GOODY TWO-SHOES

Real Name: Sven Gollison (see comments)

Identity/Class: Human technology user, citizen of Sweden

Occupation: Inventor, would-be criminal

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Thing (Ben Grimm)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Sweden; Manhattan, New York City

First Appearance: (Embellished form) Thing I#7/1; (true form) Thing I#7/2 (January, 1984)

Powers/Abilities: Having no innate paranormal powers, Goody Two-Shoes wore a pair of Atomic Boots; the actual power they granted him is unrevealed, but he was unable to even budge the Thing, and was knocked out with a single flick of the Thing's finger.

In a "fake" story embellished in the Thing's solo comic, the Boots granted Goody Two-Shoes the power to man-handle the Thing, to cause several feet of asphalt to shatter, to scale the Empire State Building in minutes and to easily survive a jump from the top of its antenna, as well as to survive several full-force blows from the Thing before collapsing.

Height: 6'
Weight: 200 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond

History:
(Thing I#7/2 (fb) - BTS) - While in his native Sweden, Goody Two-Shoes designed and built a pair of Atomic Boots, which he believed would make formidable weapons. Wishing to test out his Boots against an American super-hero, he traveled to New York City and robbed a bank--believing him to be dangerous, the bank cooperated and gave him what he wanted.

   But Goody Two-Shoes was immediately confronted by the Thing, who easily resisted a kick to his chest; the Thing then knocked him out of his Boots with a single flick of his finger. Goody Two-Shoes was presumably arrested and/or deported.

(Thing I#7/1) - Marvel Comics published the story of the Thing's minor clash with the overrated villain, but they greatly embellished it by turning it into an epic battle--they felt the actual story just wasn't interesting enough.

(Thing I#7/2) - After reading the latest issue of his solo comic, the Thing was angry about the story's exaggerated depiction of his brief encounter with Goody Two-Shoes; he used the Airjet-Cycle to fly to Marvel's offices, where he confronted the book's creative team (see comments).

Comments: Created by Andrea Braun Byrne, Ron Wilson (and Ann Nocenti).

This issue was part of the notorious Assistant Editor's Month, where the Assistant Editors directed the story-line while the regular Editors were away at a convention on the West Coast. The gist of the first story was that Byrne and the others at Marvel usually get their stories directly from the characters that they write about; in some cases, the actual events aren't "interesting" enough, so the writers have to embellish things--this was the case with Goody Two-Shoes. However, the story they wrote, and the fact that his battles aren't always "interesting" enough, angered the Thing sufficiently that he crushed Byrne's office (with Byrne, Wilson, and Nocenti in it) into something"interesting."

In the fake story (which took up 17-pages, the bulk of the issue), Goody Two-Shoes gave the Thing the beating of his life, smashing him and the surrounding streets, cars, etc., before the Thing heroically rallied and managed to stop him.

The character's real name was revealed in the Fantastic Four Encyclopedia.

The events as they "actually" occurred.

   An article in Marvel Age#14 (May, 1984) was revealed that Gilded Lily, Deadly Ernest and Goody Two-Shoes weren't created by John Byrne, but by his then wife, Andrea Braun Byrne.
--Loki

New and additional images by Ron Fredricks.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Goody Two-Shoes should not be confused with:

images: (without ads)
Thing I#7/1, p9, pan4 (main image - Goody Two-Shoes jumps down on Thing [embellished story])
Thing I#7/1, p7, pan1 (headshot - Goody Two-Shoes [embellished story])
Thing I#7/1, p15, pan2 (Goody Two-Shoes kicks Thing [embellished story])
Thing I#7/2, p3, pan4 (in flashback, Thing recalls how Goody Two-Shoes kicked him in the chest)
Thing I#7/2, p4, pan1 (in flashback, Thing recalls how easily he actually defeated Goody Two-Shoes)

Appearances:
Thing I#7/1 (January, 1984) - John Byrne (writer), Ron Wilson (pencils), Hilary Barta (inks), Bob Sharen (colors), Rick Parker (letters), Ann Nocenti (editor) [embellished story]
Thing I#7/2 (January, 1984) - John Byrne (writer/pencils), Hilary Barta (inks), Bob Sharen (colors), Clem Robins (letters), Ann Nocenti (editor) [actual story]

First posted: 09/06/2001
Last updated: 12/10/2025

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