Mangog

The character first appeared in Thor #154 (July 1968) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.[1]

Mangog debuted in a multi-issue storyline in the title Thor, and is depicted as being the sum total of the hatred of "a billion billion beings" of a mysterious alien race whose invasion of Asgard had been thwarted by Odin, the ruler of Asgard and the Norse gods.[2] Believed to be the last remaining member of this race and imprisoned beneath Asgard, Mangog is freed by the rock troll Ulik, who sees a warning on the prison door not to release the occupant but does so anyway hoping they will make a useful ally against Asgard. When Mangog is released, he easily defeats Ulik then storms Asgard intent on drawing the Odinsword from its scabbard which will end the universe. Odin's son Thor battles Mangog to a standstill until Odin defeats Mangog by breaking the Odinspell which had created Mangog as a living prison for his entire race. Restoring that race to physical form causes Mangog to fade away, seemingly into nothingness.[3]

Mangog reappears when freed by the god Loki, but was defeated when cut off from the source of its power.[4] Mangog was later aided by the traitorous magician Igron. Mangog assumes the form of an imprisoned Odin, and takes part of each Asgardian's lifeforce, weakening them, and plans to draw the Odinsword. After a series of skirmishes with Thor, the creature is defeated when Thor frees Odin.[5]

The character appears in the second volume of Thor as the servant of the Titan Thanos, who is seeking universal domination. Mangog is eventually destroyed by Thor (the character places his mystic hammer Mjolnir in the creature's mouth and blasts it internally) and Thanos (later revealed to have been a clone of Thanos in Infinity Abyss) was defeated.[6] Later, Mangog is again destroyed by Thor, seemingly for good when Thor used the Odinforce to erase him from existence.[7]

However, the Mangog returns in the pages of the Thunderstrike mini-series when he is accidentally summoned by a mystical generator used by megalomaniac Adam Mann. When Thor wonders at his return asserting his previous destruction, the Mangog scornfully replies that hatred can be suppressed or rejected, but never destroyed. He is banished once again where he is cast into the fire of a distant star.[8]

Later, in The Mighty Thor, during a confrontation between the eponymous heroine and the gods of the Shi'ar, the latter - when vexed by Thor's allies - cause the so-called, and dreaded, "Ultimate Judgment" to be unleashed. The feared entity is revealed to be the Mangog, whose fury is stated to be unstoppable.[9] After a prolonged battle that decimates Asgard, the new Thor is able to defeat him by binding Mangog in Gleipnir - the chain once used to bind Fenris - and attach it to Mjolnir to hurl both Mjolnir and Mangog into the sun.[10]

Mangog possesses the strength, stamina, durability and endurance of a "billion billion beings",[11] considerably exceeding that of Thor, and has the ability to manipulate magic for energy projection and shapeshifting.

He appears to be immortal and ultimately indestructible, existing so long as hatred does, and indeed draws strength from hate itself, even that of his enemies.[12]

Having evolved into an independent abstract, Mangog now exists as the Judgement of the Gods. Making him much more powerful than ever before growing in might and in menace for every cruel or spiteful act committed in their eternal wake.[13] .

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