. "360.0"^^ . "Body made entirely of rock."@en . "===Early History===\nBen Grimm's history is the same as that of his Earth-616 counterpart up until planning the top secret government flight with Reed Richards at college.Encountering Cosmic ProblemsThe DiscoveryAn X-Ceptional Man\nthumb|left|275px|Thing's uniform as a founding X-Ceptional.The Choice\nMore coming soon!"@en . "Cure me, Stretch? You kiddin'? I got it good. Fire eyes ain't never gonna see color again. Can't even open his eyes unassisted. I can still see, and hear, and feel. I just have trouble holding a pencil. No, Reed, I'm OK. If I lose my powers, I lose the X-Ceptionals, and it's the best thing to ever happen to me. They're my family and friends. I stay Ben, I stay the Thing. Life is good as it's gonna get, Stretcho, for all of us. There's a war coming, we better fight it while we can. And you'll need the one and only, ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing to do it!"@en . . . "Earth-3083"@en . "American"@en . . "Adventurer, formerly astronaut, pilot"@en . "College, US army, NASA"@en . "Thing"@en . "Blue"@en . . . "None"@en . "Astronaut mutated by exposure to cosmic rays."@en . . "Public"@en . "Single"@en . "Brown"@en . . "Xavier Institute"@en . . "Benjamin Grimm (Earth-3083)"@en . "Brown when human."@en . "Good"@en . "Male"@en . . "Thing"@en . . . "250"^^ . "Benjamin Jacob Grimm"@en . "475.0"^^ .