Mangog
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Mangog is a fictional character who appears in the Marvel Universe. Mangog first appeared in Thor vol. 1, #154 (January 1968) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Mangog, or "The Mangog" as it originally referred to itself, is the sum total of the hatred of a billion billion beings that were once killed by the ruler of Asgard and the Norse Gods, Odin. Imprisoned deep beneath Asgard, Mangog is accidentally freed by the Rock Troll Ulik,[1] and goes on to wage war against Odin and the other Norse Gods on several occasions. Mangog proves to be physically unstoppable, and is usually only defeated by exploiting Mangog's dependence on psychic energies (such as hatred, fear, or feelings of devotion) felt by other sentient beings to sustain itself. Without such a source, Mangog shrinks to near nothingness. [2]
While usually acting independently, Mangog also assists the titan Thanos in a quest for universal domination, but is ultimately stopped by the Thunder God Thor.[3] Thor eventually ends the threat of Mangog entirely — having evolved into an all-powerful deity, Thor simply dissolves an attacking Mangog with a wave of his hand.[4] Mangog, like all the Asgardian monsters, has not been seen the destruction of Asgard. [5]
