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The past history of the Thing of Earth-772 mirrors that of his Earth-616 counterpart, up until the point when Spider-Man attempted to join the Fantastic Four. When the group agreed to allow Spider-Man into the group, Ben was initially resentful of Spider-Man due to the fact that Ben didn't believe that they needed another person with advanced strength. However, Ben soon came to appreciate Spider-Man's assistance.

Benjamin Grimm (Earth-772) from What If? Vol 1 1 0002

Ben Grimm

Ben aided the newly formed Fantastic Five in stopping the Vulture, quashing his criminal career in its infancy. When the Human Torch burned away the Vulture's wings, the Thing grabbed him, preventing a fatal fall. When Mr. Fantastic wished to win the space-race by piloting a rocket to the moon, Ben accompanied him with the Torch and Spider-Man, leaving the Invisible Girl behind. Ben battled the Red Ghost and his Super-Apes and met the Watcher. Returning to Earth, they found that Sue had been captured by the Sub-Mariner who was then under the control of Puppet Master. Ben was a major contributer in the fight, battling the giant octopus that was holding Sue captive. Ben and the others were shocked when Sue decided to stay with Namor and have herself converted into a water-breather, before the rest departed Atlantis.[1]

Ben continued heroing with Reed, Johnny, and Spider-Man facing such threats as the Mad Thinker, and Dr. Doom. During their battle against the Super-Skrull, the group got into an argument with Spider-Man over his lack of teamwork, prompting the wall-crawler to quit the team. Later, the Thing's opinions on Reed's "cowardice" for letting Namor win Sue over caused more infighting among the group. Namor came to invite them to the coming birth of his and Sue's son, leading to Reed lashing out at him and sending him away. Reed then began an obsessive campaign to convince the world's governments to attack Atlantis, doctoring footage to make the undersea nation look like a dire threat. Disliking this manipulation, Ben revealed to the gathered United Nations that Reed had doctored the footage, and showed how Reed personally instigated hostility with the Sub-Mariner, ruining Reed's credibility. Reed and Johnny abandoned Ben to pursue their own war against Atlantis, one which ultimately failed.[2]

Sometime later, through unrevealed circumstances, the Fantastic Five reunited and Reed and Sue rekindled their relationship. Sue became pregnant with Reed's first child, but required the radiations from Annihilus' Cosmic Control Rod to allow her to survive the birth. The Thing joined Reed, Johnny, and Spider-Man into the Negative Zone to collect the Cosmic Control Rod. When the group secured it from Annihilus, they attempted to escape the Zone only to be attacked by Dr. Doom who took the Rod from them. When the FF reclaimed the Rod and returned to the positive matter universe, the Rod aided in the deliveryy and Sue gave birth to her child. The Thing's subsequent activities following the birth remain unrevealed.[3]

Afterwards, Ben and the rest of the Fantastic Five engaged Karn in a fight when he attempted to murder their Spider-Man during his hunt to kill all Spiders across the multiverse. Despite the team's best efforts, all were killed in the struggle.[4]

Spider-Man was later restored to life by Silk when she cut Morlun with the Totem Dagger.[5] As yet though, it is unclear if the rest of the Fantastic Five were restored in the process.

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