Everybody knows Groot. After his star turn in the Guardians of the Galaxy comic books and big time Hollywood movies, Groot is a household name, likely the most famous of the Kirby monsters.
But it was not always thus. Originally the cute Groot was merely another alien invader, a monster who fell victim to the enemy of most wooden things -- termites.
Since then, he's been revised as an ongoing character. As cute as little Groot is, I find a soft spot in my heart for the deadly original.
Groot and his monstrous allies can be found in the outstanding volume below. What a feast!
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All those monster comics had the same plot though - a seemingly unstoppable alien invader who gets foiled by a plucky human (and the plucky human is always American because the alien always invades America).
ReplyDeleteThose alien beasties saw right from the beginning that we were ripe for tomfoolery! More seriously I wish plucky humans, usually using their brains and science to defeat the menace was more valued over here.
DeleteAs much as I like Groot, no monster out monsters Fin Fang Foom!. I loved those Marvel/Atlas monster comics
ReplyDeleteI'm a diehard Foom man myself. Best of the worst!
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