Wednesday, March 11, 2026

The Atom and The Thing

 


Al Pratt seems to have a similar personality to Ben Grimm, and I think that they would get along.  That is, unless they were manipulated into battle by a creep like The Wizard! 

11 comments:

Carycomic said...

Ah! But, is this the Bentley Wittman version (from the Frightful Four) or the William Azard version (of Injustice Society infamy)? Or maybe even some creepy amalgam of the two (a la Iron Beetle)!

Ross only knows. :-)

Anonymous said...

Wasn't it once spit-balled (@ B&B:TLI #254, copyright Aug. 11, 2011) that this universe is, itself, an amalgam created by the magical prank war between Bat-mite and the Impossible Man? So, it stands to reason that there'd be occasional, smaller-scale amalgams of individuals! In this case, however, I would hazard to guess that this particular "merger" is the proverbial tip of the iceberg. A secondary effect, you might say, of whatever plot was being cooked up, thirty issues back, by Two-Face and the In-Betweener!

Jason Toddman said...

I take it this is neither Mandrake nor Zatara the Magician, but rather the rather nasty member of the Frightful Four who fought against the Fantastic Four? Figures that Marvel Comic's token magician characters would rather steal from a child' birthday party (and especially to traumatize the birthday kid) rather than perform in one and entertain them.

Anonymous said...

You could be half-right.

Bob Buethe said...

He looks more like the old Justice Society foe.

Detective Tobor said...

it would be Grimm to try to split the Atom with a stick shift!

Anonymous said...

How do you know it doesn't have "atomatic" transmission?

Jason Toddman said...

Do you suppose that Ben Grimm (aka Thing) is related to the witch that told scary stories in Gold Key Comics' Grimm's Ghost Stories?

Carycomic said...

Who knows? That might've even been Agatha Harkness, herself, using a pen name!

Bob Greenwade said...

So, Cary... are you suggesting that it was Agatha all along?

Carycomic said...

[Imitating game show bell]: Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!

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