That's the thing about Johnny. He's a cocky, showboaty, honestly kind of jerky person. But even with that, you'd be harder pressed to find someone as true of a friend in Marvel as Johnny is to those around him.
@@BlindDragoon the best bros are like that. They will laugh at you being in the hospital for doing dumb shit while making sure you are as comfy as possible.
The thing is I bet the Thing was just happy to see his thing again, and the really great thing is that the Thing got to share share his thing with Alicia.
As much as a "Jerk" Johnny is towards Ben, deep down Ben knows he's a guy with golden heart. Even Ben himself got extremely depressed when Johnny was trapped in Negative Zone.
Just imagine that you have an ability to turn off your ability but the stress because of your ability is so strong that you are not able to turn off the ability that you are so stressed about
Fun fact: there was a study conducted once on a group of people who had insomnia. They were issued a strong drug that they were told would amp up their system and make it impossible to get to sleep. You heard what I said: the insomniac were given a drug to PREVENT sleep. It turned out that afterward, a lot of them dropped right off. What had been keeping them awake was anxiety about not being able to get to sleep, so once they knew sleep was impossible the anxiety went away and so did their problem.
@@Mereologist As someone who has crippling insomnia related to other co-morbid mental health issues, this is a whole load of bullshit. Nothing I can find on the internet supports this wacky ass misinformation. I can't speak for everyone, but my anxiety is a symptom and is treated as such by my therapist, and any other good mental healthcare practitioner. My insomnia (primary factors being intense repeated traumatic stress and persistant psychosis) and many people's insomnia, is not formed from anxiety, their relationships to each other are complex and very much case-by-case, as referenced: (Copied from a scientifically evidenced National Institue of Health Article) ''Are there studies on lack of sleep and anxiety? ''These findings were replicated for chronic insomnia in a recent study, which further showed that, insomnia appeared before the anxiety disorder in 18% of cases, anxiety and insomnia appeared about, in the same time in 38.6% of cases, and anxiety appeared before insomnia in 43.5% of cases.'' Just fuckin Google stuff.
Absolutely love how Hickman shows how truly Fantastic each member of the Four are. They absolutely deserve their status in the Marvel Universe as the golden family.
0:06 The way the Thing originally looked. One of my favourite comics as a child was Marvel Two-In-One #50 when the Thing went back in time and fought himself in 1961.
The biggest take away from me is that in a way, we're all The Thing, needing our own human torch to help burn away our insecurities and help get us over ourselves.
I love that Alicia doesn't notice that Ben is normal again because she doesn't see The Thing as anything but regular Ben. And it isn't until Ben speaks up that she actually notices. She doesn't ask questions. She doesn't judge. She just embraces Ben like a normal person. That's real love.
Alicia in the current F4 run is so precious, in the blood hunt tie in with her and Reed is a highlight. It almost proves she’s an honorary member of the F4.
Ben is one of my favorite characters too. I'll never get tired of your deep dives into his stories. I always found it interesting - Reed could cure him in a heartbeat, but the real problem was making it so Ben could transform just like everyone else on the team. He LIKED his powers, he wanted what Johnny had, for example.
@@Mulletman_Comicsin the future I am potentially making a marvel Lego stop motton series and I don’t yet have any voice actors on standby I would need a thing and a Johnny va
Ben’s the glue that holds the entire team together, but love it whenever Johnny gets to not be a hot-head for a bit, ‘cause he cares more than he ever lets on.
Thank you for sharing the Thing stories that you do man. The Thing has been my favorite hero since I was a little Tyke. And it's been amazing how he's been relevant to me at different times in my life for different reasons. He just has so much humanity to him and represents to me how powerful super hero stories can be. There are too many great Thing stories for me to count, especially if you read up some of his great Marvel Two in One shenanigans, but if I had to pick one, It would be FF40. If you've never read that one, look it up. It's not exactly Thing-Centric, but it's one of the most impactful moments of his.
Hey man, just wanted to let you know your voice acting is damn good. From the voices themselves, to how you deliver each character's lines, the dialogue between them, everything is just excellent.
4:20 dude seriously u put this scene up and pair it with the music from Captain America and the end of Avengers Endgame you get the most powerful and beautiful scene ever that I think rivals that ending with Steve and Peggy i’d really love to see a scene like this in the Fantastic Four movies with Ben and Alicia
i wonder if bens poker night would be all that different even as the thing since he is surrounded by super guys anyway, i feel thats something he can still enjoy as the thing
I get the feeling it still would have been the same either way. They’d all need a bit of a bigger table but you could totally see something like this in the MCU, after some long fought battle the guys just sitting down, playing some card games and having a few beers.
@@petconerd1984 Pretty sure thats because its tradition for Ben to host a poker game, with the winnings being donated to a charity of the winners choice
The Thing has always been one of my most favorite characters. This was an excellent issue because in the classic FF stories, Ben and Johnny would sometimes hang out with each other but not often.
I love the image of Ben with Cap and all the heroes. I love when heroes are just being friends doing normal shit and not fighting each other for some dumb reason.
This is why You're one of my favorite youtubers because I don't get to read these comics so it's cool to go through them with you. Like if a friend told me about this issue
I forgot Alicia is blind and was like, imagine you date a big giant rock monster and your first thought is “hey something looks different, did you get a haircut oooorrr”
as a kid watching the F4 movies I thought the Thing was just this big ugly rock guy, but having grown up the stories of Ben wanting to be seen as a regular person and the emotional turmoil that creates really resonates with me and he’s quickly become one of my favourite marvel characters
I always get hung up on the Fantastic Four. On the one hand they seem really wholesome and inspirational, and on the other they let their youngest child have play dates with the worst mass murderer in human history. That is severely messed up.
Johnny is that one guy that when he's around, you only think of all the rude and annoying things he does, but the second he's gone you'll realize all he did for you
Johnny is the best wingman Ben may find him aggravating most of the time, but he still cares about him immensely and I’m so glad Ben was able to get his greatest week
Awww, Ben Grimm/The Thing is my favorite superhero of All Time, but I've Never seen This story!😳😳😳 Big Big THX for Posting This, I cried at the end, it was soooo Beautiful!!!🥲🥲🥲❤❤❤😃😃😃🥰🥰🥰
What's Crazy About This Is When The Thing Took The Cure & Became Human Again, He Must've Thought This Was A Prank & Then He Started Yelling At The Human Torch, Who Started To Laugh.
There was a story where it came out that most of the pranks that the Yancy Street Gang pulled on Ben were actually perpetrated by Johnny. He accidentally left the receipt in the box with one of the exploding pies, and Ben was going to track down the store and make the owner tell him who bought the gag gift. Johnny went into full panic mode thinking Ben might kill the store owner, and might kill him when he found out it was Johnny. In the course of following Ben, he witnessed Ben stopping, and deciding to go back to the Baxter Building, because on a certain level it actually made him happy that the guys from his old neighborhood weren't scared to take the piss out of him and keep him humble. Which of course destroyed Johnny even more than Ben trying to punch him into next week would have. So, to this day, Johnny still occasionally sends Ben gag gifts under the guise of the Yancy Street Gang, because he doesn't want Ben to think his old neighborhood has forgotten him or stopped thinking of him as just one of the guys.
Heck ben grimm was never a monster to us kids growing up in 70s Brooklyn New york.we indentifed more with him than almost any other character marvel or dc. I remember my friend drew a great comic scene of him punching superman across the page saying..."it's clobberin' time sups!"
That "Good for you, Ben" at the end was the most deserved thing ever
He was givin’ someone his thing, if you know what I mean.
It seemed genuine too, like he was really happy for ben.
Johnny is such a bro. Definitely a bro Ben deserves. We need more bros like that
He also fucked Doom Bride before the wedding making Doom keep being a villain
Hes also a great bro for spidy
He's so full of snark; it's nice to see the caring that's actually underneath that.
That's the thing about Johnny. He's a cocky, showboaty, honestly kind of jerky person. But even with that, you'd be harder pressed to find someone as true of a friend in Marvel as Johnny is to those around him.
@@BlindDragoon the best bros are like that. They will laugh at you being in the hospital for doing dumb shit while making sure you are as comfy as possible.
The thing is I bet the Thing was just happy to see his thing again, and the really great thing is that the Thing got to share share his thing with Alicia.
The things the thing gets for waiting for the thing is so worth the wait
@@litiangparra6799for the thing right?
@@MaewCatt yes that thing
@@litiangparra6799 no the other thing
If the Thing doesn't have his thing then why he's wearing pants?
I like that when Thing goes human he looks like a era appropriate 1960s version of what a guy in "shape" looked like.
Yeah me too
Hey.
That's a shape.
Not a bad shape either.
He's built like a wrestler or a heavy weight boxer.
Man Johnny's such a jerk. But when he tries, he can be the best guy imaginable.
He’s the best of both worlds
Johnny is definitely a wild card, but his heart is as bright as the sun. Man makes everyone shine.
As much as a "Jerk" Johnny is towards Ben, deep down Ben knows he's a guy with golden heart. Even Ben himself got extremely depressed when Johnny was trapped in Negative Zone.
Johnny is the kind of friend who would tease you relentlessly, but will jump at the opportunity to make you the happiest man alive.
Just imagine that you have an ability to turn off your ability but the stress because of your ability is so strong that you are not able to turn off the ability that you are so stressed about
Fun fact: there was a study conducted once on a group of people who had insomnia. They were issued a strong drug that they were told would amp up their system and make it impossible to get to sleep. You heard what I said: the insomniac were given a drug to PREVENT sleep. It turned out that afterward, a lot of them dropped right off. What had been keeping them awake was anxiety about not being able to get to sleep, so once they knew sleep was impossible the anxiety went away and so did their problem.
@@Mereologistwhat’s the name of the study; it honestly sounds really interesting
sounds like that if he popped couple of alprazolams he would turn to human just fine
@@Mereologist As someone who has crippling insomnia related to other co-morbid mental health issues, this is a whole load of bullshit. Nothing I can find on the internet supports this wacky ass misinformation. I can't speak for everyone, but my anxiety is a symptom and is treated as such by my therapist, and any other good mental healthcare practitioner.
My insomnia (primary factors being intense repeated traumatic stress and persistant psychosis) and many people's insomnia, is not formed from anxiety, their relationships to each other are complex and very much case-by-case, as referenced:
(Copied from a scientifically evidenced National Institue of Health Article)
''Are there studies on lack of sleep and anxiety?
''These findings were replicated for chronic insomnia in a recent study, which further showed that, insomnia appeared before the anxiety disorder in 18% of cases, anxiety and insomnia appeared about, in the same time in 38.6% of cases, and anxiety appeared before insomnia in 43.5% of cases.''
Just fuckin Google stuff.
I can only imagine how hard Ben went blowing out back, just being happy he’s himself again. Bravo bud, you earned it several times over.
AYO 💀
Unfiltered af
Lol. Honestly same I'm like go pipe your GF dude. Fantastic comic though, really sells Ben and Johnny's friendship.
Thing smash
Pause
Johnny is like a brother we should never take for granted
Or for granite 😂
I remember when he died, spidey and Franklin talked about how much they missed him. It was bittersweet.
At the end of the day, it's great to see that The Thing got his rocks off
0:12
Absolutely love how Hickman shows how truly Fantastic each member of the Four are. They absolutely deserve their status in the Marvel Universe as the golden family.
W Johnny for always being there for his friends for when things go rough The Thing deserves more shine and happiness like this
damn that panel of them with Stan and Jack made me emotional. RIP to the GOATS
Damn i want more comics like this. No underlying big stake just a story a simple story.
This story’s so sweet, it’s so nice getting to see Ben happy
I love the thing. I actually feel like he doesn’t get talked about enough.
Same
0:06 The way the Thing originally looked. One of my favourite comics as a child was Marvel Two-In-One #50 when the Thing went back in time and fought himself in 1961.
Johnny is such a bro in this issue.
W Human Torch 🔥🔥🔥
Mulletman I've been binging your videos lately and I love your story telling keep up the great work mate
Rest In Peace Jack Kirby.
Dude this story actually made me tear up. Thanks for sharing this.
0:12 hol up.
OK I’m not the only one who seen that right? What the heck is going on here
I thought I was goin crazy what kinda r34 shit is this
I didn't even notice that the first time LMAO
OK, so I'm NOT tripping balls here...got it.
Is that a real comic panel ?
Sometimes I feel like these type of stories are rare which is sad because they're so good
The biggest take away from me is that in a way, we're all The Thing, needing our own human torch to help burn away our insecurities and help get us over ourselves.
Johnny is always such a bro, i wish we could see more of his day-to-day with spiderman and the things like a "boys are back in town" vibes
I love that Alicia doesn't notice that Ben is normal again because she doesn't see The Thing as anything but regular Ben. And it isn't until Ben speaks up that she actually notices. She doesn't ask questions. She doesn't judge. She just embraces Ben like a normal person. That's real love.
Alicia in the current F4 run is so precious, in the blood hunt tie in with her and Reed is a highlight. It almost proves she’s an honorary member of the F4.
Love this run and Love this story and love The Thing
Ben is one of my favorite characters too. I'll never get tired of your deep dives into his stories. I always found it interesting - Reed could cure him in a heartbeat, but the real problem was making it so Ben could transform just like everyone else on the team. He LIKED his powers, he wanted what Johnny had, for example.
0:12 Excuse the fuck outta me?!?!
Said the same thing
Aw man one of the comics I grew up on was this exact comic, great to see johnny being such a bro here especially before what happens later on…
5:38 you couldve said "I like to share the thing stories, because the thing stories are... my thing".
Dude, your Ben voice is great. You should look into voice acting
I’ve done some small voice work here and there, it’s always been something I wanted to do since a kid. So I hope that one day it’ll come true!
@@Mulletman_Comicsin the future I am potentially making a marvel Lego stop motton series and I don’t yet have any voice actors on standby I would need a thing and a Johnny va
As a fellow Australian I’m glad we have you keep up the great work can’t wait for the next video
With how great of a friend Johnny was, no wonder Ben broke the way he did when he died
2:53 I love when comics do that
Rest In Peace Stan ‘The Man’ Lee.
I do love that we get one quick "Johnny pranks Ben" moment before a genuinely touching day out on the town.
Ben’s the glue that holds the entire team together, but love it whenever Johnny gets to not be a hot-head for a bit, ‘cause he cares more than he ever lets on.
0:12 I'm not mad, I just wanna know
Do we really though?
YESSS😂😂😂😂@@bestaround3323
Thank you for sharing the Thing stories that you do man. The Thing has been my favorite hero since I was a little Tyke. And it's been amazing how he's been relevant to me at different times in my life for different reasons. He just has so much humanity to him and represents to me how powerful super hero stories can be.
There are too many great Thing stories for me to count, especially if you read up some of his great Marvel Two in One shenanigans, but if I had to pick one, It would be FF40. If you've never read that one, look it up. It's not exactly Thing-Centric, but it's one of the most impactful moments of his.
Johnny may be a smart ass, but he’s a damn good friend
All this proved is that Johnny is a real hero. He doesn’t need super powers to be a hero
This really just shows how much of a bro Johnny is.😺
Hey man, just wanted to let you know your voice acting is damn good. From the voices themselves, to how you deliver each character's lines, the dialogue between them, everything is just excellent.
Ben Grimm is always such a great character in the right hands.
0:52 welcome back yakub
Ur my hero for diving into this story.
4:20 dude seriously u put this scene up and pair it with the music from Captain America and the end of Avengers Endgame you get the most powerful and beautiful scene ever that I think rivals that ending with Steve and Peggy i’d really love to see a scene like this in the Fantastic Four movies with Ben and Alicia
It's great
DUDE I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT THAT
i wonder if bens poker night would be all that different even as the thing since he is surrounded by super guys anyway, i feel thats something he can still enjoy as the thing
I get the feeling it still would have been the same either way. They’d all need a bit of a bigger table but you could totally see something like this in the MCU, after some long fought battle the guys just sitting down, playing some card games and having a few beers.
@@petconerd1984 Pretty sure thats because its tradition for Ben to host a poker game, with the winnings being donated to a charity of the winners choice
I shed a tear with Alicia. This was a great story.
0:12 -- WHAT THE ACTUAL F am I looking at here?
A work of art
This is probably the most wholesome shit I've ever seen out of the F4
The Thing has always been one of my most favorite characters. This was an excellent issue because in the classic FF stories, Ben and Johnny would sometimes hang out with each other but not often.
Love the work you do❤
I love the image of Ben with Cap and all the heroes. I love when heroes are just being friends doing normal shit and not fighting each other for some dumb reason.
Ben deserves the happiness.. this makes me cry tears of joy
That’s a true friend 😢❤
This is why You're one of my favorite youtubers because I don't get to read these comics so it's cool to go through them with you. Like if a friend told me about this issue
I forgot Alicia is blind and was like, imagine you date a big giant rock monster and your first thought is “hey something looks different, did you get a haircut oooorrr”
0:11 BRO
Oh Man ,nice touch Dude👌!! The Steve Rogers promised dance 🎼 tone 🎼 to Peggy Carter when Ben shows up at Alicia's🚪 real smooth👍
Ben deserves happiness.
I love when you get to see the more human side of super heroes like this
as a kid watching the F4 movies I thought the Thing was just this big ugly rock guy, but having grown up the stories of Ben wanting to be seen as a regular person and the emotional turmoil that creates really resonates with me and he’s quickly become one of my favourite marvel characters
Thank you for not bleeping what we all KNEW Ben was saying.
True bro.
Ben getting it in with Alicia while Johnny waits for him at the car.
Ben is a icon. He deserves this shine.
Bro some of your videos make me wanna fucking cry
I love you’re voice acting and commentary! Keep up your great work.
Even the classic Nick Fury was at the card game. Bros will always be bros.
I cannot wait to see this Ben and Johnny dynamic in the MCU. One of the most underrated duo in comics.
0:13 caught me off guard
I always get hung up on the Fantastic Four. On the one hand they seem really wholesome and inspirational, and on the other they let their youngest child have play dates with the worst mass murderer in human history. That is severely messed up.
Johnny is that one guy that when he's around, you only think of all the rude and annoying things he does, but the second he's gone you'll realize all he did for you
I never get tired of Alicia's reaction to feeling the inner Ben Grimm thanks for the awesome video
Seeing winter soldier captain America’s having fun playing cards is such a weird sight to me idk why lol
Johnny is the best wingman
Ben may find him aggravating most of the time, but he still cares about him immensely and I’m so glad Ben was able to get his greatest week
“Stop, wait a minute. Something ain’t right!” 0:12
It’s so nice seeing him get a happy story for once
This story is so sweet! I'd love to see it animated!
0:12 what the hell
Damn, I didn't know how much of a real one Johnny is until this comic lol
The music that’s playing is a different version of the song that plays during Steve & Peggy’s dance in Endgame, and I love it.
Awww, Ben Grimm/The Thing is my favorite superhero of All Time, but I've Never seen This story!😳😳😳 Big Big THX for Posting This, I cried at the end, it was soooo Beautiful!!!🥲🥲🥲❤❤❤😃😃😃🥰🥰🥰
What's Crazy About This Is When The Thing Took The Cure & Became Human Again, He Must've Thought This Was A Prank & Then He Started Yelling At The Human Torch, Who Started To Laugh.
The Captain America music under Ben and Alicia was a nice touch.
That last part got me.
the human torch will always be a bro loved this
Nice touch adding “It’s Been a Long, Long Time.”
Johnny might be a dick but damn he sure went all out for his friend, what a pal
bro can only lay pipe one week out of the year and still has Alicia on lock. Ben got game for sure
There was a story where it came out that most of the pranks that the Yancy Street Gang pulled on Ben were actually perpetrated by Johnny. He accidentally left the receipt in the box with one of the exploding pies, and Ben was going to track down the store and make the owner tell him who bought the gag gift. Johnny went into full panic mode thinking Ben might kill the store owner, and might kill him when he found out it was Johnny. In the course of following Ben, he witnessed Ben stopping, and deciding to go back to the Baxter Building, because on a certain level it actually made him happy that the guys from his old neighborhood weren't scared to take the piss out of him and keep him humble. Which of course destroyed Johnny even more than Ben trying to punch him into next week would have.
So, to this day, Johnny still occasionally sends Ben gag gifts under the guise of the Yancy Street Gang, because he doesn't want Ben to think his old neighborhood has forgotten him or stopped thinking of him as just one of the guys.
0:12 IS THAT WHAT I FUCKING THINK IT IS
i'm not crying, you're crying 🥹🥹🥹
Johnny Storm: the true best friend.
Love the Thing stories and hope the FF comes back to prominence.
I think Alicia not noticing immediately is extremely sweet actually. I see it as her seeing him as ben no matter what.
I initially wrote "The Thing rocks!" but wasn't intending for the pun 😅. Great video and story!
the thing was all ways one of my favrets I have 1-80 of his comic books
Gotta admit Johnny was a real wingman here.
Heck ben grimm was never a monster to us kids growing up in 70s Brooklyn New york.we indentifed more with him than almost any other character marvel or dc. I remember my friend drew a great comic scene of him punching superman across the page saying..."it's clobberin' time sups!"