Happy Thursday, peeps!
Today's topic is the forty-second issue of Marvel Two-In-One. The cover showed a palm holding a Cosmic Cube. The top showed the Thing and Captain America wrecking machines. One side showed a person struggling in pain while being attached to a strange machine, and another side showed a person holding such a cube. The story was called "Entropy, Entropy..." The issue had a cover date of August 1978.
The tale began with Ben Grimm bursting into Project Pegasus and being immediately met with soldiers who tried to stop him. Only Captain America's arrival and his placing Grimm in a stasis field until he could explain would end the hostilities. Grimm had arrived to check on the status of Wundarr, a man with the mind of a child who'd been left in the project's care several months before.
SHIELD (Supreme Headquarters Intelligence and Law Enforcement Division) chief Nick Fury had asked Cap to check on the program's security issues. As the old friends walked and talked, Ben accidentally ran into Tom Lightner (last seen in MTIO issue #21). He'd been improving since Dr. Don Blake (Thor's human identity) had helped him, but the smile on Lightner's face didn't sit quite well with Grimm.
The duo finally reached an observation deck, where they could see Wundarr, who'd been placed in restraints. The man-child quickly broke free from his bonds, and Ben leapt to his side. Wundarr recognized "Unca Benjy" and ran to his arms. Ben comforted the youth and allowed him to be placed in the care of Project Pegasus scientists.
Wundarr was soon hooked up to different apparatus as he sat in a chair. A familiar-looking cube was connected to some of the machinery. One of the men pulled a switch that caused Wundarr to scream in pain. Captain America rushed to the culprit, who was more powerful than expected.
While Grimm was working to free Wundarr, the villain grabbed several power lines and disappeared from sight. He moved thousands of miles away to rejoin his fellow entropists. The man tore off his mask and confirmed that he was their leader, Victorius. The leader was holding the cube he'd just stolen in one hand.
Meanwhile, Wundarr was being led away on a stretcher. Fortunately, the suit that Reed Richards had designed for the youth (in MTIO #5) prevented any significant damage. Ben started blaming himself for the incident, although Captain America (real name: Steve Rogers) tried to remind him that what had happened wasn't his fault.
He then joined the Thing on a plane voyage to find the source of the disruption. Grimm piloted the craft, which took them to the swamplands of Florida. Cap's detector soon brought them to its source, right before the device was demolished by the one called the Entropic Man.
I always enjoy a good Sal Buscema comic, and it fits right in with the issues of Captain America that our pal Sal was drawing at the time. He also illustrated Cap's first appearances in this series. It was good to see Wundarr again, because it almost felt like he'd been forgotten for a while. I didn't know much about the Entropic Man, but I wasn't surprised to see him purloin the Cosmic Cube. It's an item that multiple evil-doers in the Marvel Universe have coveted at one time or another.
Tomorrow, I'll cap off the work week with a synopsis of the forty-third issue of Marvel Two-In-One. We'll find out what happened to Cap and Grimm, who are aided by someone who hasn't appeared in this title since its humble beginnings. Until then, have a great week and don't forget to be kind to one another.
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