The Thing

A version of The Thing existing in the dystopian Future Imperfect timeline, this incarnation inhabits a bleak alternate Marvel landscape dominated by the tyrant Maestro, alongside figures like Bruce Banner, Layla Miller, and Ruby Summers.

A titan of the dystopian Marvel landscape, this version of The Thing made a striking entrance in Peter David and Greg Land's Future Imperfect #1 in 2015, dropping readers into a grim Modern Age corner of the Marvel universe. With only six catalog appearances, this is a rare, concentrated presence — the kind of figure who leaves a mark precisely because every page counts. Sharing that bleak world with heavy-hitters like Maestro, Bruce Banner, Layla Miller, and Ruby Summers, The Thing here is embedded in some seriously charged company. Collected in the Hulk: Maestro by Peter David Omnibus, this is a character worth seeking out for fans who love their Marvel mythology dark, ambitious, and uncompromising.