In the pages of Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers we meet the Goozlebobber! In issues 4-6 of the run, the antics of the Goozelbobber offers a comedic counterpoint to the deadly drama in the lead feature.
The Goozlebobber is just one, the most infamous perhaps, of the creatures segregated in the Dreadnought:Tiger's "Section 51", where all manner of aliens from across the cosmos have taken refuge.
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| (A two-page look at Section 51 from a later issue of Captain Victory. ) |
He escapes and comes to the planet Earth where he adopts the form above and finds two small children to entertain.
The parents of course are less enthralled but when the cops show up, even they defend the seemingly harmless Goozlebobber who leaves to have more adventures. When Captain Victory's crew leave Earth the Goozlebobber is left behind and presumably is still among us.
The Goozlebobber reminded me of Impossible Man from the pages of Fantastic Four. Not only can he assuem multiple forms (maybe not as broadly as IM) but he seems to be mostly a harmless friendly alien who finds diversion on the Earth.
Here we see the last page of the Goozlebobber trilogy where he eludes police by adopting a very famous face (at least it was so at the time).
Impossible Man had done something similar a few years before in the pages of Marvel Two-In-One, though he reflected an earlier administration.
Both comics are beneath the dignity of the Presidency, but that was then and this is now. Possession by an outer space alien might explain a lot.
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