Real Name: Benjamin Jacob Grimm

Current Group Affiliation: Avengers

Former Group Affiliation: Guardians of the Galaxy, Headbangers, Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation, Fantastic Four, Future Foundation

1st Appearance: FANTASTIC FOUR(v.1)#1 (1961)

Issue Joined: WEST COAST AVENGERS(v.2)#9

Status: Twenty-eighth recruit, inactive member

Known Superhuman Powers: Thing has superhuman strength and durability.

Other Aliases: None

Issues of Avengers featuring Thing:

#305; #332-333; Annual#18; VOL. 4: #8-12, #12.1, #14, #18, #24, #28, #34, Annual#1; VOL. 6: #689; AVENGERS ACADEMY#11, #20; AVENGERS ASSEMBLE#6, #8; DARK AVENGERS VOL. 2: #182; NEW AVENGERS VOL. 2: #1-14, #16.1, #23-24, #30-34, Annual#1; OCCUPY AVENGERS#8; SECRET AVENGERS#35; UNCANNY AVENGERS VOL. 3: #13; WEST COAST#9-10, #75, Annual#1, Annual#4-8

(as a member of the Fantastic Four): #13; #25; #42; #60; #82; #92; #94; #118; #127; #216; #248; #303; Annual#21; VOL.3: #10-11, #42; #501-503; AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE#3, #35; MIGHTY AVENGERS#20, #25-26; NEW AVENGERS#36, #59; WEST COAST#22-23, Annual#3