And then Terrax violently threw the Thing at the supermarket in question. That last panel always makes me think of the unmentioned civilian casualties of superhuman violence.
In the best-case scenario, some of the people who'd heard the Thing's initial arrival in front of the market MIGHT have enough time to get away. But the folks inside that market are probably in serious trouble.
Of course, having th Thing consider the civilians' safety and IMMEDIATELY endangering those civilians were intentional narrative choices by Byrne, to drive home the human cost of Terrax's rampage. We had to understand that the villain of this month's adventure was NOT just a "villain-of-the-month" for the citizens of the Marvel Universe; to them, Terrax was terrifying and life-threatening.
To achieve that effect, Byrne deliberately gave us a good look at the normal people going about their days, whose lives depended on the Thing subduing Terrax. This emphasis on the civilians established convincing stakes, and gave readers an emotional connection, adding weight to this battle - which was really just an opening act for Doctor Doom (that ended up backfiring).
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