 Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in "The Fantastic Four" #1 (Nov. 1961).Kirby modeled the character after himself.In addition to appearing in the Fantastic Four, the Thing has been the star of "Marvel Two-in-One", "Strange Tales" (with his fellow Fantastic Four member the Human Torch), and two incarnations of his own eponymous series, as well as numerous miniseries and one-shots.