tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post1272982827899082993..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: NOW IS NOT A GOOD TIME, ALICIAComicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-5252583858343779862015-03-04T16:02:30.359-05:002015-03-04T16:02:30.359-05:00Yes, it's a distinction I was trying to make, ...Yes, it's a distinction I was trying to make, dbutler, as far as the variables present in subsequent fights--in this case, the Thing further mutated and at an enhanced level of strength, while the Hulk was less than his peak while in his gray form. When we think of a Thing/Hulk fight, it's generally when the Thing is the underdog, and in his original form. Steve Englehart wrote a good slug-fest in that later issue, no doubt about it--but the fight in FF #112 has both of these combatants going at each other without any manufactured advantages. I think the Thing would have lost here, regardless; but with Englehart stacking the deck in the Thing's favor in the other issue, FF #112 is a far more exciting battle for me to read.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-79292748314917150052015-03-04T15:34:39.826-05:002015-03-04T15:34:39.826-05:00Great fight! I didn't realize that Stan had d...Great fight! I didn't realize that Stan had done away with exclamation points for a while.<br /><br />As far as this being the last battle where the Thing had a chance against the Hulk, the Thing actually did beat the Hulk in Fantastic Four #320 - this is when the Thing was mutated and had the pointy rocks and much greater strength than usual, and the Hulk was in his gray Mr. Fixit incarnation and thus less strong than usual. However, the very next month, in Hulk #350, the Hulk won the rematch.dbutler16https://www.blogger.com/profile/00046066729353639991noreply@blogger.com