The Thing of Earth-1610, the Ultimate universe, started off as a rocky orange brute much like his Earth-616 counterpart. His Fantastic Four broke up in the wake of Ultimatum, but Ben himself found his rocky form unstable soon thereafter, leaving him seemingly human. Eventually, his Thing form returned and broke away like a cocoon, revealing a super-powered Ben within, more powerful than ever before…
Once upon a time, there was a young nerd from the Midwest, who loved Matter-Eater Lad and the McKenzie Brothers... If pop culture were a maze, Matthew would be the Minotaur at its center. Were it a mall, he'd be the Food Court. Were it a parking lot, he’d be the distant Cart Corral where the weird kids gather to smoke, but that’s not important right now... Matthew enjoys body surfing (so long as the bodies are fresh), writing in the third person, and dark-eyed women. Amongst his weaponry are such diverse elements as: Fear! Surprise! Ruthless efficiency! An almost fanatical devotion to pop culture! And a nice red uniform.
