A Monster By Any Other Name

Pre-Marvel super-heroes, Atlas had all those gioant monsters with names that terrified the world!!!!

But every once in a while, there would be a name that was destined to bring a "Are you kidding?  That's pitiful."  And you know the monster walked away in shame.

 

Some examples...

 

 

 

SHAGG?! 

 

And what about ---

 

 

But the weakest is

 

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  • Why do all of these make me think of vacuum cleaners?

  • When I was a kid, by reprints of these stories in Where Monsters Dwell and Monsters on the Prowl, I l-o-v-e-d those crazy names.  And I still do.

    Not that you didn't know this, but The Blip and Googam's daddy Goom (among others) showed up in The Incredible Hulk Annual #5.

  • "Googam" sounds like a nickname somebody who is a little too enthusiastic about the whole thing would call their cat.

  • Oog looks like a Care Bear who has gone over to the dark side.

  • If Googam really is everywhere, he must run into Savoir-Faire a lot.

  • Awesome.

  • I think that Stan was just putting random letters together!

    Vungor. Moobo. Krikko. This is easy!

  • Phillip, behave yourself.  You know better than to use words like those....  LOL!

     

  • A man in the process of putting on his socks and shoes stares at his feet in shock. Outside his window, which has been partly covered by hastily nailed-up planks, the entire world is covered with a white fungus. People who have been completely covered by the fungus can be seen, gesturing in horror or agony.

    Man: "My big toe! VUNGOR has taken it over!"

    Toe: "Hahaha! You're the LAST! When you succumb - the WORLD will be MINE!

    Caption: "I was infected with VUNGOR, the thinking fungus!"

     

    The scene is a farmyard. On the left we see the head of a giant bull, lowered into the frame. On the right, a prize-winning cow, wearing a blue 1st prize ribbon. Between them stands a farmer, who is gesturing as if exhorting the cow. In the background farmers flee from further giant bulls, which are destroying buildings, overturning vehicles etc.

    Giant Bull (telepathically): "Come - with - me! You - will - be - my - bride!"

    Farmer: "Don't do it, Daisy! If you join him, you'll DOOM mankind!"

    Caption: "The marriage of - MOOBO!"

     

    A city scene. A giant figure of James Dean, in a leather jacket, is ripping open buildings, as if searching for something. In the foreground the small figures of two men are trying to escape down a street with a giant comb.

    First Man Carrying Comb: "Faster! If KRIKKO gets this comb back he'll be UNSTOPPABLE!"

    Second Man Carrying Comb: "And if he USES it - the WORLD will END!"

    Caption: "The doom comb of KRIKKO!"

  • Awesome

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