Monster of the Day #468

OK, I think this is my favorite. Somebody else must have liked him, too, as his son (!) later menaced the Earth too.

  • Flangepart

    Boy, those Marvel covers…all full of Goom and Doom.

  • MrTongoRad

    I’m really getting a kick out of the dialog coming from the monsters this week; sort of like a monster/bad guy hybrid, all full of menacing threats and braggadocio. The world can never have enough monsters who do that.

  • Beckoning Chasm

     Is Goom talking, or the guy climbing his shoulder?

  • Beckoning Chasm

    I wonder if there’s a competition on Planet X to determine who gets the title “The Thing From.”

  • bgbear_rogerh

    Was his son named Goomba ?

  • MrTongoRad

    Well, I also prefer monsters who refer to themselves in the third person so that may have swayed how I read that, but now that you mention it I suppose it could also be the guy in the snazzy green suit.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    Goom, you’ll be shocked to learn, also has his own wikipedia page.  According to a link there, he, the Glob and Groot were all members of SHIELD in later years.

  • Gamera977

    Here at the law offices of Orrgo, Glob, Groot, Molten Man-Thing, and Goom we’re fighting for you!

  • Beckoning Chasm

     “Tired of having your conquests thwarted, after all that hard work?  My name is Goom, I’m a lawyer, and I’m going to talk to you about Last Minute Plot Twists.  My uncle Mogo worked in the world-conquest field, and he was destroyed by a Last Minute Plot Twist.  That makes this fight personal for me, and I will personally fight for you…”

  • Flangepart

    “Next up on Judge Mantis, a monster claims his human opponent used unfair tactics in stopping his bid for world domination, when he hired independent hero contractors to scuttle his plans.”

  • bgbear_rogerh

     not only will they cause you injury, they’ll chase your ambulance as well ;)

  • sandra

    Those are very large trees.  If that’s Planet X, then the humans are tresspassers.  Goom is just shaking the alien life forms off his leafy snack before chowing down.

  • Flangepart

     Ah, but the title is ‘Thing FROM planet X’ not ‘Thing ON planet X’
    Also…is he teething, cause his maw is waaaay under-toothed.