(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: The adventures of the world's grumpiest hero continue as Ben Grimm finds himself blessed with perhaps the strangest thing since cosmic rays: a town full of people absolutely enthralled with the Thing! But getting all this attention isn't making the traveling Freak Show happy* and the Ringleader sets out to offer Grimm an ultimatum: join us or... get the worst stomach ache of your life?! * 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 second issue of this four-part series is 32 pages* with ads.