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'''Gog''' is a fictional [[supervillain]] appearing in [[Marvel Comics]] |
'''Gog''' is a fictional [[supervillain]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The character has appeared in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' and ''[[X-Men (film series)|X-Men]].'' |
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==Publication history== |
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 Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #103, the first appearance of Gog. Art by Gil Kane. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Amazing Spider-Man #103 (December 1971) |
| Created by | Roy Thomas (writer) Gil Kane (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Tsilin |
| Team affiliations | Sinister Six |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength Interdimensional teleportation via bracelets |
Gog is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man and X-Men.
Publication history
Created by writer Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, the character first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #103.
Fictional character biography
While travelling through the Savage Land, Kraven the Hunter finds a crashed spaceship in quicksand and ventures inside. There, he finds the juvenile Gog and another member of his species, who had died during the crash landing of the spaceship. Deciding to save the young Gog from his sinking ship, Kraven takes him with him and decides to raise him as a pet; much to Kraven's surprise, Gog rapidly grows to a gigantic size only days after being found.[1] Kraven, realizing how useful Gog can be, decides to use him in a plot to conquer the Savage Land. After kidnapping the visiting Gwen Stacy from a camp in the Savage Land, Kraven and Gog battle the heroes Ka-Zar and Spider-Man.[2] While Ka-Zar deals with Kraven, Spider-Man defeats Gog by luring him into a patch of quicksand, which he then sinks to the bottom of.[1]
Gog would later be saved from dying in the quicksand by the Plunderer. Having Gog (who created a device that allowed him to speak English) act as his servant, The Plunderer uses him in a plot to try to steal the super-soldier serum in New York City. Followed to New York by Ka-Zar, Gog and the Plunderer battle him before Gog, using his teleportation bracelets, escapes, first to the Statue of Liberty, then the World Trade Center and finally, to another dimension.[3]
Gog is later found by Doctor Octopus and the Sinister Six, who induct the creature into their group as the sixth and final member..[4] Whilst engaged in battle with several heroes, Gog is beaten in combat by the hero Solo and shrunken by Mister Fantastic, who sends him back to the dimension the Sinister Six found him in.[5]
Gog later appeared on Monster Isle when Shadowcat and Magik appeared to look for a mutant girl named Bo. Gog was among the monsters that attacked the three until Magik teleported herself, Shadowcat, and Bo to the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.[6]
Gog reappeared in The Amazing Spider-Man underwriter Nick Spencer detailing his new origin as an alien pet and voyage to Earth as Kraven's bodyguard.[7]
Powers and abilities
Gog possesses superhuman strength. He also wears bracelets that are capable of granting him interdimensional teleportation.[citation needed]
In film
In 2014, Sony Pictures were in progress of developing a spin-off film to the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man featuring the Sinister Six, with Drew Goddard attached to write and direct. Due to the hacking of Sony's database in 2014 and these massive confidential leaks, information regarding the Sinister Six revealed Gog was considered to appear in the movie in an early draft of the script.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b Roy Thomas (w), Gil Kane (p), Frank Giacoia (i). "The Beauty And The Brute" The Amazing Spider-Man, vol. 1, no. 104 (January, 1972). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Roy Thomas (w), Gil Kane (p), Frank Giacoia and Tony Mortellaro (i). "Walk The Savage Land! and Gog" The Amazing Spider-Man, vol. 1, no. 103 (December, 1971). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Astonishing Tales #17-18
- ^ Erik Larsen (w), Erik Larsen (p), Erik Larsen (i). "The Sixth Member" Spider-Man, vol. 1, no. 22 (December, 1992). Marvel Comics.
- ^ Erik Larsen (w), Erik Larsen (p), Erik Larsen (i). "Confrontation" Spider-Man, vol. 1, no. 23 (June, 1992). Marvel Comics.
- ^ The Uncanny X-Men vol. 3 #33
- ^ "A Minor Spider-Man Villain Basically Became Marvel's Kite-Man". 28 March 2020.
- ^ "New leaked details about Sony's Sinister Six include fighting dinosaurs and...Matt Damon?". Archived from the original on 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ "Venom, and Dinosaurs, and Gog, Oh My! 'Sinister Six' Was Going to be Bonkers!". 22 April 2015.
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- Comics characters introduced in 1971
- Fictional mass murderers
- Marvel Comics extraterrestrial supervillains
- Marvel Comics characters who can teleport
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- Marvel Comics male supervillains
- Fictional monsters
- Spider-Man characters
- Characters created by Roy Thomas
- Characters created by Gil Kane