Fantastic Four: 10 Times The Thing Redefined The Word “Fantastic”

3. Ben Grimm, Guardian Of The Galaxy

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Ben had been to space several times with the Fantastic Four, but that was always in the middle of some crazy, cosmic end of the universe adventure and he never got the chance to enjoy himself. So, Ben jumped at the chance to join the Kitty Pryde-led team of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Sure, there was plenty of action - including liberating an entire prison planet and accidentally getting married to an alien - but there was also plenty of time where he could enjoy the fact that he wasn’t only working in space, but living there, and that he was friends with a talking tree and a foul-mouthed raccoon. It was definitely a giant leap for a former NASA fly-boy.

Unfortunately, it was short-lived when the Guardians' ship broke down on Earth and the team was stranded for a while. During that time, Maria Hill, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D, approached Ben to join the spy organization to keep track of a newly heroic Doctor Doom. And he soon found himself caught up in the second superhero Civil War and the fall of the entire Multiverse.

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