Originally posted by mrpress
Quick question on the Thing.In What If...? vol. 2 #80 "What if the Hulk had become the Maestro"*, the Thing gets exposed to an overdose of gamma radiation. The extra radiation winds up killing Reed Richards, but mutates the Thing even further. While his final form isn't seen in it's entirety, there's enough shown to see that the gamma radiation mutated him into something vaguely reminiscent of his spikey form.
Obviously since it's a What If, it isn't canon to the main 616 universe. My question is, has any comic ever explored what effect, if any, gamma radiation might have on Ben? I can't recall any, but then again my knowledge of the entirety of the FF's history has plenty of holes in it.
*For those who haven't read this issue, Ben essentially winds up getting smacked around the entire issue by the Hulk until the very end. The gamma overdose transforms the Hulk back into Bruce Banner long enough for him to sacrifice himself to keep from becoming the Maestro. He runs up behind the mutated Thing and yells "Hulk Smash", which brings a giant orange rock fist down on his now human head, ending the Hulk's rampage permanently.
No actually in the past Hulks gamma radiation reverted him back to human form.
Of course nowadays he's immune to this type of effect, but still the point being...
By the way great scans guys 😉
