ZOG

Real Name: Zog

Class: Extraterrestrial

Occupation: Criminal, would-be world conqueror

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: unnamed planet

First Appearance: Challengers of the Unknown I #23 (December, 1961-January, 1962)

Powers: Zog was armed with a raygun, and his headquarters was an immense floating island equipped with powerful traction beams.

History: (Challengers of the Unknown I #23) - The Challengers of the Unknown investigated when food disappeared from a lunch party and a model home disappeared from an exhibition following the appearance of a swift moving cloud. June, Red and Ace flew into the cloud while Ace and Rocky met some aliens that appeared in town and helped them fend off a mechanical monster. The aliens, Dr. Kue and Greeg, explained that they were scientists that invented a floating city meant to explore other worlds, but the criminal Zog and his gang took over the island, held them captive, and, under the cloud cover shielding the island, were using its' tractor beams to take samples of Earth objects so they could study humans before taking over the planet. Kue and Greeg escaped Zog, who'd sent the mechanical monster after them, and they assured the Challs that if their friends had investigated the island they'd been captured by Zog. Kue and Greeg flew a plane near the floating island to trick Zog into capturing them. Rocky and Ace were hidden in the fuselage, and after freeing their friends created a distraction, allowing their allies to reach the island's automatic defense panel. Zoog and his gang were shot up into the air by air bursts, and then dropped into a holding cell. Kue and Greeg thanked the Challs for their help, and left with Zog to their home planet where the criminals would face justice.

Comments: Created by Arnold Drake? & Bob Brown.