KING OF ZOOZLAND

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Extradimensional (Zoozland)

Occupation: King of Zoozland

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Zoozland

First Appearance: Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett) #55 (March, 1946)

Powers: The King of Zoozland was a monarch with a royal guard at his disposal.

History: (Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett) #55) - Billy Batson saw an old man collecting foil and bits of string in the park to sell when the old man discovered a threat that had unraveled from a small dimensional portal. He kept pulling on the string, but on the other side was the dimension Zoozland, and the King of Zoozland was displeased to see one of his royal rugs unraveling through the dimensional portal. He ordered his guards to pull the string back, dragging the old man towards the portal, so Billy transformed into Captain Marvel to pull the old man and the string away from Zoozland. The King placed a bomb on the string to blow up whoever was on the other side of the portal, so Marvel had to fly it into space, where it harmlessly exploded. Marvel brought his scientist friend Dr. Grenn to explore the portal, and the old man, having attached a hook to the string, fed it back before reeling it in again, yielding a royal vase, further enraging the king. Marvel told the old man he was technically stealing, but Grenn just wanted to study the vase. The old man got caught on the hook and pulled into Zoozland. Captain Marvel's shoulders were too wide to enter the portal, so he turned back into Billy Batson, but when he entered Zoozland one of the royal guard knocked him unconscious. When he revived the King of Zoozland pronounced that the penalty for stealing in his kingdom was to burn out the thieves tongues. Billy quickly changed back into Marvel, made short work of the guards, and returned to Earth with the old man. Marvel pushed the rest of the string through, allowing the portal to close, saying it was a bad idea to make any further contact with Zoozland.

Comments: Created by Otto Binder & Pete Costanza.