COVER BY SCOTT KOLINS & ANDY LANNING
GEOFF JOHNS (W)/SCOTT KOLINS (P)/ANDY LANNING (I)
• THE SCOOP: The creative team behind The Flash throw the spotlighton the ever lovin' blue-eyed Thing!
• THE STORY: Ben Grimm has bad luck. He never got the grades, henever got the girl and Cosmic Rays shoved the ugly stick down his throat. Butwhere did this stroke of bad luck come from? Is it all in his head? Or has karmacaught up with Aunt Petunia's nephew? And what does it all have to do with acarnival attended by the FF's strongman during his youth? Take a look behindBen's bathroom door, find out just what's underneath those rocks of his andrediscover why the Thing is the coolest -- and grumpiest -- super hero onEarth!
• THE CREATORS: Writer of JSA -- and soon to join AVENGERS -- GeoffJohns and Flash penciler Scott Kolins enter The House by taking on one ourgreatest characters!
• THE FORMAT: The debut issue of this four-part series is 32 pages,with ads.