Halloween Bonus Feature: Ben Grimm's Dying to Read a Good Book

Happy Halloween from Boo-ly, everybody!


Last year I pointed out how Mister Benjamin J. Grimm enjoys spending his Halloween—reading spooky stories:

from Fantastic Four #58 (Marvel, January 1967), co-plot and script by Stan Lee, co-plot and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Artie Simek. Boo!

But Bashful Benjy's not merely a Halloween-fright-readin' kinda guy, oh no no no no no. (No.) He not only likes reading chilling tales all year long, he's keepin' his big blue eyes on the classics:


...and he's also a man thing of discriminating taste, showing he's a fan of the Master of Horror and Suspense, Mister Stephen King:


But of course, Ben is more careful reading spooky stories now. After that first encounter, he's more aware of what's going on when he's deep in a Stephen King horror tale, and like his other good pal Roger Daltrey, he won't get fooled again:


Yowza! Well, if there's one thing you learn from this, it's that you oughta never sneak up on the Thing. If there's two things you learn, it's to never stand in front of Ben Grimm when he does one of his tobacco-juice spit takes.

So let's bid farewell to ol' Ben Grimm so he can get started on his new blog "A King a Week" and go off and have our own Happy Halloween. And remember to keep your eyes open—because you may be getting a treat, but there's always a trick behind you!: