The Thing 2, Marvel Comics (Jul 1983)
Lifelines: Stepping out of the shadow of his team book, the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing gets his very own comic book series. Ben Grimm heads back to Yancy Street. Witness the Fantastic Four's strongest member's origins from a youthful member in the Yancy Street Gang, to his All-America football days, to his first meeting with Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic), and the fateful trip on a rocket ship that forever changed his life.
- Story: Ron Wilson
- Art and Cover: Ron Wilson and Jon Sinnott