Pre-Code Classics: The Thing — PS Artbooks
Issue: #1
The Thing! began in 1952 and lasted seventeen issues, featuring the Thing (never seen clearly) as a narrator. Although there was an obvious E.C. influence, the stories got wilder than anything the tightly-controlled E.C. crew ever produced, and features early work by a pre-Spider-Man Steve Ditko. Collects issues #1-9.
Creators: Dick Giordano, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Steve Ditko