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  • During John Byrne's classic Fantastic Four run, the Thing's ex, Alicia Masters, started dating Johnny Storm. 1 / 8

  • However, after Byrne left the series, they actually got MARRIED! 2 / 8

  • A group of Marvel editors (Tom DeFalco/Ralph Macchio/Mark Gruenwald) weren't thrilled with the idea. 3 / 8

  • Macchio joked that maybe they could reveal that Alicia was secretly a Skrull! 4 / 8

  • Well, fast forward five years and DeFalco was named the new writer on Fantastic Four. 5 / 8

  • Macchio was his editor on the book now and sure enough, guess what happened? 6 / 8

  • Yep, he revealed that "Alicia" was secretly a Skrull named Lyja during their entire relationship. 7 / 8

  • Hilariously enough, Macchio had forgotten all about the joke by the time DeFalco pitched the idea. 8 / 8