Goom

Goom is a fictional character, an extraterrestrial appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

Goom first appeared in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #15 and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers.

Fictional character biography

Goom is an alien from Planet X who attempted to conquer the Earth. He was defeated and returned to his home planet by other aliens from Planet X, but his son Googam soon followed in his father's footsteps. At some point, he was captured by the alien Collector and imprisoned alongside other monsters. These captives were freed by the Mole Man, but were defeated by the Beast, Giant-Man, the Hulk and the Thing, and Mister Fantastic exiled them into the Negative Zone. Somehow, Goom and other monsters returned to Earth and took up residence on the Mole Man's Monster Isle. On a Valentine's Day, Goom attempted to find a human mate on Earth, but the goddess Venus instead set him up (somewhat against his will) with the alien Shivoor. Goom vanished afterwards, leaving his son Googam alone on Earth. The microscopic dictator Tim Boo Baa took advantage of Googam's search for his father to manipulate Googam into bringing him to Earth, where he was defeated by Googam's allies, the "Fin Fang Four". Goom was later captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. and placed in the custody of their Howling Commandos Monster Force.

Xemnu later created a duplicate of Goom which was destroyed by the Hulk.^[1]

Goom later appeared on Monster Isle when Shadowcat and Magik appeared to look for a mutant girl named Bo. Goom was among the monsters that attacked the three until Magik teleported herself, Shadowcat, and Bo to the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.^[2]

Powers and abilities

Goom has mental powers and an immense head. He had advanced technology which was seen in Tales of Suspense vol. 1 #15 including a spaceship, a disintegration-inducing "Neutron Ray," and a time machine, which had the ability to change the age of others.

In other media

Television

• Goom appears in the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. episode "The Hunted" where its vocal effects are provided by Dee Bradley Baker. The Goom seen in this episode is depicted as a female, didn't demonstrate any mental powers and was little more than a wild animal, and is revealed to have the ability to breathe fire, ice, and acid. Hulk finds the eggs of Goom which hatch as Hulk protects the eggs of Goom from Arkon. When Hulk and the baby Gooms (whose vocal effects are provided by Clancy Brown, Benjamin Diskin, and Eliza Dushku) are captured and placed in cages on Arkon's ship, it is revealed that Goom was previously captured by Arkon in his plot to raise the baby Gooms and use them to hunt Earth's heroes. With help from Hulk, the Gooms end up crashing Arkon's ship while Arkon is chased away by Monster Island's inhabitants. Hulk left one of the floating cameras on Monster Island to keep an eye on the baby Gooms. In the episode "Planet Monsters" Pt. 2, Goom assists the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. and the Avengers in their fight against the Kree.

References

External links

• Goom at Marvel Wiki
• Goom at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe