The Silver Surfer Winter Special
Fantastic Four 2000
Age of Ultron
The Last Fantastic Four Story
Civil War: The Confession
True Believers: Absolute Carnage - Carnage, U.S.A.
Deadpool's Art of War
Hero Initiative: Mike Wieringo Book
What If? Newer Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four [So Much Fun]
The Thing Classic
Pet Avengers Classic
S.H.I.E.L.D. by Lee & Kirby: The Complete Collection.
True Believers: Annihilation - Annihilus
Decades: Marvel in the '60s - Spider-Man Meets the Marvel Universe
Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman
True Believers: Fantastic Four - The Coming of Galactus
Fantastic Four/Silver Surfer Summer Special
The Thing (From Another World)
Spider-Man Megazine
Silver Surfer: Inner Demons
The Defenders Omnibus
Mighty Marvel Team-Up Thrillers
X-Treme X-Men
Fantastic Four No. 10 Facsimile Edition
Marvel Team-Up
Secret War: From the Files of Nick Fury
Fantastic 4th Voyage of Sinbad
Nova
Inhumans: The Origin of the Inhumans
Fantastic Four Presents Franklin Richards
New Warriors Classic
Fantastic Four: \"The Way It Began\" [Book and Record Set]
Hulk and Power Pack
The Marvel No-Prize Book
Fantastic Four Vol. 1 No. 263 [Marvel Legends Reprint]
Target Marvel Age Fantastic Four: All for One
Symbiote Spider-Man: Marvel Tales
Wolverine & the X-Men by Jason Aaron
Annihilation - Scourge: Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four 527 (Director's Cut)
The Sensational Spider-Man in Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut
True Believers: Fantastic Four by Walter Simonson
True Believers: Fantastic Four - The Coming of H.E.R.B.I.E.
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics
True Believers
What If? Secret Invasion
Black Panther Annual
Civil War #1 (Director's Cut)
Marvel Milestones: Onslaught
Essential Marvel Team-Up
Dark X-Men: The Beginning
The Uncanny X-Men
What If Doctor Doom Had Become the Thing?
Tales to Astonish
Secret War
What If? 200
Kang the Conqueror
Marvel Two-in-One Epic Collection
Generation X
Marvel Adventures
Strange Tales
X-Men Forever Giant-Size
Ghost Rider
Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Pérez
AAFES 7th Edition [New Avengers: An Army of One]
Future Imperfect
Marc Spector: Moon Knight
Marvel Super Hero Island Adventures
Marvel's Greatest Comics: Fantastic Four #52
Pow!
Fantastic Four No. 8 Facsimile Edition
Thor by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection
Fantastic Four No. 9 Facsimile Edition