The Thing- Comic Feats

The Thing comic feats (Dark Horse Comics)

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*Note:  Eternal Vows is a decent read, but feels distant from the films and other comics, and I’ve decided it doesn’t really match up with the canon.*

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The Thing from Another World

* [Frozen bodies can still infect others on contact](https://imgur.com/a/F3fIvSV)
 * [An example of this, a soldier touches a frozen body with gloves and changes minutes later](https://imgur.com/a/qA2XkUX)
* [It survived the events of the movie and needed to be burned again to die](https://imgur.com/a/OXPowCN)
* [The Thing operates a machine gun, kills a few soldiers and downs a helicopter](https://imgur.com/a/DN652yR)
* [A tendril-thing is destroyed by an incendiary grenade](https://imgur.com/a/xpM4YFV)
* [A tendril-thing is unharmed but scared off by bullets](https://imgur.com/a/ADSwgwx)
* [It sends a request for a navy warship in an attempt to escape into society](https://imgur.com/a/6cNIg88)
* [It stays standing after a headshot with a pistol](https://imgur.com/a/2Sjm8Aj)
* [It climbs the side of a submarine](https://imgur.com/a/Br8FeiP)
* [It assumes a canine, tendriled form to slay a submarine crew quickly](https://imgur.com/a/U1Pgf9U)

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The Thing from Another World: Climate of Fear

* [A sheep-thing weaponizes its wool and uses it to restrain a man](https://imgur.com/a/i56c2ft)
* [In seconds, it transforms a man enough to change his tongue into a long weapon](https://imgur.com/a/JnkpZd2)
* [It’s theorized that a single cell would be enough to infect, so handing out scalpels is not permitted](https://imgur.com/a/YGLWlXQ)
* [It climbs out of a fresh grave](https://imgur.com/a/cvSPycs)
* [Incapacitates two soldiers by melding their mouths and faces with its hands](https://imgur.com/a/dhc3YF4)
* [It tore apart a small plane over time](https://imgur.com/a/OZda9UE)
* [Kills soldiers with plane parts while being shot from multiple angles](https://imgur.com/a/JFoDGp5)
* [While on fire, it bursts open to release a humanoid and attempts to escape](https://imgur.com/a/mOORw9o)
* [Stretches it head to ram through a window and escape](https://imgur.com/a/XuNEbK4)
* [Detaches its head and generates limbs to avoid immolation](https://imgur.com/a/sBXM7MG)
* [Assumes a liquid form and escapes the room](https://imgur.com/a/OGYTUds)
* [It knows to sabotage the blood sample test](https://imgur.com/a/LII44ot)
* [A man severs his arm with a machete immediately to avoid being infected by the Thing](https://imgur.com/a/kGFlQy0)
* [It creates a spacecraft out of helicopter and aircraft parts](https://imgur.com/a/U2pP4dI)
* [Multiple Things form a large monster that survives an explosion that destroys an aircraft hangar](https://imgur.com/a/xf3UoG8)
* [It’s put down by a napalm strike from two bomber jets](https://imgur.com/a/OSk2HyJ)

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The Thing: The Northman Nightmare

* [It turns a dead or dying guy into a Thing when he falls into freezing cold waters](https://imgur.com/a/xMe8TFb)
* [It uses seduction to attract a guy into a house](https://imgur.com/a/pTtrzIq)
* [While on fire, it transforms into a tall thing that decapitates men with strikes](https://imgur.com/a/IggML1s)
 * [This tall thing butchers four vikings with its bladed limbs](https://imgur.com/a/oz319b5)
* [A lock of hair recoils when burned](https://imgur.com/a/szTVbdN)
* [It survives a spacecraft explosion, but when it attempts to leave, it’s beaten back into the flames by two vikings with swords](https://imgur.com/a/zfRpGtf)
* [When it assumes the form of a man with one arm, it heals the arm, which turns out to be bad for infiltration](https://imgur.com/a/WDf6MTt)