ZOG

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial; pre-modern era

Occupation: Unrevealed

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Burton

Enemies: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Zog

Base of Operations: The North Atlantic

First Appearance: Journey into Mystery I#56/1 (January, 1960)

Powers/Abilities: Zog is over a thousand feet high, but other than that, it is unknown what powers he possessed. He may have possessed some sort of telekinesis, so he could engrave the ice he was encased in from the outside.

 

History: (Journey into Mystery I#56/1 (fb) - BTS) - At some point in the past, a giant alien creature was stranded on Earth. To bide its time until it was rescued by its kind, it encased itself in ice (suspended animation) and engraved the word "ZOG" on the ice, apparently its "S-O-S" term.

(Journey into Mystery I#56/1) - After a bomber plane spotted the giant floating iceblock in the North Atlantic, a group of scientists (including Burton) were called in. The governments and populaces of the world became alarmed about the creature (dubbed Zog after the word in the iceberg), and many people went into panic mode. Burton, who saw the world going insane over what may be a needless possibility, decided to take matters into his own hands. He commandeered a plane and bombed the iceberg, releasing Zog. Burton was arrested, convicted and sentenced to execution for a crime against humanity, but before the execution could be carried out, he was called in to witness what the creature was doing. Instead of attacking civilization as many thought it would, Zog simply encased himself in another iceberg. Burton deduced that the word ZOG meant S-O-S, and he was pardoned.

 

 


Comments: Created by Stan Lee (or Larry Lieber) and Don Heck.

Zog could be retconned into being one of the Frost Giants of Jotunheim.
--Will U

Profile by Madison Carter

Clarifications:

Zog has no known connections to

Burton

A scientist who theorized that Zog might not be malevolent. He freed the creature and was almost executed for his actions. After Zog returned to his icy haven instead of destroying humanity, Burton was given numerous awards, honors and apologies.


--Journey into Mystery I#56/1

images:
Journey into Mystery I#56, story 1, page 1
     page 2, panel 2 (in ice)
     page 2, panel 4 (burton)

Journey into Mystery I#56 (January, 1960) - Stan Lee or Larry Lieber (writer), Don Heck (artist), Stan Lee (editor)

10/16/07

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