Before the Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm and Logan #1-3 (of 3)

Before the Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm and Logan was the first of three mini-series from Marvel Comics (the other two being Before the Fantastic Four: Reed Richards and Before the Fantastic Four: The Storms) showing adventures the core members of the Fantastic Four had in the days before they received their powers. This particular miniseries depicted a team-up between Logan (before he became Wolverine) and Ben Grimm (before he became The Thing). It ran for three issues in 2000.

While Wolverine does possess his mutant powers in the series (but not his claws or adamantium skeleton), Ben Grimm is as yet unpowered, and as a result the story takes place mostly in the genre of Cold War military adventure. The plot revolves around a mission of aerial surveillance of the Soviet Union assigned by Nick Fury to operative Logan and jet pilot Grimm.

In addition to Nick Fury, Tony Stark, Carol Danvers and Natasha Romanoff also make guest appearances.