MONCKMONCK
Real Name: Unrevealed;
presumably Monck
Identity/Class: Terrestrial fauna (gibbon) mutate (New Men)
Occupation: Warrior;Group Membership: New Men;
specifically the Man-Beast's New Men (Barachuudar, Cobrah, Haukk, Kohbra, Lizhardus, Pih-Junn, Phrogg, Rhodan, Snakar, Triax the Terrible, Weezhil, others)
Affiliations: Man-Beast
Enemies: High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham), Adam Warlock;
possibly the Beyonders, Prime Movers of Tarkus, Sphinxor, Thanos
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: "Demon-Spawn," "simpleton" (both by Adam Warlock)
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
at least formerly various hidden bases on the High Evolutionary's
Counter-Earth (presumably at least Wundagore-3);
formerly somewhere in the galaxy Dromisana (see comments);
presumably created in the High Evolutionary's Citadel of Science atop Mount Wundagore, Transia (see comments);
First Appearance: (Possibly behind-the-scenes, see comments) Thor I#135 (December, 1966);
(confirmed) Warlock I#2 (October, 1972)
Powers/Abilities: Monck was a gibbon evolved into a more humanoid form.
He likely possessed some degree of superhuman strength, speed, agility, pedal dexterity, and/or olfactory senses.
He was experienced in swinging a heavy metal ball on a chain at a target from below, encircling the target's neck, and typical subduing him or her.
After encountering Adam Warlock, Monck was reverted back to his original gibbon form and possessed the typical abilities of such a lesser ape.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6' in New Man form; perhaps 3' in gibbon form)
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 220 lbs. in New Man form; perhaps 26 lbs. in gibbon form)
Eyes: Unrevealed (dark)
Hair: Presumably gray-brown hair on head and shoulders (unless the
shoulder hair was part his outfit); (gibbon form) thick gray-brown body
and facial hair
History:
(Thor I#135 - BTS / Quicksilver I#9 (fb) - BTS) - The Man-Beast used his evolutionary ray (presumably still
powered by Isotope C) to create a number of his own New Men (presumably including Monck), who then
engaged Thor and
the Evolutionary.
Thor subdued the Man-Beast, and Count Tagar and the Knights forced the rest of the
Man-Beast's New Men into the Evolutionary's Star Chamber, which then transported
them to the "galaxy Dromisana" (see comments).
The Man-Beast then used the High Evolutionary's machinery to guide the
newly developed humanity on Counter-Earth to commit
the violent crimes the High Evolutionary
had sought to prevent. 
The High Evolutionary revived and attacked the
Man-Beast, who
summoned his armored New Men (presumably
including Monck) to aid him.
Though the High Evolutionary stopped
them as
well, the distraction allowed the Man-Beast to strike down
the Evolutionary with a psychic blast.
Before the Man-Beast could slay the Evolutionary, however, Him -- the creation of the Enclave whom the Evolutionary had rescued from space -- rushed to attack the New Men. The Man-Beast teleported himself and his followers down to Counter-Earth.
The Evolutionary considered destroying his now-tainted world, but Him convinced the Evolutionary to allow him to track down the Man-Beast and to save humanity. The Evolutionary gave Him the Infinity Soul Gem and sent him to Counter-Earth with the new name of Adam Warlock.
(Marvel Premiere#2 (fb) - BTS) - The Man-Beast and his New Men established the base of Wundagore-3.
(Warlock I#1 - BTS) - The High Evolutionary altered Counter-Earth so that it vibrated on a different plane, a mere micro-second out of sync with the rest of the dimension, so that a rocket from Earth approaching Counter-Earth could neither see nor be seen by Counter-Earth.
(Warlock I#1 - BTS) - In the form of the Prophet, the Man-Beast led Adam Warlock to his subterranean stronghold, filled with New Men.
(Warlock I#2) - After Warlock had subdued a number of
New Men trying to force his surrender and then approached the
Man-Beast, Monck, standing on an overhead structure, swung his
ball-and-chain weapon at Warlock. 
Encircling Warlock's neck with the
chain, Monck triumphnatly shouted, "I have him, sire!" Monck then
pulled Warlock away from the Man-Beast and -- as Warlock struggled at
the chains pulling against his throat -- exclaimed, "Hah! Humble Monck will be paid well -- for his great skill!"
However, Warlock turned Monck's advantage against him by using the chain to swing himself above Monck and then land on his shoulders. Monck protested that he had been tricked, but Warlock replied, "Only by yourself, simpleton!"
Placing his hands atop Monck's skull, Warlock then used his Soul Gem "reaching
into his innermost being and mystically grasping a fistful of the
universe -- hurling its awesome energy into a freshly sprung
quasi-human branch of the tree of evolution -- "
And Monck was transformed, forced
unwillingly back down the tree of evolution until he at last was what
he had been before, a gibbon, unable to comprehend the situation around
him.
Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, Mike Friedrich, Gil Kane, and Tom Sutton.
As far as I know, there is not
anything that indicates that the Man-Beast was able to create
additional New Men on his own without the High Evolutionary's
evolutionary ray, Monck was likely created and present in Thor I#135.
I am listing Monck as
behind-the-scenes in Thor I#135.
To the best of my knowledge, Monckonly
appears in Warlock I#1, and he is not seen after being reverted back to
gibbon form. We have certainly seen other New-Men return to their
evolved-mutated forms via radiation, etc.
Assuming Monck (back in gibbon form or re-evolved) did not perish at some point earlier, he was presumably present on Counter-Earth when Sphinxor and the Prime Movers took the world for the Beyonders' museum circa Marvel Two-In-One I#61-64 (1980)...and when Counter-Earth was apparently destroyed by the Infinity Gauntlet-possessing Thanos (as revealed circa Warlock and the Infinity Watch#4 (1992).
I am not really certain what the deal is with the Counter-Earth and its New Men that appeared circa Uncanny Avengers II#1 (2015), but I do not believe Monck was seen with them.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Pih-Junn should be distinguished from:
Appearances:
Warlock I#1 (August, 1972) - Roy Thomas (plot),
Mike Friedrich (script), Gil Kane (pencils), Tom Sutton (inker), Stan Lee (editor)
All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z#8 (August, 2006) - Jeff Christiansen (head writer/coordinator), Sean McQuaid, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, Michael Hoskin, Mark O'English, Chris Biggs, Eric J. Moreels, Mike Fichera, Al Sjoerdsma, Barry Reese, Chad Anderson, Madison Carter, Anthony Flamini & Rich Green (writers), Michael Short (assistant editor), Jeff Youngquist & Jennifer Grunwald (editors)
Official
Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z hardcover#8 (July, 2009) - Jeff Christiansen (head writer/coordinator),
Stuart Vandal, Mike Fichera & Madison Carter (coordination assistants), Sean McQuaid, Michael Hoskin, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, David
Wiltfong, Madison Carter, Mike Fichera,
Chad Anderson, Chris Biggs, Eric J.
Moreels, Mark O'English, Al Sjoerdsma, Jacob Rougemont, Gabriel Shechter, Anthony Flamini, Rich Green, Markus Raymond, Andrew Goletz, Rob London, Mike O'Sullivan & Jeph York (writers), Brian
Overton (copy editor), Alex Starbuck (editorial assistant), John Denning & Cory Levine (assistant
editors), Mark D. Beazley (editor, special projects), Jeff Youngquist
&
Jennifer Grunwald (editors)
First posted: 04/14/2024
Last updated: 04/14/2024
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