Reed Richards (Earth-5029)

"No, we don't have to go on. Our crew is dead, my wife is dead. But we will go on, we will honor their memory, and continue our work. We owe them that much, Athena."

- Thing

The Thing was formerly a brilliant scientist named Reed Richards and a member of the Explorers of the Unknown who gained superpowers after an incident with cosmic radiation killed the rest of his crew, except for Athena Ambrose.