Garguax
Garguax is a male extraterrestrial comic supervillains who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Garguax
He claimed to be from a full-grown world that was far superior to a infant planet like Earth. (Doom Patrol v1 #91)
One account from Garguax claimed that he was banished from his world causing him to relocate to Earth's Moon. From there, he said that intended to return in glory back to his home planet. This involved him developing weapons that he looked to make him reign supreme on his homeworld. (Doom Patrol v1 #91)
In reality, he had survived the destruction of his space island and continued to operate secretly on Earth through his new base on the planet's Moon. He would eventually come to encounter General Immortus where the two forged an alliance to destroy their common foe in the Doom Patrol. This saw the pair joining the Brain and his Brotherhood of Evil where Garguax used his alien technology to help in creating materials for a financial syndicate operating in Tijali that was overseen by Immortus. (Doom Patrol v1 #96)
In the aftermath, the Brotherhood of Evil gathered at Garguax's moonbase where he went to convince them to seek out larger stakes than monetary gain and instead to seek out world domination as the start in a bid to take over the known universe. General Immortus also embraces these goals and shows off his new device on three victims turning them into loyal diamond skinned slaves under the control of the Brotherhood. In order to turn the rest of the world into such slaves, General Immortus, Monsieur Mallah, and Madame Rouge all travel to different locations on Earth to implant devices that would change the people in the area into the diamond-like zombie slaves that they have created. (Doom Patrol v1 #97)
During the Alliance Invasion, Garguax attempted to join the Alliance only to be rejected and have his base on the Moon co-opted by the Alliance. Feeling slighted, Garguax reluctantly joined forces with the Doom Patrol in defending Earth, but only so he could later take the planet for himself. (Doom Patrol v2 #17) After the end of the invasion, Garguax immediately resumed trying to destroy the Doom Patrol. However, the Chief called in a favor from the United States President to fire a laser satellite at Garguax's ship, which completely obliterated Garguax. (Doom Patrol v2 #18)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Garguax
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was revealed that he in reality was a servant and spy for the ruler of his world with this being Zarox-13. His leader had dispatched him to Earth to assess it and prepare it for conquest by his people's empire. (Doom Patrol v1 #111)
Powers and abilities
They were in fact androids that were imitation humans making them man-made living beings that were commanded by their master. These constructs could become large shapeless masses where typically they were dropped onto planetary surfaces by taking the form of a ball. Once deployed, they would then take on humanoid forms where they resembled large mannequins. It was shown that different coloured androids indicated a unique power-set such as blue ones that had superstrength whilst red ones were able to generate heat. When destroyed, their bodies simply shattered into pieces. The remains decayed becoming a kind of liquid where they emitted a terrible odor. (Doom Patrol v1 #91)
His vessel was akin to a small fantastic city that could float over the surface of a planet. Something prevented radio scanners from penetrating the walls of this city craft. (Doom Patrol v1 #91)
Notes
- Garguax was created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani where he made his first appearance in Doom Patrol v1 #91 (November, 1964).
In other media
Television
- In Doom Patrol, Garguax appeared in the setting of the live-action television series where he was shown in the episode "Vacay Patrol" and was portrayed by actor Stephen Murphy. This version was a member of the Brotherhood of Evil and was served by a red alien named Samuelson. In 1949, the Brotherhood assigned the two to assassinate Rita Farr, but the signal to do so never arrived, even after several decades, during which the Brotherhood disbanded. Eventually, the signal does come, prompting Samuelson to turn on and kill Garguax.
Appearances
- Doom Patrol v1: (1964)
- Doom Patrol v2:
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