The Thing # 35

 

Comic: The Thing # 35

Where Purchased: Double Midnight Comics in Manchester, New Hampshire

When Purchased: May 10, 2023

When Read: November 10, 2024

I 100% picked this up on a whim.  I have the next issue, like the art on the cover, and the concept of the second Ms. Marvel always intrigued me.

The issue itself is...underwhelming.  Perhaps because it is the penultimate issue of a canceled series but I also remember one of the reasons I didn't collect this back in the day was the whole wrestling angle which was never really my bag.

There are some interesting themes here, as the new Ms. Marvel, Sharon Ventura, visits a shady figure in the Marvel Universe know as the Power Broker.  I surmise, as the Thing's potential love interest, she felt a need to find a way to enhance herself.  Her character is a stunt woman and always shown to be quite capable.

But it is another product of its time with some stilted writing and interior art doesn't live up to the cover.

I purchased this issue during our team's annual in person meeting last year.  I think it was about a week before we moved.  

Double Midnight is a great shop in Manchester, NH.  I've visited them nearly two dozen times over the years.  They recently moved closer to downtown and I really like the new spot.  I think they still have a second location in Concord, NH which I have been to once.

One of my first visits ever was sometime shortly after my son was born.  I remember chatting with one of the owners and telling him we named our son Logan.  He shared that his last name was Parker and was sorely tempted to name his son Peter.