OOG

History: The alien known as “OOG” was marooned ages ago when his ship crash-landed in the Earth's arctic regions. He was thrown out and embedded in a glacier. Before losing conciousness and slipping into a state of suspended animation, the alien managed to telepathically etch a galactic distress signal (the characters of which resembled “OOG”) into the ice. Centuries later, an arctic expedition found the alien in the ice and erroneously thought the distress signal (“OOG”) was its name. A block of ice containg the alien was cut out of the icefield and transported to an American lab for study. Later, the ice was accidentally melted and the alien arose, alive once more. Smashing out of the lab, the alien was looked upon with fear and suspicion by the populace of the city. A military attack was ordered, but the alien telepathically explained its story; it then contacted a rescue ship. As it boarded the rescue ship, the alien vowed never to return because he found Earthlings to be cruel savages.

Height: 25 ft.
Demonstrated Powers: “OOG” was strong enough to smash through brick walls. Additionally, “OOG” could communicate telepatically and overpower other minds with an hypnotic power.

Comment: “OOG” is basically a redone version of the story of ZOG in Journey Into Mystery # 56; there is also Anuxa from Tales to Astonish # 7, another similar character.

Comments: “OOG” should not be confused with the Martian, Oog, who appeared in Captain America # 70 (Jan. 1949).

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I liked OOG. He looked just like the thing that would get 'puny humans' to assume he was a monster. Do you think he and Picard would like each other?

“OOG Lives Again” has the same premise as an earlier story: “I Brought ZOG Back to Life.” ZOG appeared in Journey Into Mystery #56 (Jan. '60) and was drawn by Don Heck: a gigantic hairy alien is stranded on earth, trapped in ice for centuries, with an SOS—-ZOG, of course—-etched in ice. There's wide-spread initial panic; but the alien turns out not to be a threat. ZOG is reprinted in Where Creatures Roam #6.

Oog is now a part of the mainstrean universe. In
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/leestanl.htm
(Marvel Comics: History of the Marvels) - Starting from circa the 1950's, the majority of Atlas' output was devoted to titles depicting supposedly authenticated tales of peoples' encounters with extraterrestrial lifeforms. Creatures such as Goom and Oog and Groot filled the pages-each tale personally verified and vouched for by Stan Lee and his staff.

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