Gorgilla

Gorgilla is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Gorgilla was a monstrous half-man/half-ape creature that existed in the world. He was part of the Gorgilla Clan of killer man-apes that once dominated the Earth around one million years ago. It was known that the beasts preyed on primitive humans where during this time the first Iron Fist named Fan Fei sought to protect mankind. She came to slay many of the Gorgilla's leading to a confrontation with the ape king who wielded a club made of diamond. Despite his strength and weapon, he was defeated but the Gorgilla King was later visited by a fiery serpent who offered him power to defeat his foe. The primitive ape king was then showed a mysterious purple jewel that was one of the stones of the Infinity Gems. With its power, the Gorgilla King confronted the Iron Fist once more and managed to overpower her though she survived their clash leading to a continuing enmity between the two. (Avengers v8 #13)

Notes

• Gorgilla was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in Tales To Astonish v1 #12 (October, 1960).

Appearances

• Tales to Astonish v1:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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