Gog (Marvel Comics)
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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 Gil Kane |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Tsilin |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength Interdimensional teleportation via bracelets |
Gog is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
Created by writer Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, the character first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #103.
Fictional character biography
While traveling through the Savage Land, Kraven the Hunter finds a crashed space ship in quicksand and ventures inside. There, he finds the juvenile and minuscule Gog and another member of species, who had apparently died during the space ship crash landing. Deciding to save the young Gog from his sinking ship, Kraven takes him with him, names him Gog and decides to raise him as a pet; much to Kraven's surprise, Gog rapidly grows to gigantic size only days after being found by him.[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 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. 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.[volume & issue needed]
Gog is later found in the dimension he escaped to by Doctor Octopus and the Sinister Six, who induct the creature into their group as the sixth and final member of it.[3] Aiding the Sinister Six fight a multitude of 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.[4]
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.[5]
Powers and abilities
Gog possesses superhuman strength. He also wears bracelets that are capable of granting him interdimensional teleportation.
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Uncanny X-Men Vol. 3 #33