| Goom | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Goom's first appearance inTales of Suspense #15. Art by Jack Kirby. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Tales of Suspense #15 (March 1961) |
| Created by | Stan Lee Jack Kirby Dick Ayers |
| In-story information | |
| Team affiliations | S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Paranormal Containment Unit |
| Abilities | Mental powers Immense head Arsenal of advanced technology |
Goom is a fictionalextraterrestrial created byStan Lee,Jack Kirby, andDick Ayers, appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He first appeared in theanthology comic bookTales of Suspense #15 (March 1961) in theSilver Age of Comic Books. He is depicted as the father ofGoogam.[1][2]
Goom first appeared inTales of Suspense #15[3] and was created byStan Lee,Jack Kirby,[4] andDick Ayers.
Goom is an alien that comes from Planet X, a planetoid in the Solar System that is concealed by distortions in space. After astronaut Mark Langley sends a signal to Planet X, Goom follows it to Earth and attempts to conquer the planet before being stopped by other aliens that came from Planet X.[4][5][6]Googam, his son, soon followed his footsteps.[4][7]
Xemnu later created a duplicate of Goom which theHulk destroyed.[8]
At some point, the alienCollector captured Goom and imprisoned him with other monsters. TheMole Man freed these captives, but they were stopped byBeast,Giant-Man, Hulk andThing, and thenMister Fantastic transported them to theNegative Zone.[volume & issue needed]
Goom and the other monsters eventually returned to Earth where they went to live on Monster Isle. One time on a Valentine's Day, Goom searched for a human mate, until the goddessVenus arranged for him to be somewhat unwillingly set up to date the alien Shivoor.[volume & issue needed] Goom disappeared afterwards, and his son Googam was left alone on Earth.[volume & issue needed]
The microscopicTim Boo Baa manipulated Googam as he searched for Goom, so that Goom would bring Tim Boo Ba to Earth, although the "Fin Fang Four" helped Googam defeat Tim.[9]
S.H.I.E.L.D. later captured Goom and placed him in custody of theHowling Commandos Monster Force.[volume & issue needed] Goom later appeared on Monster Isle whenShadowcat andMagik appeared to look for a mutant girl named Bo. Goom was one of the monsters that attacked the three until Magik teleported herself, Shadowcat, and Bo to the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.[10]
During theMonsters Unleashed storyline, Goom is among the monsters summoned by theInhuman Kei Kawade to fight the Leviathon Tide.[11] In one of these battles, Goom mocks Googam for struggling in his battle against an Insectoid Leviathon.[12]
Goom has an immense head that grants him advanced intelligence and psychic powers. He wields various technology, including a spaceship, a disintegration-inducing "Neutron Ray", and an age-manipulating time machine. Due to Earth's lower gravity, he is also able to fly.[13][5]
In theMarvel Adventures continuity, Goom is depicted as an alien from theNegative Zone who monitors Earth through television transmissions. He later becomes obsessed with 2000s rap culture after theHuman Torch accidentally switches his feed toMTV.
| Marvel Comics |
|
|---|---|
| DC Comics |
|
| Other |
|
| Television work | |
| Related articles | |
