EricNeedHam

I would like that. My introduction to him was in The Batman Family comics BITD. I've always associated him w/ Batman yet he's his own hero. But I really enjoy when Batman and Jason Blood show connection. Various animated episodes highlighted their bond. I'm trying to think whom amongst the Gunn announcements are mystic-based. Etrican would be nice to see downn the line. I just dont know if too much comedy would ruin the portrayal.

Nah....I dont recall anyone in Ben's group beating him. He and Namor were evenly matched in their Marvel 2 in 1 issue. Sasquatch, Thundra didnt beat him. Black Bolt...dont recall.....its usually against the FF. Doc Samson beat him??? The Vision.....i dont recall a fight. I think this was just a strength level grouping. The Marvel U had him at the 70 tons tier.

I asked my buddy…..

The action figures were there. Were the backing cards for the figures have the Hamma descriptions but the comic wasn’t developed yet?

Hasbro would have altered those standards if Marvel was alighting with Hasbros action figure promotional timeline.

So if this was released in March and the publish date was June that mean they could have had this even prior to March……

Shouldnt the issue in Secret Wars where the symbiote drops from the wish machine be the first appearance of the Black costume…..and does the Spider-Woman first appearance in her Black Costume actually be considered since it inspired Peter’s design wish????

I would like to get the actual date of the toy convention my father took me and my buddy to. It was way before it hit the newsstands. To this day we remember getting the issue before it was placed on newsstands. And before the action figure was released. The booth was for the figures and the comic was a giveaway for convention goers. We were from the larger Adventure Team era and were surprised that they had shrank down to the Star Wars size action figures on display. At that time I had a regular Local Comic Shop near my school that I went to regularly....so I dont think I "missed" the debut.

Yup June 1982.

Found it.....doesn't seem to have anything that states its a "promo", but they were giving them out at the Hasbro booth that day.

Ive been digging in my stash to look for it….ill post pics.

I went to a Toy convention and Hasbro were giving away GI Joe Number 1 while promoting the GI Joe line. This was a good year before it appeared on the newsstand....circa Summer 1981. I was a kid and this was held at the old NY Coliseum at Columbus Circle that is now the Time Warner Center. Ill find it and post a pic and see if there are any differences in the printing.

#39 with Wally and MR. is super classic.

The Thing is my favorite character. I own a complete set of Marvel Two-In-One, but The Thing was just an ok run. Alot of what Byrne did at She-Hulk does show up when he was on it. If a proper FF film at the MCU is successful and Ben is given the "comedy" he sometimes exhibits, The Thing #1 could rise in value.