Marvel Two-in-One » Marvel Two-in-One #54 - Blood and Bionics released by Marvel on August 1, 1979.
This issue is written and illustrated by Mark Gruenwald and John Byrne, so we're off to a good start. Add Deathlok, and you've got a good guest star, and every Marvel Two in One needs a guest star. Finally, we get some wrestling with Thundra, and I always love it when Thing comics explore the wrestling scene. Good issue.
Pages 1-4: A Thing/Deathlok battle that has two shocks: Ben bleeding and the viciousness with which Ben reacts, utterly crushing Deathlok’s hand. A tense opening scene.Pages 5-9: Deathlok continues on his mission, eventually being attacked by Quasar. A sequence that serves two purposes: it illustrates that the Deathlok we knew and loved from his own series is long gone. This is a different character, really. And it shows us, again, what Quasar (still a relatively new character back then) c...