The Fantastic Four vs The Thing! | This Man... This Monster!

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  • "This man...this monster!" You can't call yourself a fan of Ben Grimm, the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing, if you haven't read this issue. 40 years later and it's still one of the greatest Thing stories ever created. Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #fantasticfour
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  • @comicpop
    @comicpop  Рік тому +36

    Buy this collection here! amzn.to/42u7AqB

    • @mikesetzer9379
      @mikesetzer9379 Рік тому +1

      I really appreciate the link! This is why y’all are awesome! 😊

  • @joshcowdrey7894
    @joshcowdrey7894 Рік тому +138

    “He’s not an alien, he’s just drawn by Jack Kirby”
    Top 5 funniest Back Issues episodes of all
    time

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache Рік тому +120

    *Thing:* "Alicia left me for that silver guy, probably. My lover has left me! I'll never bang again!"
    *Ricardo Jones:* "Oh, don't you worry, Ben Grimm," *puts down binoculars* "I'll get your rocks off..."

    • @ninja1man4u
      @ninja1man4u Рік тому +17

      I guess Alicia and Ben's relationship was Rocky to say the least

    • @rayvenkman2087
      @rayvenkman2087 Рік тому

      @@ninja1man4u Knew she had a thing for The Rock. That unfaithful bitch.

    • @jikorijo4516
      @jikorijo4516 Рік тому +9

      @@ninja1man4u *RIMSHOT*🥁

    • @ghostwarrior3878
      @ghostwarrior3878 Рік тому +6

      Oh Lord... 🤦🤦🤣🤣🤣

    • @chrisdaily2077
      @chrisdaily2077 Рік тому +5

      *insert Ben Grimm is rock hard pun*

  • @Omar-wq9dz
    @Omar-wq9dz Рік тому +194

    I hope we get to see more Fantastic Four Back Issues from runs like Mark Waid and Jonathan Hickman

    • @mightyasterisk8333
      @mightyasterisk8333 Рік тому +12

      I’m hoping for some more Hickman stuff as well!!

    • @johnthai6188
      @johnthai6188 Рік тому +13

      @@mightyasterisk8333 agreed, so that people know reed isn't a raging dick or sexist person.

    • @MrZaku-rh4qt
      @MrZaku-rh4qt Рік тому +3

      Hickman's would be amazing.

    • @joshuanelson6795
      @joshuanelson6795 Рік тому +9

      Yes, I would love if they covered the "Unthinkable" arc by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo. One of Doctor Doom's best stories.

    • @johnthai6188
      @johnthai6188 Рік тому +2

      @@joshuanelson6795 i really like that story a lot, but dr. doom fans really hate that story.

  • @SuperSlowmobile
    @SuperSlowmobile Рік тому +11

    The Thing taking up skateboarding:
    "Here I 'yam, doin' ev'ry 'ting I can, holdin' on ta what I 'am, t'inkin' I'm a rocky maaaaaan..."

  • @WhatIsItAboutThem
    @WhatIsItAboutThem Рік тому +35

    The Essence of Ben Grimm
    Thingyness
    Thingitude
    Thingedness
    The law of man and rocks

  • @emperorg9910
    @emperorg9910 Рік тому +7

    I love that his name is Ricardo Jones. You just don't expect it.

  • @TheGreatDevlin
    @TheGreatDevlin Рік тому +50

    It's so hard for me to wrap my head around this being *one* issue. This would be six months of story in modern Marvel.

    • @augustarpg8035
      @augustarpg8035 Рік тому +19

      Thats Silver Age comics for ya. Full stories in 20 pages or less.

    • @akiraeatsguitarpicks491
      @akiraeatsguitarpicks491 Рік тому +2

      If this was modern Marvel Alicia would’ve married Silver Surfer and Ben would’ve been ok with it

    • @rosesske2551
      @rosesske2551 Рік тому +5

      ​@@akiraeatsguitarpicks491And they would have broken up 2 years later and acted like it never happened.

    • @sergioruiz733
      @sergioruiz733 2 місяці тому

      ​@@akiraeatsguitarpicks491In the Dematiess run of Silver Surfer post Onslaught that actually happens. Alicia actually dates the Silver Surfer and oddly enough Ben is really mature about it when he comes back via Heroes Return.

  • @instantbadass
    @instantbadass Рік тому +18

    Crazy to think in a single year, the Fantastic Four introduced the Inhumans, Silver Surfer and Galactus, did this story, and then the Black Panther.

  • @JLD22591
    @JLD22591 Рік тому +21

    A classic Fantastic Four story? This is a good day.

  • @kiko1935
    @kiko1935 Рік тому +9

    The zoom in on Ethan and Ben when the FF don't recognize Ben before the change is so good. WHAT were they THINKING?

  • @catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038
    @catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038 9 місяців тому +8

    Stan Lee F4 Back Issues are honestly my favourites. I've watched them multiple times and they always make me laugh so hard that I can't breathe

  • @Kieransm09
    @Kieransm09 Рік тому +13

    CONTEXT
    IS
    COMING

  • @Sicod79
    @Sicod79 Рік тому +39

    Wow. I just noticed (and I never knew this back when I was reading the story originally) that Coach Thorpe is probably named after Jim Thorpe, the Native American Gold Medal winning and All American football player as he tries to recruit Wyatt Wingfoot.

  • @bensneb360
    @bensneb360 Рік тому +24

    Something about 60s Fantastic Four comics just age so well, as far as enjoyment and intriguing concepts, it’s like fine wine

    • @johnthai6188
      @johnthai6188 Рік тому +1

      there are somethings that hasn't aged well tho, like reed being sexist. because modern interpretation of reed isn't sexist.

    • @DavidTSmith-jn5bs
      @DavidTSmith-jn5bs Рік тому +4

      FF used to be the testing ground for new characters and alien worlds. That's where The Kree first appeared thru Ronan the accuser...

    • @johnthai6188
      @johnthai6188 Рік тому

      @@benparrish672 for one i'm not a feminist and two to say all of stan lee's fantastic four has aged like fine wine is a bit much. because the characterization of reed being sexist, isn't what he's like in modern interpretation.

    • @theonlygamer2808
      @theonlygamer2808 Рік тому +1

      @@johnthai6188 so you don’t believe women should be equal to men? Cause that’s what feminism is….

    • @johnthai6188
      @johnthai6188 Рік тому +1

      @@theonlygamer2808 well there are different kinds of feminisms like 1st wave, 2nd wave, 3rd wave or 4th wave. i believe in women and men should be equal but, i don't think saying that should pigeon hold me into being labeled as a "feminist." and more to the point of, i don't like the characterization of reed being a sexist character because in more modern times, he's not one. so whenever i see reed being sexist, i feel like it's out of character for him. what's more in character trait for him, is keeping secrets from the family.

  • @ZeusPrototypo
    @ZeusPrototypo Рік тому +10

    The guys working through the science of Jack Kirby Caveman's Imaging Device is another all-time moment in ComicPop history

  • @thegreyinitiate3680
    @thegreyinitiate3680 Рік тому +16

    The first minute and a half of this episode is pure gold 😂😂😂

    • @thegreyinitiate3680
      @thegreyinitiate3680 Рік тому

      @@benparrish672 you mean some white hot context all over your face and chest? 😂

  • @ChristopherZubin
    @ChristopherZubin Рік тому +5

    I wasn't sure about this guy when he violated the laws of Man, but then he violated the laws of Rocks and Man, and I knew he was no good.

  • @seankensing
    @seankensing Рік тому +4

    “Sue, we don’t have time for this. YOU HAVE TO MAKE DINNER.” Lol Ben 🤣

  • @edwardosquidawardo
    @edwardosquidawardo Рік тому +53

    YAAAAAY, I always love the FF representation on Back Issues. Always love everything you guys put out as well!!!!

  • @loganthomas2421
    @loganthomas2421 Рік тому +8

    The funny thing is that issues prior to this, Reed switched bodies with Dr Doom and Reed had to work to convince the FF that it was really him. So you’d think Reed would give Ben the benefit of the doubt but nope

  • @Ka_Five
    @Ka_Five Рік тому +2

    The way my face lit up at "ridiculously circuitous scheme"

  • @randomman4628
    @randomman4628 Рік тому +6

    "white hot context" saving that so later

  • @jonathanshaw9704
    @jonathanshaw9704 Рік тому +33

    Instead of curing Ben, why doesn’t Reed find a way to alter Ben’s powers so he can turn his rocky body on and off?
    In the spirit of compromise.

    • @ghostwarrior3878
      @ghostwarrior3878 Рік тому +11

      Exactly. That would certainly be a lot easier.

    • @johnthai6188
      @johnthai6188 Рік тому

      @@ghostwarrior3878 ok, you know by the hickman run, ben has kinda been cured. the problem was reed wanted to find ways to have ben be cured entirely of being the thing. so he didn't find solutions to have him be the thing once in awhile. because reed was so fixated on "I NEED TO CURE HIM ENTRELY". the reason for reed to want to cure the thing entirely because for the longest time, before hickman's run, ben been depressed about being the thing. in the hickman run, the future foundation kids found a way to have him change back for one week a year.

    • @sergioruiz733
      @sergioruiz733 Рік тому +8

      He kinda does that a couple of times. I think once in Byrne's run and in Heroes Return, but again something happens to undo that switch. The only compromise is he gets one day a year to be human.

    • @MegaDisguy
      @MegaDisguy Рік тому +5

      He could use a thing ring!

    • @leothebackgroundsheep3010
      @leothebackgroundsheep3010 10 місяців тому +3

      He actually does end up doing that in the storyline "The End" By Alan Davis, which is set a few decades into the future(Reed has also figured out a way to make people immortal so most character looks the same age as in the main continuity). The funny thing is though, Ben then goes to live on Mars with the Inhumans and they only want to see him while he's his rocky self. He even quips about how ironic it is that so much time and effort was spent so that he's able to become Ben Grimm and now his neighbours only want the Thing.

  • @MrEnKaye
    @MrEnKaye Рік тому +25

    Oh my god, this is the funniest episode of Back Issues in a while! You guys looked like you were having so much fun here 😂😂😂

  • @dedbatt8869
    @dedbatt8869 Рік тому +4

    I love me some hot, steaming context from the Back Issues boys

  • @flywheelshyster
    @flywheelshyster Рік тому +5

    This show is the best thing about youtube.

  • @ItsOver9000Productions
    @ItsOver9000Productions Рік тому +5

    Nothing in comics warms my heart more than 60s era Marvel. Fun classic, digestible and sometimes important?

  • @priceyyeti4058
    @priceyyeti4058 Рік тому +14

    This is actually perfect because I rewatched the Coming of Galactus episode yesterday. Always a good time talking about Stan & Jack books.

  • @vitanpatel2061
    @vitanpatel2061 Рік тому +3

    Holds so much better than i expected tbh?

  • @daelen.cclark
    @daelen.cclark Рік тому +23

    You guys space out the well-know stories from the obscure stuff pretty well. Keeps it interesting, I think.
    “Wet Hot Context”, indeed.

  • @Cthuski
    @Cthuski Рік тому +13

    Do Hickman's run. The whole thing. DO IT.

  • @sergioruiz733
    @sergioruiz733 Рік тому +16

    I really appreciate, looking over the last 6 months that you guys have done 3 FF episodes, as a hardcore FF fan, it made me so happy to see this in my notifications. You guys rock. Edit: My God I have never laughed so hard at an episode 🤣

  • @nickyt.2157
    @nickyt.2157 Рік тому +2

    I need “White Hot Context” as a t-shirt! 😂

  • @JamesHaney
    @JamesHaney Рік тому +3

    Whattrevoltin’devopmentDISis!

  • @TevyaSmolka
    @TevyaSmolka Рік тому +5

    I am so happy to see the fantastic four on back issues again which is really awesome and tons of fun.

  • @accidentalmadness1708
    @accidentalmadness1708 Рік тому +6

    Ricardo Jones: “I want to take his face… off”

  • @dn22pkkdd476
    @dn22pkkdd476 Рік тому +4

    33:57 the return of the B.M.O.C.
    Only real ones know about the B.M.O.C.

  • @rayvenkman2087
    @rayvenkman2087 Рік тому +4

    Single Issues huh? How about Transformers Spotlight: Mirage? Now that’s a trippy comic.

  • @dannydoo8717
    @dannydoo8717 Рік тому +2

    29:04 wasn't expecting the Family Guy crossover

  • @Grievousish
    @Grievousish Рік тому +4

    Good lord the jokes this episode started at a 10 and never let off the gas!

  • @michaeldickens6195
    @michaeldickens6195 Рік тому +3

    "The mets baby it's all about the mets!"

  • @endlessvoid7952
    @endlessvoid7952 Рік тому +1

    The Reed impressions are gold 😂 what a prick lol

  • @ryanisabox292
    @ryanisabox292 Рік тому +2

    This seems like some Monarch level of planning

  • @willcrouch2359
    @willcrouch2359 Рік тому +4

    With all this context, you guys are gonna make me CONTEXT

  • @AugustNerdinIron
    @AugustNerdinIron Рік тому +8

    Love it when y'all cover the FF! Another great episode

  • @dedbatt8869
    @dedbatt8869 Рік тому +2

    1:17 Sal’s laugh is contagious 😂

  • @MrPonytron
    @MrPonytron Рік тому +1

    I always love Ben's reactions and commentary in these episodes. Lol 😆

  • @FeIixDragon
    @FeIixDragon 5 місяців тому +1

    29:00 When Ben goes back to the Fantastic Four he's dressed like Peter Griffin.

  • @sammysamiam5219
    @sammysamiam5219 Рік тому +2

    No Susan you can’t. You need to get dinner ready by the time we come back….. it’s the only way

  • @ryanferriera1785
    @ryanferriera1785 Рік тому +4

    Its gonna be one of those episodes huh?I love when I forget its wednesday and get surprised with new back issues. You guys are great.

  • @Hulkzilla0
    @Hulkzilla0 Рік тому +4

    Not two minutes in and already my ribs are hurting from laughter!

  • @12000Werewolf
    @12000Werewolf Рік тому +3

    I really want you guys to do some of the Aquaman stories from the mid 90s to early 2000s especially since the Cover Artist and Peniciller Martin Egeland is a good friend of mine and it would just be awesome to see!!

  • @minwify
    @minwify Рік тому +1

    When sal mentioned transparency paper I had a war flash back to third grade math class 😭

  • @sollyswolly1623
    @sollyswolly1623 Рік тому +3

    Yeah! Back Issues Fantastic Four!

  • @cladladd
    @cladladd Рік тому +3

    sal a real one fr fr on juh

  • @landonny
    @landonny Рік тому +4

    I say it everytime and I'll keep commenting it (if only for the algorithm lol) I love these back issues on classics!

  • @Primaeros
    @Primaeros Рік тому +3

    "Shoot context all over your face, neck and chest."
    SAL PLS there are people who are super into you 😳💦

  • @highlander1154
    @highlander1154 Рік тому +1

    The Kirby switching machine has many powers.

  • @NovatheDestined
    @NovatheDestined Рік тому +1

    I see a new ComicPop, I click on a new ComicPop, I watch a new ComicPop. This is the highlight of my Wednesdays.

  • @spiderdude99
    @spiderdude99 Рік тому +3

    Sweet back issues on my bday

  • @alexlawrence6440
    @alexlawrence6440 Рік тому +2

    Love that you all keep going back to these old back issues, even though that’s implied by the shows name, but these old episodes are my favorite

  • @trevorghalt1881
    @trevorghalt1881 Рік тому +3

    They're shooting hot steamy white context everywhere after Galactus came, that's hot and this story is great also Reed & Sue did not believe their friend was a human is sweet🤣😭

  • @burnoutmediaco
    @burnoutmediaco Рік тому +1

    Love it boys! Now do the Mark Waid run please. They fight a living math problem, there’s gold there.

  • @forehandmei3857
    @forehandmei3857 Рік тому +3

    Really like listening to yinz do back issues. Thanks for this one = )

  • @bconwe6420
    @bconwe6420 Рік тому +2

    ballertown, always good shit

  • @roxtechs
    @roxtechs Рік тому +1

    I love of the best issue of the Fantastic Four isn’t even about Fantastic Four. He paid full price and paid it like a man is words to live by.

  • @ShudderingSeagull
    @ShudderingSeagull Рік тому +3

    Been loving the elseworlds and classic stories this year!

  • @vitanpatel2061
    @vitanpatel2061 Рік тому +1

    Always much fun when we get this era!

  • @aegis9109
    @aegis9109 Рік тому +2

    Always love it when the Crew covers old stories, since younger readers didn’t get the chance to ever read them. 🍿

  • @KiramidHead
    @KiramidHead Рік тому +1

    I've been going through the old Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four lately, and it's almost comical how many times Ben Grimm is cured of being The Thing only for it to almost immediately fuck up and turn him back.

  • @jabezcreed
    @jabezcreed Рік тому +2

    Excellent comic and summary!

  • @CptCrash21
    @CptCrash21 Рік тому +1

    I'm not even 90 seconds in and I'm already in tears laughing!

  • @dablackwizards5312
    @dablackwizards5312 Рік тому +3

    I miss the boob windows lol

  • @AGuyWithTheFace
    @AGuyWithTheFace Рік тому +3

    As usual, y'all deliver!

  • @jeff2178
    @jeff2178 Рік тому +1

    I love when they do silver age stories

  • @zaengo
    @zaengo 11 місяців тому +1

    this might be the funniest Back Issues you've done

  • @dirb1530
    @dirb1530 Рік тому +2

    Man I love these FF episodes

  • @_Flyerband
    @_Flyerband Рік тому +2

    Context is COMING!

  • @sombrashadow0013
    @sombrashadow0013 Рік тому +1

    1:07 mightve been the hardest Ive laughed so far

  • @fcm3d
    @fcm3d Рік тому +1

    Sweet I love Ben stories!

  • @retromanstv
    @retromanstv Рік тому +4

    Can you guys do a back issues on the human torch vs sub-mariner from the 1940s?

  • @pay7232
    @pay7232 Рік тому +1

    Hey comicpop, please keep these classic silver age comics coming🫶 I love them all.

  • @patkohler9695
    @patkohler9695 Рік тому +4

    The Man whio would be Thing

  • @cubedragon6500
    @cubedragon6500 Рік тому +2

    I had the actual issue when I was a kid. I tried to trade it for a few copies of Mcfarlane’s Spider-Man #1 that just came out. The nice comic store guy made me rethink my decision.

  • @PhoenixEnforcer101
    @PhoenixEnforcer101 Рік тому +2

    Big stories are cool but I'd love more discussions like this on single issues

  • @michaellabonte6390
    @michaellabonte6390 Рік тому +2

    Cool! Was just looking back jnto the F4. You guys always hit the maek
    Also Wyatt Wingfoot is a cool character 😎

  • @jabezcreed
    @jabezcreed Рік тому +1

    50:25 It's quantum entanglement!

  • @Malcolm1294
    @Malcolm1294 3 місяці тому +1

    Love this channel so much dude lmaooo😂😂😂

  • @jamluci
    @jamluci Рік тому +1

    I hope you guys do the Malice story someday. Sue needs a win

  • @nigelflood7074
    @nigelflood7074 Рік тому +2

    Awesome 🎉

  • @blackdragon8577
    @blackdragon8577 Рік тому +1

    This was a fantastic episode.

  • @Depthcharge2030
    @Depthcharge2030 Рік тому +3

    Yeah I wish Marvels epic collections would be in print longer. Or if they would reprint some of their books more often. It just reprint the Star Wars epics. That would be neat.

  • @nathanchaffin6380
    @nathanchaffin6380 Рік тому +2

    Another great episode fellas. Love the weird ones.

  • @therealmanos
    @therealmanos Рік тому +1

    I really enjoyed this.

  • @jjh01harmon38
    @jjh01harmon38 Рік тому +2

    Always fun to see the population cover classics

  • @playboicardigan
    @playboicardigan Рік тому +1

    This episode was hilarious!!

  • @Runge_was_here
    @Runge_was_here 4 місяці тому

    I have so many things now that are only canon because i heard it in comic pop and completely agree. 😂

  • @robertmckeon297
    @robertmckeon297 Рік тому +1

    I’ve been on my grizzly bear lately myself.
    Feels good..lol

  • @YouCalledForTheDoc
    @YouCalledForTheDoc Рік тому +2

    You know, I don’t think I’ve read the story where Sue’s pregnancy and birth happens.