OROGO

Real Name: Orogo

Identity/Class: Extraterrestrial robot (Pre-Modern era) (see comments)

Occupation: Slaver

Group Membership: None 

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Albert Carstairs, humanity

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: The Nightmare from Outer Space, Orogo the Mighty, The Thing from Beyond

Base of Operations: Mobile on Earth;
     formerly an unnamed galaxy;
    Pre-Modern era

First Appearance: Journey into Mystery I#57/1 (March, 1960)

Powers/Abilities: Orogo used a rocket ship capable of intergalactic travel and he possessed superhuman strength (Class 75?). Orogo could hypnotize humans with electro-magnetic waves from his "eye" by making eye contact.

History: (Journey into Mystery I#57/1) - Orogo came to Earth to take people back to his galaxy and put them to work as forced labor. He went from city to city, hypnotizing people and herding them into his rocket ship. No one stood in his way until Albert Carstairs issued a challenge via the television networks. He claimed Orogo could not hypnotize him, and he wanted a showdown at Municipal Park. Orogo accepted his challenge, but he could not hypnotize the old man because Carstairs was blind, so Orogo kept intensifying his electro-magnetic eye beams until his circuits overloaded and he exploded.

Comments: Created by Larry Lieber and Don Heck.

As with many 1950's and 1960's Marvel monster stories, this story is not confirmed as part of Earth-616 continuity, but there's nothing to exclude it either.
    --Leave it in unless something rules it out!--Snood.

The cover of Journey into Mystery I#57 featured Orogo drawn by Jack Kirby, and he looks completely different from the Orogo drawn by Don Heck.

This story ("Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!") was reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces I#2 and Where Monsters Dwell#12.

Orogo is a prototype for Iron Man foe Gargantus.
--Gammatotem

PROFILE BY FUTURE

CLARIFICATIONS:
Orogo, aka The Nightmare from Outer Space, aka The Thing from Beyond has no known connection to:

• NIGHTMARE, demon, Fearlords, father of Dreamqueen, rides Dreamstalker, native of dream dimension, haunts dreams of others, @ Strange Tales I#110.
• Nightmare, Topaz's soul mutated by Dr. Glitternight, @ Werewolf by Night I#27
• "NIGHTMARE KILLER" of Earth-New Universe, paranormal, psychotic, kept in a straightjacket in a mental institution, taunted Justice, secretly slew 342 others while they were dreaming, until discovered by Nightmask, prepared for lobotomy, @ Star Brand#16/2
• Orrgo, extra-terrestrial "space god," arrived on Earth and tried to conquer it multiple times in the past, summoned by
  Headmen and controlled by the God from Beyond statue. great mental powers, @ Strange Tales I#90
• THING, (Benjamin Jacob Grimm) - fantastic four, former member of west coast avengers + thunderriders, former leader of yancy street gang, @ Fantastic Four I#1
• any other characters named "Thing."

Albert Carstairs has no known connection to:

• CARSTAIRS, butler at Bentley castle, @ Plasmer#2
• Carstairs, Emily, generic female flirt, @ Generic Comic Book#1
• Carstairs, Roger, telepathic mutant who fought Bob Brant and the Trouble-Shooters @ Man Comics#28

Albert Carstairs

A blind man who spent most of his days sitting on a bench in Municipal Park. He contacted the media when Orogo invaded Earth, and challenged the robot to a showdown. Orogo couldn't hypnotize Albert because the old man was blind, but he kept trying until he exploded.

-- Journey into Mystery I#57/1

images:
Journey into Mystery I#57/1,p5, pan4;
Journey into Mystery I#57/1, p3, pan1;
(Albert Carstairs)  Journey into Mystery I#57/1, p2, pan1

Journey into Mystery I#57 (March, 1960) - Larry Lieber (writer), Don Heck (artist), Stan Lee (editor)

Last updated: 03/09/16

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