Previous Page   Next Page
#16
#17
#18
#19
#20
#21
#22
#23
#24
#25
#26
#27
#28
#29
#30
#31
#32
#33
#34
#35
#36
#37
#38
#39
Selector

Marvel Two-In-One (1974 series) #21


Bill Mantlo
writer
 |  Ron Wilson
penciler

Marvel Two-In-One (1974 series) #21 cover

Story Name:

Black Sun Lives!


Synopsis

Marvel Two-In-One (1974 series) #21 synopsis by reviewer Peter Silvestro
Rating: 3 stars

In 1976, the Thing and Human Torch receive a visitor at the Baxter Building: Janice Lightner, asking them to stop her brother Tom Lightner, obsessed with recreating their late father Raymond’s experiments with a stellar cannon to draw the power of the heavens into a human body.

McFarlane Toys Marvel The Thing (300x250)
Give that special marvelite a timely gift
1936: Doc Savage and his aides receive a visitor at the Empire State Building: Lucinda Lightner, asking them to stop her husband Raymond Lightner, obsessed with using a stellar cannon to draw the power of the heavens into a human body.

In their respective eras, the mad astronomers fire the cannon, creating a rift in time, hurling all the heroes into one spot and fusing Raymond and Tom into a new super-powered being—Blacksun.

The heroes of two different decades recover quickly from their surprise and team up to battle the menace. Nothing seems able to stop Blacksun—until the massive energy stored in his body burns him out.

The temporal field fades, sending Doc and his men back to their own time, while Thing and the Torch rush Lightner to a doctor.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EPIC COLLECTION: NINE LIVES HAS THE BLACK CAT
Give that special marvelite a timely gift


Characters
Good (or All)
DOCSAVAGE  
Doc Savage
(Clark Savage Jr.)
TORCH2  
Human Torch
(Johnny Storm)
THING  
Thing
(Ben Grimm)
Plus: Blacksun (Raymond-Tom Lightner).


> Marvel Two-In-One (1974 series) comic book info and issue index


Marvel Two-In-One (1974 series) #21 cover

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS LLC Marvel Gallery: Comic Kraven The Hunter PVC Statue
Give that special marvelite a timely gift

Main/1st Story Full Credits

Ron Wilson
Pablo Marcos
?
Ron Wilson (Cover Penciler)




Review / Commentaries


reviewer
Marvel Two-In-One (1974 series) #21 Review by (February 15, 2010)
Additional credits: cover inked by Joe Sinott a) Doc Savage’s only meeting with other characters of the Marvel Universe, through the magic of time travel; b) Doc Factor: the 86th floor headquarters, Doc’s trilling; c) Doc uses a gun at one point in the action; d) the issue also features a rare appearance of Bantam’s “swoop” logo on the cover; e) due to licensing issues, this story was omitted from the ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE compilation.




Thor

The Marvel Heroes Library is a fan Marvel Comics site
Version 14.11.3 (Sep 9, 2025 - VS22)

Copyright © 1997-2025 Julio Molina-Muscara (creator, webmaster)
Site content is a collective effort by the MHL team and Marvel aficionados

Characters are copyright © Marvel or their respective owners. All portions of this Marvel fansite that are subject to copyright are licensed under a creative commons attribution 3.0 unported license All rights reserved