(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Scott Kolins. cover by scott kolins & andy lanning geoff johns (w)/scott kolins (p)/andy lanning (i) * THE SCOOP: The creative team behind The Flash throw the spotlight on the ever lovin' blue-eyed Thing! * THE STORY: Ben Grimm has bad luck. He never got the grades* he never got the girl and Cosmic Rays shoved the ugly stick down his throat. But where did this stroke of bad luck come from? Is it all in his head? Or has karma caught up with Aunt Petunia's nephew? And what does it all have to do with a carnival attended by the FF's strongman during his youth? Take a look behind Ben's bathroom door* find out just what's underneath those rocks of his and rediscover why the Thing is the coolest -- and grumpiest -- super hero on Earth! * THE CREATORS: Writer of JSA -- and soon to join AVENGERS -- Geoff Johns and Flash penciler Scott Kolins enter The House by taking on one our greatest characters! * THE FORMAT: The debut issue of this four-part series is 32 pages* with ads.