Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.


Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
Aliases:	Project Pegasus Project PEGASUS
Continuity:	Marvel Universe
Type:	Laboratory
Status:	Active
Leaders:	Myron Wilburn
Members:	Ben Grimm
Allies:	Aquarian; Squadron Supreme; Thundra
Enemies:	Roxxon Corporation
1st appearance:	Marvel Two-In-One #42

Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. is a fictional organization featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are part of the mainstream Marvel Universe and first appeared in Marvel Two-In-One #42 in August, 1978. Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. also appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was first referenced indirectly in the 2010 film Iron Man 2, but made its first actual appearance in the beginning of The Avengers in 2012. Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. played a major role in the 2019 movie Captain Marvel.

Description[]

Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. is a scientific energy research facility located at Mount Athena in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. The acronym stands for Potential Energy Group/Alternate Sources/United States and is cooperatively operated by administrators from NASA and the United States Air Force. Because of the equipment and technology used at the facility, it has at times, been used as a temporary containment site for specific super-powered criminals such as Klaw, Solarr and Nuklo. Security had always been a top priority for the Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. staff and it employed members of the Guardsmen. For a brief period, Ben Grimm worked at Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. as head of its security division.

History[]

When the Beyonder first manifested on Earth, the Avengers went to Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. and spoke with Doctor Slevin Clark of the Cosmic Radiation Research unit. They told Clark about how their own lab equipment had detected high emissions of cosmic radiation. Clark analyzed their findings and compared them to a similar incident involving an unusual electromagnetic storm at an observatory in Denver, Colorado. Clark offered to set up a triangulation network so they could track the radiation signature to its source. This tactic proved to be unnecessary however, as source of the cosmic ray signature - the Beyonder himself - materialized inside the facility. Things escalated, which resulted in a fight between the Beyonder and the Avengers. Unwittingly, the Beyonder goaded Hercules into taking a swing at him, and the ensuing physical contest between the two sent shock waves all throughout the facility that nearly brought it to the ground. (Avengers 261)

When Spidercide released an airborne contagion in the town of Springville, Pennsylvania, it killed everyone in the entire community within thirty seconds - everyone except for Rafael Carago that is. Carago was a mutant who developed the power of adaptation. Carago got into a conflict with the New Warriors, but was captured soon after. Staff members from Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. came to collect him for study. Carago escaped from their facility almost immediately and found himself in conflict with the New Warriors again. ^[1]

Staff[]

Marvel Universe

Ben Grimm - Security
Myron Wilburn - Director
Jason Rivera - Scientist
Slevin Clark - Cosmic Ray Research
Thomas Lightner - Scientist

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Goose - A Flerken that lived on the premises.
Carol Danvers - On loan from the United States Air Force
Erik Selvig - As part of the Joint Dark Energy Mission
Maria Rambeau - On loan from the United States Air Force
Wendy Lawson - Kree scientist working undercover.

Prisoners[]

Aquarian, Wundarr
Helix, Rafael Carago
Klaw, Ulysses Klaue
Nuklo, Robert Frank, Jr.
Solarr, Silas King

Equipment[]

Occasionally some really powerful and neat-o keen stuff makes its way into the Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. vaults, including:

Notes & Trivia[]

Project Pegasus and Project PEGASUS both redirect to this page.

Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. often had conflicts with some major corporations including the Roxxon Corporation.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the main Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. facility was later used as the staging ground for the Joint Dark Energy Mission, which had been spear-headed by the World Security Council.

Some sources place the location of Mount Athena in the Adirondack Mountains. Other sources cite that it is located in the Catskill Mountains. ^[2]

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