Happy Thursday, peeps!
Today's topic is the fifty-sixth issue of Marvel Two-In-One. The cover, drawn by Uncanny X-Men artists John Byrne (who penciled the previous three issues of this series) and inker Terry Austin, showed the powerhouse Thundra punching the injured Thing through a wall. The tale was titled "The Pegasus Project Part IV: The Deadlier of the Species!" The issue had a cover date of October 1979.
The story started with Thundra and her fellow wrestlers Letha, Screaming Mimi, Poundcakes, and Titania huddled before an outside entrance to Project Pegasus. Thundra opened the hatch, and as she and her comrades slid down the opening on ropes attached to the surface, the female warrior from an alternate timeline thought back to how she'd arrived there in the first place.
After being defeated by Titania (who drugged her opponent in the ring last issue), Thundra awoke before a stranger who told her why that had just happened. He needed someone strong enough to break into the compound and place a machine at a certain spot in the complex. She made the journey with her comrades and attacked the staff on site, even though she was still doubting the reasons why they were there.
While the female wrestlers were making their way to the designated area, Ben Grimm was standing near the lithe form of Wundarr, the boy trapped in an adult body from another world who he'd watched over for a while. Grimm felt responsible for the boy's state and walked away after apologizing, not knowing that Wundarr woke and said in a low voice that he understood.
Ben turned a corner and ran into his sometime sparring partner, Thundra. She lashed out at the Thing and a brawl began, just as Giant-Man (Bill Foster) and Quasar (Wendell Foster) were picking up the pieces from previous confrontations. They dropped what they were doing when another alarm sounded, running toward the source of that problem.
Vaughn soon found Letha and Screaming Mimi up to no good. Mimi's sonic screams scattered Quasar's senses for a time until he was able to concentrate and bring his golden bracelets together, sending energy waves toward his opponents that knocked them down for the count.
Foster encountered Poundcakes and Titania in the thermal research area. He was knocked into a vapor tube, but managed to escape and capture his attackers with each hand. Meanwhile, the struggle between the Thing and Thundra raged on. Both titans were rather evenly matched, and the struggle continued until the sight of Quasar, Giant-Man, and several security guards holding Thundra's companions was enough for them to cease hostilities.
Thundra still wasn't quite sure what the commotion accomplished, but in all the chaos, Thomas Lightner had been forgotten. He was continuing to assemble his machine, adding components from the container that was left for him by the female grapplers. He was finally about to complete the Nth Projector, a weapon that he was certain would spell doom for Project Pegasus.
George Perez replaced Byrne on pencils on this issue, and except for a few slight continuity areas, the story continued rather seamlessly. Thundra is one of those characters, like the Sub-Mariner who sometimes alternates between hero and villain. She's been a thorn in Grimm's side for years, and was briefly a member of the Frightful Four. She's also been a staunch ally of the Fantastic Four and has helped them on more than one occasion. I don't think she's ever had her own solo story, but I think that it would be interesting to know a bit more about her background and motivations.
That's all I have for you today. Tomorrow, I'll close out the month with a discussion of the fifty-seventh issue of Marvel Two-In-One. Wundarr will play a more prominent role in the fifth part of this saga, and two more foes enter the fray. Until then, have a great week and don't forget to be kind to one another.
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