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Attributes

Height: approximately 25 ft

Weight: several tons

Eyes: red

Hair: orange

Features: orange skin, bown clothing

Summary

Created By: Roy Thomas, Gil Kane

Real Name: Unknown

Current Aliases: Unknown

Former Aliases: Unknown

Dual Identity: Unknown

Current Occupation: Unknown

Former Occupation: body guard for Kraven the Hunter

Citizenship: outer space

Legal Status: Unknown

Place of Birth: possibly earth, but from planet Broi

Marital Status: Unknown

Known Relatives: sister? mate?

Known Confidants: Kraven

Known Allies: Kraven, Plunderer, Sinister Six

Major Enemies: Spider-Man, Ka-Zar, the Sinister Six, the Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Hulk

Usual Bases: The Savage Land

Former Bases: Unknown

Current Groups: Unknown

Former Groups: Unknown

Education: "downloaded" into his brain before he was born

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: huge

Powers: tough enough to kill a T-rex with bare hands

Abilities: armored skin, immense strength, teleportation braclets

Equipment: none

Weapons: none

Limitations: not a good swimmer or an independent thinker

Background

He forces Robbie Robertson to call Peter Parker and tell him that he's going to take pictures for the story. Peter jumps on the chance for the cash bonus, but his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, isnt happy to hear that he will be gone. Gwen goes with him to the Bugle and Jonah instantly wants her to join the group. "Gotta think of the women's angle. They buy newspapers too, y'know. Besides, a pretty face never scared gents away from the newsstand."

Gwen is all for the idea, and soon the three of them are meeting with the survivor of the last expedition in Antarctica. As they stop to take pictures in front of an idol in the Savage Land, they are surrounded by a group of natives. Just as they are about to attack, the natives run away, terrified of the giant creature towering above the trees. Gog grabs Gwen and runs into the jungle. Peter jumps after them, but is swatted aside and falls over a cliff and into a river. Jameson, sure that Peter is dead, swears to go after Gog as an avenger.

Naturally, Peter is fine, if a little bruised and wet. He changes into his Spidey outfit and goes after Gog, despite the secret ID. Meanwhile, Gog has met up with his master, Kraven the Hunter. Upon Gwen's questioning why Gog brought her to him, but none of the others were taken, Kraven explains that he plans to have a kingdom carved out of the Savage Land. What good is a kingdom without a queen?

Jameson is still following Gog's tracks when he stumbles upon Ka-Zar and his sabre toothed tiger, Zabu. Ka-Zar isnt hapy to see JJ, and makes it clear that he wants him to leave the Savage Land after Ka-Zar finds Gwen. Spider-Man isnt having as much luck as Jonah. Using a tree sapling to catapult over a lake, he lands in quicksand. He tries to pull himself out by webbing a tree branch, but it cracks and falls on top of him, jamming his web shooter.

Just as he is about to sink to the bottom, he is saved by Ka-Zar. The king of the Savage Land tries ot talk him out of following him to Gog, but Spider-Man wants Gwen back more than life itself. Meanwhile, Kraven is explaining to Gwen how he came to be in the Savage Land. Having battled Ka-Zar once before for control of the Savage Land and lost, Kraven came back for a rematch. However, before he found his enemy, he found what appeared to be a space ship that had crashed into a swamp.

Upon searching the ship, Kraven discovered a small animal, half ape and half lizard. Another such animal was in a similar plastic cage, but was dead. Feeling the ship sinking further into the swamp, Kraven and the small creature escaped into the jungle. The creaure grew quickly, doubling in size in a day. It was intelligent and eager to please its new "father." Kraven used that affection to make Gog, named after a Biblical giant, to conquer the native tribes. "Each man must find his niche, girl! The place where he can stake his claim to fortune--to power!"

While Kraven ranted, Spider-Man and Ka-Zar were planning their strategy. Spider- Man distracted Gog and led him away, while Ka-Zar tackled Kraven. The Hunter turned the tables on the jungle man and was about to smash his head with a boulder, when Zabu came to his master's rescue. Ka-Zar continued punishing Kraven, and ever made him agree to surrender, until he managed to get a noose around his enemies neck. A wild kick from Ka-Zar seemingly ended the Hunter's life, sending him falling over a cliff.

Gog was still smashing his way through the jungle, but stopped to fight a Tyranosaurus that wanted to kill Spidey as much as he did. It was a quick fight before the dinosaur's neck was broken and the chase continued. Much as he didnt want to, Spidey led Gog to the same stretch of quicksand that nearly killed him. As the creaure struggled in the sand, Spidey thought, "I heard enough, earlier, to know Gog came from another world...maybe the last of his race, sent into space to escape a dying planet. If not for the greed of Kraven..."

Ka-Zar returned Gwen to Jameson. Just as he was about to break the news to Gwen that Peter was dead, he climbed over the side of the cliff that he had been knocked over. "Didnt get any photos, I see," Jameson snorts. "And lost your camera. Alright you two--break it up! You're necking on my time!"

Gog seemed to be dead, but he was far stronger than anyone expected. He survived the quicksand until the Plunderer rescued him. Far from being a stupid animal, Gog managed to create a device that allowed him to communicate with Plunderer. He was brought to New York and stayed subserviant to Plunderer, despite being far more intelligent. Ka-Zar followed Gog to New York, and tried to prevent him from helping Plunderer from attaining the super soldier serum. Plunderer lost control of Gog, who used his teleportation bracelts to head to another dimension.

Gog was next seen after Doctor Octopus and the Sinister Six traveled to another dimension and stole several high tech alien weapons. Gog was then used by Ock as the Sixth member to fight off the attacking heros. After being rendered unconscious by Solo, who used some kind of energy gun on the monster, he was shrunk to a manageable size and sent "home" by Mister Fantastic.

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