 It elaborated on Ben Grimm's poor childhood on Yancy Street in its early issue, and chronicled the Thing's later foray into the world of professional wrestling.It also featured a major storyline offshoot from Marvel's "Secret Wars" event, in which the Thing elects to remain on the Beyonder's Battleworld after discovering that the planet enables him to return to human form at will.A full third of the series' stories take place on Battleworld.