Cosmic hero Quasar joins the Thing in battle against prehistoric beasts!

The Thing and Quasar are floating on a dark void, and then materialize in a muddy swamp. A quick flashback tells us that Ben and Quasar had been in the subway tunnels below New York City, investigating the group that had been responsible for the recent attempted destruction of Project Pegasus, when they were suddenly shot by a strange beam which had transported them into that void.

Slogging through that swamp, they soon come to a huge oil drilling facility, with much of the hard labor involved being supplied by, oddly enough, dinosaurs. The two are quickly attacked by men in high-tech skimmers. Quasar is shot out of the air, and Ben is taken prisoner and hauled to the groups' watchtower for questioning...