The Thing #30 [Direct]
(December 1985)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (credited as Marcus Gruenwald) (editor); Howard Mackie (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited as James Shooter) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Secret Wars II crossover
This issue is a variant of The Thing (Marvel, 1983 series) #30 [Newsstand]. There exist further variants:
Keywords
Secret Wars
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

To Battle... The Beyonder! (Table of Contents)

The Thing / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson (signed as Wilson)
Inks
Dennis Janke (signed as Janke)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Beyonder; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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Above and Beyond (Table of Contents: 1)

The Thing / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Carlin (credited as Michael Carlin)
Pencils
Ron Wilson (credited as Ronald Wilson)
Inks
Dennis Janke (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited as Robert Sharen)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Ringside, a sawdust-strewn bar and grill in Brooklyn, New York...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo flashback)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo flashback); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (cameo flashback); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (cameo flashback); Rogue [Anna Marie] (cameo flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (cameo flashback)
Vance Astrovik; Beyonder (also in flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo flashback); Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] (cameo flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo flashback); Ed Garner; Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (cameo flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo flashback); Iron Man [Jim Rhodes] (cameo flashback); Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr] (cameo flashback); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (cameo flashback); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo flashback); Tarianna (death in flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (also in flashback); Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo flashback); Ethan Thurm (first appearance); Sharon Ventura; bibbo; Squid; Joe
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Thing wrestles the Beyonder in the unlimited class wrestling federation.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #5.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Grimm Tidings / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from R. Zander, Chris Paucek, Michael Bauer and Robert Bird; includes Special Announcements Section.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. To Battle... The Beyonder!
    The Thing
  2. 1. Above and Beyond
    The Thing
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Grimm Tidings
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  • Peter Croome
  • Steven Samuels
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