Hero Upgrade: Thing

Originally posted by Horrificus
always thought that if Ben was given some SERIOUS Martial Arts training, for whatever reason, he would be a horribly dangerous opponent.

I'm not just talking about fighting experience. I'm saying, develop skills along the lines of Iron Fist, Daredevil, Taskmaster, etc.

Then, he wouldn't even need a power amp. He would just be plain old BAD.

Here is something I wrote.

Martial arts is not his nature...just expand on his boxing skills more

Originally posted by Nibedicus
Let's assume that Marvel is taking the FF to space and keeping them there for the long haul. Also, to make things interesting, they make the FF more competitive against "space cheese" characters by introducing upgrades.

They'll be pitting Thing (on occasion) against:
-Ronan-level accusers
-Super Skrulls
-Imperial Guards

What would the most viable (and most "acceptable" for you as a fan) upgrade for Ben?

1) Enhance his Superhuman stats further: They make him upper-level Cl100 (above Rulk/Thor level) and make his stoney hide even more durable (make him "Surfer" durable).
2) Give him new powers to make him versatile: They make him "elemental" in nature. Able to be shattered and reassemble himself. To merge with soil/dirt for camouflage. To shift his form to form melee weapons from his hands. Able to turn himself into "dust particles" and use that form to fly and also as a way to beat opponents who breathe
3) Give him a powerful weapon. Let's say a cosmic blade that gives him flight and energy blast powers.

2 would probably be an uber upgrade for me.Minus the weapons and camou thing though.But the upgrade reminds me a bit of those earthmovers from Avatar.

Originally posted by Sin I AM
Martial arts is not his nature...just expand on his boxing skills more

boxing is a martial art

Originally posted by CosmicComet
boxing is a martial art

Nah, martial arts are done by asians.

.... 😱

Originally posted by Mindship
even in the WWH arc, Ben said to Hulk something like, You know I'm the one guy that can hurt ya (I always interpreted this an allusion to their Silver Age battles and strength elitism).

Give him the ability to take off his old rocky, unibrow and use it like a batarang.

Originally posted by psycho gundam
then got oneshotted

Hulk himself has admitted that Thing is the one that could stop him.

... Not exactly sure why he would think such a thing but whatever 😖

Ben gets annihilated too beautifully to ever be upgraded into being credible.

He's a wonderful character as is. Getting the utter living shit beat out of him for the sake of his team-mates.

Originally posted by CosmicComet
Ben gets annihilated too beautifully to ever be upgraded into being credible.

He's a wonderful character as is. Getting the utter living shit beat out of him for the sake of his team-mates.

That would make choice 2 a bit more palatable as this would then allow him to get punched to powder and simply allow him to pick himself up after. 😛

Well that's fine, so long as he only comes back together unconscious, for hours at a time.

We can't have Ben become too competent and dangerous. It just goes against his nature as the never say die, lovable punching bag.

Originally posted by Bentley
Hulk himself has admitted that Thing is the one that could stop him.

... Not exactly sure why he would think such a thing but whatever 😖

so much for those statements