The Thing #26 (1985) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Big Top Brawl!	cover	1	pencils: Ron Wilson; inks: Joe Sinnott	The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Kaminsky, the Human Cannonball
1	Runaways	comic story	23	script: Mike Carlin; pencils: Ron Wilson; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Jack Morelli	The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Vance Astrovik; The Taskmaster; Lauren Anderson; Kaminsky, the Human Cannonball; Sharon Ventura (photo); Lauren
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Archie Goodwin	Archie Goodwin

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.65 USD; barcode 0714860296608
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 07148602966308

Collection	Year
Taskmaster: Anything You Can Do... #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-92131-6	2019	On eBay ›
The Thing Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-94578-7	2022	On eBay ›

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