do you think reed richards can really cure ben grimm?

[gildea]

Gaiman's interpretation is gloriously genius and should be stamped on the heads of pigeons everywhere

Possibly the best post ever.

 

[3dman27]

i think its been established tha ben CAN chang at will but has a mental block against doing so

 

[deemar325]

Gaiman's interpretation is gloriously genius and should be stamped on the heads of pigeons everywhere...and yet, it's pretty much just a fancy way of saying "this is fiction, apply leaps of logic where appropriate."

I like Waid's interpretation better, wherein you can only transfer cosmic energy and not destroy it, and so Ben won't allow Reed to transfer his "curse" to anyone else. It's a logical, in-canon reason that takes into account all aspects of this universe and the characterizations of the people involved.

Waid's explaination works pretty well also.

Gaiman is still genius.

 

[roach]

might as well cure him since they are changing up the team

 

[deemar325]

Or let him stay in his ongoing by Slott.

 

[GOODT!MES]

^Aye.

 

[deemar325]

hells yeah!

 

[RockSP]

Waid's explanation seems cool...but then, Ben has been cured multiple times. So are we to assume someone off-panel was Thing-afied as a result?

 

[deemar325]

^ That could be a good story man!

 

[Fantasyartist]

I doubt it-and for an interesting reason. In the Thing's own team up magazine Marvel Two In One #50, Reed notes that for a time after Ben's transformation, he would spontaneously revert to human( his body was obviously trying to shed the effect of the cosmic rays that changed him and the rest of the FF) and his appearance had mutated from "dinosaur hide" to the familiar rocky texture.
Therefore Reed conjectures his body is growing more and more "comfortable" as the Thing; he might have been able to cure him years ago but not now. It's a vicious circle: the longer he's been the Thing the more "comfortable " his body becomes making it progressively less likely that he will ever retrun to normal.

Terry