Saturday, May 24, 2008

Ben Grimm Totally Rocks! #17

You can bet yer bottom dollar that when the Thing relaxes on a bright sunny May weekend like this one, he doesn't just hang around the house...er, Baxter Building, all day. Nope! Mister Grimm is out and about, heading over to the AMC Empire 25, ready to grab a large-sized bucket of popcorn (he's the only person in the Marvel Universe who can eat a whole large popcorn) and settle down in his seat for the Saturday matinee showing of one of his favorite movie series.

Why, whatever could be premiering this weekend that Ben Grimm might be a fan of?

Fantastic Four #241 panels
Panels from Fantastic Four #241 (April 1982), script and art by John Byrne, colors by Glynis Wein, lettering by Jim Novak


Yep, that's right: when there's a new Indiana Jones movie at the cineplex, there's no time for love, Mister Grimm! But yes, he will bring Alicia and whisper what's going on in her ear. Because he's that kinda guy: a man who loves his Harrison Ford action-adventure movies so much he's willing to wait 19 years for the next installment to come out. And that's another reason why Ben Grimm totally rocks.


Posted by Bully at 10:29 PM
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2 comments:

Dean said...

I'm willing to bet that the Hulk could handle a large popcorn. But can you imagine sitting behind this for 90+ minutes? "HAT-MAN SHOULD SMASH PUNY RUSSIANS! WHY HAT-MAN NOT SMASH? HULK WANT MORE NACHOS!" Notwithsatanding the difficulty of finding Hulk- or Thing-sized seats. :)

5/25/2008 9:23 PM
Bully said...

Dean, the Hulk is totally on Atkins. No popcorn for him.

In complete seriousness, one of the Waid FF stories, I think, introduced that the Thing did indeed have a specially-sized seat for him at at least one local movie theater. He and Sue like to go to the movies together and count how many times during the previews they say "In a world..."

5/25/2008 10:28 PM

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