Marvel Two-in-One #53 [Direct]

(July 1979)

The Pegasus Project Part One The Inner War! (Table of Contents: 1)

Quasar; The Thing / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald (credited as Gruenwald); Ralph Macchio (credited as Macchio)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited as Byrne) (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (credited as Sinnott) (finished art)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited as Sinnott)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited as B. Sharen)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (page one); Diana Albers (credited as D. Albers)

Job Number

LG324

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Brilliantly glistening in the noon day sun,

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Myron Wilburn; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn] (origin); Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback); Invisible Girl [Sue Richards] (flashback)]; Crusader [Bob Grayson; Marvel Boy] (death in flashback); Dr. Gilbert Vauhn (flashback); Texas Twister (flashback); Dr. Tom Lightner; Thundra; Herkimer J. Oglethorpe; Solarr [Silas King]; Wundarr; Dr. Jeannine O'Connell; Deathlok

Synopsis

Marvel Man is transformed into Quasar.

Reprints

• in Spécial Strange (Editions Lug, 1975 series) #30 (10 décembre 1982)
• in The Project Pegasus Saga starring The Thing (Marvel, 1988 series) (1988)
• in Essential Marvel Two-In-One (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009) [black and white]
• in The Thing: Project Pegasus (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Deathlok (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([November] 2009)
• in Deathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) (October 2014) [Pages 15-17]
• in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 (2018)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 2013 series) #5 (2020)

Indexer Notes

Project Pegasus storyline continues until #58.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Spider-Man in "Hotshot on the Block" (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Project: Pegasus (Table of Contents: 4)

Project: Pegasus / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mark Gruenwald (credited as Gruenwald)

Pencils

Michael Higgins (credited as Higgins)

Inks

Michael Higgins (credited as Higgins)

Colors

?

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited as Orzechowski)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Spécial Strange (Editions Lug, 1975 series) #30 (10 décembre 1982)
• in The Project Pegasus Saga starring The Thing (Marvel, 1988 series) (1988)
• in Essential Marvel Two-In-One (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009) [black and white]
• in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 (2018)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 2013 series) #5 (2020)

Indexer Notes

A detailed map of Project: Pegasus.