DAY SLIN, A SILVER AIR= SHIP_ARCS ACROSS THE SKIES| . GR BETTER KNOWN 4S THE THING. FEEL Like IM RACIN’ TIME = arenas D/MAceHne/ BYRNE [SINNOTT / 2 ALBERS. LETTERS | ESGEN | FETER STORY ART B.SHAREN* COLORS | EDITOR | CONSULTANT MARVEL 1WOIN-ONE™publisied by MARVEL COMICS GROUP, James E. Galton, President. Stan Lae Publisher. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 575 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022. Publishad monthly. Copyright’© 1979 by Marvel Comics Group. @ Division of Cadence Industries Corporation. All rights reserved. Voi. 1, No.53, July, 1979 issue, Price 4D¥ per copy in the US. and Canada, Subscription rate $5.00 for 12 ksues Canada, $6.00. Foreign, $7.00. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living (oF deed person oF institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the US.A. This periodical may not be sold except by authorized dealers and is sold subject to the conditions that it shal! not be sold or distriuited with any part ofits cover oF markings re ‘moved, nor in a mutilated condition. THE THING (including all prominent characters featured in th trademarks of the MARVEL COMICS GROUP. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK N‘AW, FACE | NY. JvsT FEEL GUILTY, FOR CUTTIN’ OUT. ON YER SPACE- PAL, WUNDARR, WHEN HE GOT HURT A FEW MONTHS BACK*] cs 4 (SURE I'VE BEEN ‘BUSY... BUT. THAT DON'T MAKE UP FOR, | F-004 “ol PEGASUS. REQUEST LANDIN CLEARANCE! J PEGASUS CONTROL TO F-004..YoU ARE CLEARED FOR PAD ONE- FIVE-NINER/ TD FEEL BETTER IF I KNEW HOW THE: KID WAS, BUT THESE PEGASUS’ PEABRAINS ARE AS TIGHT- LIPPED AS MUMMIES!) GUESS THEY'RE STILL MIFFED ABOUT ME BUSTIN’ THE JOINT UP LAST TIME I WAS HERE. GOOD THING REED. SMOOTHED THINGS OUT-- ‘OR ELSE T’D NEVER TALKED ‘EM INTO LETTIN® ME PULL A HITCH ON THE SPECIAL SECURITY DETAIL HERE! VY UH-OH HERE ‘STOW THE SPEECHES, ‘BUD. 1 AIN'T. IN THE MOOD. CHEE! THE PLACE SURE HAS CHANGED... HYDRAULIC HANGAR PLATFORMS AN’ EVERYTHING’ MUSTA SET \EM BACK PLENTY! S, MR. GRIMM. T WAS THRILLED TO LEARN BAHEMS| “SURE!IF YOU STEP THIS WAY, SIR--I'LL TAKE YOU TO SCREENING AND IDENTIFICATION. = B Se = HAHA. STRICTLY STANDARD _PRO- WE'VE JUST RECORDED A /AULTI- PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPOSITE OF YOUR VISUAL CONFIGURATION. THE DOOR WHISPERS SHUT BEHIND HIM, SEALING THE THING IN A TINY CHAMBER OF GLEAMING STEEL AND GLARING Te 7 “at HEY, J THOUGHT YA ID T WAS CLEAN!THANK YOU. THAT COMm- TES THE PRI PLE ELM INARY INSPECTION. NOW ALL WE HAVE U1 15 THE BIOSCAN, HARDLY, SIR. PLEASE STEP PRELIMINARIES? SWIFTLY, BEN SLIDES PAST BANKS OF MACH- YA MEAN YA AIN'T, B | NERY. HS MAMMOTH FRAME THe OBJECT OF DONE WITH ME, INTENSE ELECTRONIC SCRUTINY, * T aS CHEE, THEY'RE EVEN R( TAKIN’ FINGERPRINTS: OF ay IT Sy BITS: O HERES YOUR IDENTI- BADGE. WHITE CARDS INDICATE YOUR HIGH PRIORITY STATUS AND ADMISSION TO ALL AREAS,I HEARD THE THING MAYBE HE’S JUST PUTTING Quick TEMPE :VERY WELL, AAR. GRIMM. y POSE FLEW OFF THE HANDLE AGAIN? ‘CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEinrel 1 YOU PROBABLY ALREADY, KNOW HOW GRAYSON AND HIS FATHER WERE ADOPTED 6) THe MUMINIOID COLONISTS OER: NATIONAL, WHERE THEY UNDER STUDY BY MY *1T WAS OWLY AFTER I HAD (73LANDED MY POSITION HERE. THAT GIG FINALLY WENT BUST,*) LOOKS LIKE I OWE f= Gt YA AN_APOLOGY, #3 Re ‘SONNY. . SHIELD COMMAND... AND . Ls cosmic RESEARCH!" HEY, LIGHTNER THE EVER-LOVIN’ Wy fem ‘TOM LIGHTNER PREVIOUSLY AD- PEARED IM MT IO 21 ¢ 92 —R WE HAVE A COMPLICA- TION: THE THING HAS JOINED PROJECT PIRATED TRANS- ? SECURITY. ADVISE, CENER AND. . - MENCE OPERA- ‘TION: BERSERKER!)MY! 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AT FIRST THEY FIGURED IT WAS SOME MINOR POWER OUTAGE: be) N eee taeWUNDY INTO A VEGETABLE > TVE BEEN WORK BUT I'VE HAD MINIMAL, ING ON THE BOY | SUCCESS. PERHAPS WITH FOR THE PAST. YOU HERE. HEY -- WHAT'S HAPPENIN’? T CAN EVEN BLINKING OUT MY STRENGTH! T WOULDN'T WORRY TOO MUCH, SIR. JEANNINE IS THE BEST CHILD PSy- THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. FINALLY. THANKS, JUNIOR, HAVE HAD ENOUGH TRUCKIN’ FER ONE DAY J CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGEWITH PRACTICED BUT EVEN AS BEN STEALING DOWN MAKING CERTAIN THAT SETTLES 1 FOR THE WE STAYS ONNOTICED AS “ORRIDORS. HE WENDS HIS WAY TO THE SOLAR RESEARCH FACILITY ON LEVEL "AS 50 THAT, OUTSIDE, A SUPPLE FORM (5 ABLE TO DASH--UN: THE PROJECT'S OUTER FRINGE TO (7S SURFACE-MOUNTED SOLAR PRYING OPEN THE VENT WITH (NHUMAN STRENGTH, THE FIGURE DROPS DOWN THE SHAFT INTO THE PROJECTS ANY LWING THING.nee WHILE, FWE JUST THINKIN: OF THAT LEVELS BELOW. POOR KID LYIN’ THERE HELP| LESS TIES My STOMACH INAKNOT! THAT/S WHY ANZ AIN'T LEAVIN’ TILL I SEE Him UP AND AROUND! I...AW, NUTS! WORRYIN’ WON'T DO NEITHER OF, US ANY GOOD! 7 ‘WM GIT _ZAPBED. CHEE! THE PLACE LooKs VO DESERTED...BUT THERE'S Off GOTTA BE SOME SCHNOOKS JY STide GB weOre wucne TO PLAY POKER! — no ‘AND, FROM THE NEARBY SHADOWS, TWO EYES", WATCH AND AN ANALYSIS 1S MADE. /BIOANALYSIS OF GUARRY: HUMANOID MITH COSAIC ENDOMMENTS._HEICH 3-82 METERS. WEIGHT? 227-2 KIL GRAMS. EPIDERM-THICKNESS: 2-5. CENTIRETERS - HE: ALIVE: HERE? TM IN A POKER MOOD, AN’ IM READY TO GO FOR BROKE! COMPENSATE FOR SKINS. THIC! SET MASER FOR MAXINUN CHAR: AND PREPARE TO FIRE.