MOGON MOGON
Identity/Class: Alternate
Reality (Earth-715
/ "Femizonia") human;
23rd century (see
comments)
Occupation: Warrior, revolutionary;
posed/served as slave
Group Membership: People of the Hills
Affiliations: Lyra
Enemies: Syrani,
United Sisterhood Alliance (aka the Femizons;
see comments), Vega;
Lyra
slew him, but only after he showed her he wished this to save her to
continue their struggle
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: "Slave";
"This carrion" (from Lyra, after his death, when she
sought to convince Vega of her loyalty to their cause)
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
formerly the slave's quarters and Lyra's chambers
within the royal palace;
formerly "the Hills"
First Appearance: Savage
Tales I#1/2 (May, 1971)
Powers/Abilities: Mogon was strong-willed and passionate, wishing to restore a harmony between men and women that had been lost in his time/reality.
He was willing to lay down his life for his lover and/or his cause, and he was savvy enough to goad/prompt his lover to kill him when she hesitated.
He was physically strong, easily restraining the powerful warrior Lyra, and a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, able to overcome multiple combatants (see comments).
He is an experienced equestrian.
Height: Unrevealed (perhaps 6' to 6'3")
Weight: Unrevealed (perhaps 200-230 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (black and white story; they appeared to dark,
so perhaps brown, dark green, dark blue...)
Hair: Blond
History: See comments for an expanded past history of Femizonia...
(Savage Tales#1/2 (fb) - BTS) - At the end of the 22nd century (see comments), the Sisterhood took over Earth. Wishing to make certain that man would never rule again, the Sisterhood kept ten percent of the men as slaves to serve the needs of the Sisterhood, as well as to allow the continuation of the human race. The remaining ninety percent of all the male children were abandoned in the wilderness...where they were left to perish.(Savage Tales#1/2 (fb) - BTS) - Mogon of the Hills, a
member of a civilized tribe of men sworn to restore the balance to
society, learned of the forbidden
history-detailing brain tapes of Princess Lyra, sister of Queen Vega. Realizing that Lyra might be sympathetic
to his cause, Mogon arranged to become Lyra's slave.
(Savage Tales#1/2) - As a reward for slaying another female warrior in combat as entertainment within Vega's court, Vega granted Lyra a handsome male slave (Mogon). When Vega's advisor, Syrani, noted that Lyra seemed less than pleased by her generous offering, Vega silenced Syrani, and Lyra noted that Syrani was just jealous because Lyra was the princess. Lyra subsequently departed, instructing her slave to follow her and await her pleasure.
Back in Lyra's chambers, when Mogon offered her a massage or balms as she prepared for her bath, Lyra silenced him and instructed him that she bathed alone and that he should tidy up her chamber her return.
(Savage Tales#1/2 (fb) - BTS) - As Lyra bathed, Mogon accessed her secret room containing her brain tapes.
(Savage Tales#1/2) - After she
had donned her evening wear, Lyra realized that her slave was
missing and the door ajar to her secret room. Grabbing her sword, she
commanded the slave to stand forth or face her wrath, but Mogon grabbed
her from behind, mocking her wrath and warning her to keep quiet or she
would learn of true wrath. As she raked his arm with her fingernails,
Lyra warned the slave that he would be tortured for this, but Mogon
assured her she would protect him, as he knew of her secret tapes, and
that she would be slain if Vega knew she possessed them.
Despite Lyra's arguments, Mogon then donned a brain tape, which showed him details of Earth when it was ruled by men: A world of war, poverty, hatred, violence, and pollution. Lyra then remarked how the Sisterhood now had the power, that they would keep the peace, and that they would eventually destroy all of the Beast-Men.
Mogon continued, detailing the Sisterhood's takeover and decimation of men and noting his own tribe's goals. Arguing that Lyra was a rebel at heart (unsatisfied with the current state of society) and that she would help his tribe destroy the Temple of Genetics and its sperm supply (presumably to force women to seek out relationships with men and eliminate the segregated societies), Mogon convinced the initially defiant Lyra to join his cause as he was one of the lost men -- with fire in their veins and courage in their hearts -- she had dreamed of.
In the days that followed, Lyra and
Mogon publically acted as mistress and slave, but when back in her
chambers, safe from prying eyes, they became lady and lover; Lyra
considered herself fulfilled. Mogon promised Lyra that the relationships
of the "forbidden days of old" would be restored.
Syrani remained suspicious of Lyra.
Eventually, Mogon took Lyra to meet his rebel band (during which time she finally asked and learned his name), only to find that rebels had been replaced by Syrani's Security Police, who drew their swords and proclaimed, "Death to the traitors!" Although Mogon advised Lyra to flee the trap, she countered that she fled from no one, and the two fought and slew the Security Police, seemingly eliminating the proof of their involvement. After they returned to the Sisterhood's city, they separated, with Lyra returning to her palace and Mogon to his quarters, but minutes later Lyra was summoned before Vega.
Syrani accused Lyra of highest treason against the queen and Sisterhood, and she had her guards bring in the captive Mogon. Feigning ignorance, Lyra asked what a slave had to do with her, and Vega explained that as Syrani had accused them both of conspiring against her crown, the only way to disprove her claim was to run her sword through the slave.
Reading in
Mogon's eyes that he wished her to slay him so that their cause could
live (as they both knew that there were others like Mogon hidden in the
hills), Lyra briefly paused. Mogon then goaded Lyra, mocking her as
being weak like all women and lacking the courage and strength to kill
him. Realizing what she had to do, Lyra retorted, "You,
a mere slave, speak to Lyra of strength? I strike for the Sisterhood!"
as she stabbed her sword through Mogon's abdomen (see
comments).
After telling Syrani that she had been wrong, Lyra commanded the guards to dispose of this carrion and to send two more slaves to her chambers, as the night would be long.
(Savage Tales#1/2 (fb) - BTS) - As Lyra departed, tears welled in eyes as she silently vowed never to forget her beloved Mogon, and she wondered if there was really a time when men were all like him: A time of lover and valor? She prayed that such a time would come again. She considered that there were other men like Mogon out there and that she would seek them out and find them.
Comments: Created
by Stan
"the Man" Lee and "Jazzy" John Romita.
Per my understanding, Stan
Lee and John Romita's estates own the Femizons (and the characters
in this story).
In case it's not clear, Thundra is
derived from the Femizons/Sisterhood, and she is originally from
Earth-715. However, there have been numerous temporal divergences, and
Thundra current dwells on Earth-8009, while Lyra and the Femizons in
this story have not been seen again. While not directly confirmed,
Thundra's daughter, Lyra, is almost certainly an homage to this Lyra.
I've always suspected that Thundra is a descendant of
Lyra, perhaps even via her union with Mogon, but there has never been
anything to indicate that; it's just speculation on my part.
On the matter of the name Femizons, its
interesting that the title of the story is "The Fury of the Femizons"
and the introductory text names them as the Femizons, but the main story
and the people refer only to the Sisterhood.
There is an existing Femizons
profile, but it contains a lot of information relevant to the various
alternate counterparts. I'll cover
Syrani and her Security forces, at least, and then cover Earth-715,
and then move on to one of the variant/divergent realities, and go
from there...I'll probably work on profile on Thundra during that
time, and I'll try to sort out if/when the term Femizonia was used. -
revisit this in 2026...
Here's the history of Earth-715 courtesy of the Thundra profile. When I profile Earth-715, I will sort out all of the references; I'm not 100% certain this is fully accurate for the Femizons' world, but I'll do the research as I go.- revisit this in 2026...
In this world, the battle of the sexes turned literal over the centuries as women genetically enhanced themselves to become equal to men, and men strengthened themselves via radiation treatments. That radiation had the side effect of sterilizing the children they subsequently conceived, and it became impossible for men and women to have children together. By the end of the 22nd century, society had split formally into two camps, men and women, and cataclysmic wars had occurred between the sides. Each side developed its own methods of reproduction, men drawing on parthogenetic cloning, and women using genetically manipulated sperm samples held in their Temples of Genetics. North America was ruled for a century by a royal sisterhood, but after the royal family's assassination and the destruction of the Genetics Temples (forcing the females to rely on cloning and genetic manipulation to create young) in the early half of the 23rd century, the USR (United Sisterhood Republic) assumed power.
Thundra's original OHotMU profile noted the event that led to the future of the Femizons/Sisterhood to have taken place at the end of the 20th century (which was still in the future at the time of that 1982-ish profile).
By the way, a stab though the abdomen is not a merciful way to kill someone...normally they would painfully die over days from sepsis from laceration of the intestines, but perhaps Lyra knew where to strike to sever the aorta, etc. to cause nearly immediate fatal hemorrhage.
Yes, Mogon demonstrated his strength and combat skills against women, but these were warrior Femizons/Sisterhood members who were not only fierce and highly-trained warriors, but also possibly enhanced via steroids and/or radiation. When he fought Syrani's Security Police, they had swords, and he fought multiple combatants with his bare hands.
Mogon originally had a sub-profile in the Femizons profile I posted way back in 11/21/2001.
This profile was completed 06/11/2022, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Mogon should be distinguished from:
Appearances:
Savage Tales I#1/2 (May, 1971) - Stan
"the Man" Lee (writer, editor, art director), "Jazzy" John Romita
(artist)
First posted: 09/23/2026
Last updated: 08/09/2026
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