Poor old ben while his three mates gained cool abilities from the cosmic rays they were subjected to on a mission into space but kept their good looks ben grimm got lumbered with permanently transforming into a great big orange rock beast to add insult to injury he was also given the charming codename of the thing hes made the best of it though fighting crime with the rest of the fantastic four and coming up with one of the best catchphrases ever its clobbering time this is an offic