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Remembrance of Things Past!

Remembrance of Things Past! #50

SeriesMarvel Two-In-One
NumberVol. 1 #50
PublisherMarvel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Comics Group
Date1979-04
TypeComic Book, Softcover
LanguageEnglish
ColoristFrançoise Mouly
Cover InkerJoe Sinnott
Cover PencilerGeorge Perez
EditorRoger Stern
Editor In ChiefJim Shooter
InkerJoe Sinnott
LettererJim Novak
PencilerJohn Byrne
WriterJohn Byrne
GenreSuperhero
Published inNew York, New York
Pages32
UPC07149860290604
CharactersThing (Ben Grimm) (Present Day) (Earth-616), Thing (Ben Grimm( (Past) (Earth-7940) (First appearance), Supporting Characters:, Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Earth 616), Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)(Earth-7940) (First appearance)
Story LocationEarth-616; New York: New York City; Manhattan, Earth-7940 (First appearance); New Amsterdam (First appearance): Manhattan
Linkshttps://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Marvel_Two-In-One_Vol_1_50
NotesThis is the first time it is acknowledged that the Thing's form continued to mutate from his original dinosaur-like hide first seen in Fantastic Four #1 to his trademark brick-like appearance that began appearing circa Fantastic Four #10. Reed postulates that Ben's venture back in time created a divergent reality. However it is later discovered in Marvel Two-In-One #100 that Ben actually traveled to an alternate dimension. Ben refers to the Time-Platform as belonging to Doctor Doom. The Fantastic Four confiscated Doom's time platform after their first encounter with him in Fantastic Four #5, however as explained in Fantastic Four Annual #11 that Reed had to return it before it caused a diplomatic incident, but was able to build a replica before doing so. Ben goes back in time to the point prior to the Fantastic Four moving into the Baxter Building which occurred circa Fantastic Four #3. Based on the Sliding Timescale of Earth-616 Ben traveled back in time roughly five years from the point of this story to the past.