Project Pegasus (Potential Energy Group/Alternate Sources/United States) is a fictional scientific base in the Marvel Comics universe which has been the location of a variety of stories for superheroes and supervillains, most notably in the title Marvel Two-in-One. Project Pegasus is not to be confused with DC's Project Cadmus. Created in Marvel Two-in-One #42 (August, 1978) by writers Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio, Project: Pegasus was originally intended to research alternative (and unusual) forms of energy, but has also been used as a prison for super-powered individuals. The location of this facility is described as being in the Adirondack Mountains in New York State. The facility is remembered best in comics for "The Project Pegasus Saga" printed in Marvel Two-in-One #53-#58 (later collected as a trade paperback of the same title with art by John Byrne and George Pérez). However, its recurring use as a prison for supervillains of the Marvel Universe has led to a number of comics stories in the following decades, significant among them an emergence of the Serpent Crown. Several Marvel characters have served terms working security at the facility, including The Thing, Quasar and Spider-Woman. At one time it also served as a temporary home for the Squadron Supreme when they were exiled from their own universe. Beings who have been examined by Project Pegasus include Rhino, Klaw, Electro, Moonstone, Blackout, Solarr, Bres, Vibro, Nitro, Equinox, Fusion, Nuklo, Wundarr the Aquarian, Thundra, Dazzler, Captain America, Quasar, Thing, Giant-Man, and Captain Hero.
Members of Project: Pegasus
The following characters have worked for Project Pegasus:
- Doctor Myron Wilburn - Administrative director - First appeared in Marvel Two-in-One #53 (Jul 1979)
- Doctor Margaret Mayfair - Director of marketing - First appeared in Marvel Two-in-One #57 (Nov 1979)
- Doctor Anson Harkov - Director of research - First appeared in Marvel Two-in-One #57 (Nov 1979)
- Quasar - former security head - Active in Marvel Two-in-One #53 (Jul 1979)
- Guardsman - former security head - Active in Avengers #236 (Nov 1966)
- Doctor Henri Sorel - Head of Compound - Active in Marvel Two-in-One #55 (Sep 1979)
- Doctor Jeanine O’Connell - Psychotherapist - First appeared in Marvel Two-in-One #53 (Jul 1979)
Other versions
An Ultimate version of Project Pegasus appears in the miniseries Ultimate Power. This version is located in Devil's Point, Wyoming. The head of security is S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Wendell Vaughan (Quasar's Ultimate counterpart). After the project is attacked by the Serpent Squad, who believes that the Serpent Crown is contained there, Vaughan refuses to confirm or deny this claim, stating that "all Project Pegasus business is classified under the Gruenwald Doctrine". The use of the name Gruenwald is presumably an homage to Mark Gruenwald, who conceived Project Pegasus. Ben Urich, Daily Bugle reporter, also mentions it to Jonah Jameson as the subject of an article he's writing in issue #106 of Ultimate Spider-Man. Project: Pegasus is seen in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes in the episode "The Cure," in which the Mole Man is trying to attack the base.
