Appearing in "Two Against Hydra"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Alicia Masters ⏵
- Doctor Louis Kort (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Hydra
- Chauncy
Other Characters:
- Robbie Redford (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
- Reed Richards (Mentioned)
- Deathlok (Luther Manning) (Mentioned)
- The Odd Couple (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Angelica Kort (First appearance)
- Angelica Kort's boyfriend (First appearance)
- Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Fu Manchu (Zheng Zu) (Referenced)
- David Carradine (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Iron Fist (Danny Rand) (Mentioned)
- Bruce Lee (Mentioned)
- MI-6 (Mentioned)
- Denis Nayland Smith (Referenced)
- James Petrie (Referenced)
- Robert Frost (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- U.S. Marines (Mentioned)
- Gaston (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Donny Osmond (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- ⏴ Spider-Woman ⏵ (First appearance as Spider-Woman) (Cameo)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United Kingdom
- England
- London
- Westminster
- Kensington High Street (First appearance)
- Kensington Park (First appearance)
- Louis Kort's home (First appearance)
- Victoria Embankment (Referenced)
- Hydra London Headquarters (Destruction)
- London
- England
- Mount Everest, Asia (Mentioned)
- Ritz (Mentioned)
- United Kingdom
- Hell (Referenced)
- Heaven (Mentioned)
Items:
- Dr. Kort's serum
- Nunchaka
- Spider-Woman's Suit (Cameo)
Events:
- Halloween (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Two Against Hydra"
Arriving in England to deliver the Deathlok cyborg to Dr. Kort, the Thing, and Alicia spend a bit of time sightseeing before going to their appointed destination. Arriving there, they find that the entire mansion has been overturned; unaware that Dr. Kort had been kidnapped by Hydra who intends to have the doctor revive their agent, Spider-Woman.
When Alicia finds blood at the scene of the kidnapping, her screams bring Shang-Chi, who mistakes the Thing for an attacker. After a brief battle, they realize the reality of the situation and Shang-Chi agrees to help the Thing find Dr. Kort. Tracking him down to a hidden Hydra base, Thing and Shang-Chi fight off the Hydra hordes and save Dr. Kort. However, in spite of their victory, Hydra has obtained the serum they need to revive Spider-Woman.
Notes
- The Thing references the Odd Couple, which is Neil Simon's theater play The Odd Couple, premiered in Broadway in 1965. That play had been adapted as a movie in 1968; then as a TV series, broadcast from 1970 to 1975 on ABC. As the comic was published in 1977, he was possibly intending to refer to the then-recent TV series.
Continuity Notes[]
- At the time of this story, Spider-Woman was recaptured and remade as an agent of Hydra again, as seen in Marvel Two-In-One #31, despite her seemingly escape in Marvel Spotlight #32.