#quogg

"Quogg" by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko

Once again I'll only be focusing on the relevant story from this issue rather than reviewing all of them. Our story is called "Quogg!" and as you can see didn't merit a spot on the cover. I want to say this is because the story just isn't very good and the creators probably knew it. Anyway, on to our recap!

Our protagonist is a guy who gets caught stealing and flees from the authorities and into the jungle! They follow him, so he tries to shake them off by...throwing his car over a ledge.

Not surprisingly, this maneuver doesn't work and the men continue to follow him until he steps onto a crumbling cliff and falls into some water and they give up.

He eventually makes his way to a village, where in no time he's already making plans to be an asshole.

As you can see above, he sneaks into Quogg's valley. Once inside, he sees there's a lone hut. He begins making plans to fool the villagers, assuming they are merely superstitious...because man, this guy is an asshole.

At this point, I don't know about you but I'd very much like this guy to get his comeuppance. Luckily, this turns out to be the case because there IS a Quogg!

The hut was Quogg the whole time! Welp, can't say I'm sorry for our racist criminal. I hope Quogg ate the shit out of him.

If you're wondering what the hell this issue is doing in the Order, it's because Quogg reappears in Monsters Unleashed (2017) #3, making him a reoccurring character.

And of course, my new favorite character HAS to be Quogg.

Wait, what? We’re doing this way faster than I was expecting. I figured he’d be an asshole some more, and then Quogg would show up and kill him, but Quogg is already here?

HAHAHAHAAHA!!!!

Okay, the ending is kind of abrupt, but I do like that the hut was Quogg all along. It really subverts my expectations, in a fun way.

I feel like in the world of Marvel Comics, where there are Sub-Mariners and Fantastic Four and alien invasions, people would end up being more superstitious, right? It’s one of those things that makes you wonder about what a world where all of these are really happening would end up looking like.

Fuck you too, asshole! Does he just enjoy murder or something? I’m guessing he’s going to die given how bad he is.

Now we get to Tales to Astonish 30: QUOGG!

Looks like this is another monster one where fifty years from now the monster will fight Daredevil or something.

Oh god. Just some trauma from those last comics. Please proceed with depicting Africans in a way that isn’t hugely racist.

I don’t know if you really stole enough money to buy that jeep back.