the thing is one of the cornerstones of marvel comics pun intended having debuted all the way back in 1961s fantastic four 1 which launched the marvel universe proper now hes getting another solo limited series in clobberin time from writerartist steve skroce and colorist bryan valenza and weve got an early preview of interior pages from clobberin time 1 in which he meets up with his old rivalfrenemy the hulkthe title will include ben grimm teaming up with numerous marvel heroes but it all starts with the hulk who has long had a beef with the thing over who is the strongest leading to many classic stories over the years in clobberin time 1 named after ben grimms catchphrase of course thing and hulk will take a journey across the stars to encounter a fullon celestial check out the gallery of interior pagesimage 1 of 6image credit marvel comicsimage credit marvel comicsimage credit marvel comicsimage credit marvel comicsimage credit marvel comicsimage credit marvel comicsits clobberin time all the time as ben grimm teams up with heroes from across the marvel universe for big fistpounding action but the stakes have never been higher reads marvels official description of clobberin time 1 in this opening issue ben and the incredible hulk are stranded on a distant ancient alien world where the duo must protect an ancient people against legions of deviant hordes and ultimately face the wrath of a celestial luckily they have four fists between themben grimm and the hulk first clashed way back in 1962s fantastic four 12 in which the ff are inadvertently roped into general thaddeus thunderbolt ross quest to capture or destroy the hulk sparking a rivalry between the two that has persisted even when theyre directly on the same sideclobberin time 1 goes on sale march 29check out the best fantastic four stories of all time