Marvel Two-in-One #54 [Newsstand]

(August 1979)

The Pegasus Project Part Two Blood and Bionics (Table of Contents: 1)

Deathlok; 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 Sharen)

Letters

John Costanza (credited as Costanza)

Job Number

LG445

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep in the underground corridors of Project Pegasus in Upstate New York...

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

Grapplers: Letha [Hellen Feliciano] (first appearance); Poundcakes [Maria Pouncey] (first appearance); Screaming Mimi [Melissa Gold] (first appearance); Titania [Davida DeVito] (first appearance)
Deathlok (destroyed); Bill Foster; Tom Lightner; Nuklo [Robert Frank Jr.]; Herkimer Oglethorpe; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thundra (Femizonia - Earth-715); Wundarr (cameo)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Deathlok is loose in Project Pegasus and the Thing and friends try to stop him. Lightner frees Nuklo.

Reprints

• in Spécial Strange (Editions Lug, 1975 series) #31 (10 mars 1983)
• in The Project Pegasus Saga Starring The Thing (Marvel, 1988 series) ([February] 1988)
• in The Thing: Project Pegasus (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
• in Essential Marvel Two-In-One (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2009) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Deathlok (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([November] 2009)
• in Deathlok the Demolisher: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Thing: Project Pegasus (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
• in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 (2018)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 2013 series) #5 (2020)

Mego's Superhero Dolls (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Superhero Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

"Meanwhile Back at the Bullpen..." (Table of Contents: 3)

Roger Stern / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roger Stern ?

Pencils

Marie Severin

Inks

Marie Severin

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

Rick Parker ?

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Beast [Hank McCoy]; Paty Cockrum; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Edwin Jarvis; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Jim Salicrup; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Roger Stern; Wasp [Janet Pym]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Indexer Notes

Humorous vignette on page 18 (between pages 10 and 11 of the story). This sequence indexed 2005 by Steven Tice.

Now! At Last! You Can Get an Incredible Marvel Flying Shield-- Free! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Marvel Comics Subscription / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

August 1979 (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Keith Pollard

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Thing; Giant-Man [Bill Foster]; Nuklo

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Dan Bailey, Denis Gessler, Jon Green, Douglas Mao, and Donna Royston; also includes a next issue box describing the action and reprinting the artwork for next issue's cover.