Fantastic 4 Ben Grimm

How come The Thing (Ben Grimm, Fantastic 4) is supposed to be just just the team’s go-to guy for dumb muscle?

He went to MIT and was a NASA astronaut, right? Wouldn’t that make him wicked smart? This bothers me for some reason.

I think Ben is much smarter than he is given credit for. His strength is so awesome that people overlook him as being quite intelligent. When you are standing next to Reed Richards noone is going to look smart, even Sue who is quite a scientist in her own rights looks dumb in comparison.

If his intelligence has decreased after the accident, perhaps that is due to the calcification of his brain or some other damage done by his transformation

One of the things that make the Fantastic Four such a cohesive unit is that each of them stepped into the role they were best suited for. Reed the brain, Sue the heart, Johnny the passion, and Ben the muscle.

Ben Grimm & Alicia Masters Tribute