 The story was more character-driven than the stories that usually feature the Thing.Tom Spurgeon found its outlook on relationships "depressing".After the success of the 2005 "Fantastic Four" feature film and events in the comics series that resulted in Grimm becoming a millionaire, the Thing was once again given his own series in 2005, "The Thing", written by Dan Slott and penciled by Andrea Di Vito and Kieron Dwyer.