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Quote1 Behold! I am Groot, the invincible! Who dares defy me?? Quote2
Groot

Appearing in "I Challenged... Groot! The Monster from Planet X!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales to Astonish #13

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Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Groot (First appearance) (Apparent death)

Other Characters:

  • Claire (Mentioned)

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Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Evans' Car

Synopsis for "I Challenged... Groot! The Monster from Planet X!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales to Astonish #13

In the Autumn of 1960, scientist Leslie Evans and wife Alice witnessed a blinding object falling from the sky. When Evans went to investigate the next day, he not only found the object, but discovered it was alive. Evans looked on as the alien creature, Groot, grew larger by the minute as he absorbed wooden objects into his own body. There in the woods, Groot announced his presence to the nearby community. Claiming to be the Monarch of Planet X, Groot announced that he had come to Earth to take a small Terran town back to his home world for its scientists to study. While the humans resisted, no gunfire, or even conventional fire could penetrate Groot's hide. Seeing the futility of trying to fight Groot directly, Evans abandoned the townspeople and raced back to his laboratory, for which he was labeled a coward.

Over the next three days, Groot used his ability to control trees and plants to turn the forest into a make-shift army. His announced intention was to use Earth's native vegetation to create a net of roots to allow him to lift the town into space whole. When Groot entered the town, Evans snuck up behind him and unleashed the fruits of his frantic work: a specially bred colony of termites. The insects voraciously ate through Groot's hide, and into his core. Groot collapsed in a a state of shock, and was believed dead by the townsfolk.

Tales to Astonish Vol 1 13 001

Appearing in "I Was a Slave of the Living Hulk! Chapter One The Coming of the Hulk / Chapter 2 Slaves of the Hulk!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Mystery #62

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Mrs. Harper (Joe's Wife)

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Other Characters:

Races and Species:

  • Xem (Main story and as }} {{1st in flashback)
  • Cyborgs (Main story and flashback)
  • Humans
  • Unidentified alien species (Only in flashback)

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Xemnu's Original Spaceship (Main story and flashback) (Destroyed)
  • Xemnu's New Spaceship

Synopsis for "I Was a Slave of the Living Hulk! Chapter One The Coming of the Hulk / Chapter 2 Slaves of the Hulk!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Mystery #62

Xemnu was one of several inmates on an "exile world" until he snuck past several guards and onto a supply ship. The hijacked craft was only capable of bearing him half of the way home, however, and he was forced to crash land on Earth. There his unconscious, non-operational body was found in Blacktree Swamp by electrician Joe Harper. Hopeful that he could revive Xemnu by repairing his cybernetic parts, Harper brought Xemnu's body to his workshop. There he revived Xemnu through an electrolysis process. While recharging, Xemnu revealed that he was a convict and then used his hypnosis rays to take control of Harper. After confirming that his hypnosis did in fact work on humans, Xemnu brought Harper out of his trance and revealed his plan to enthrall all of humanity in order to construct a new ship, capable of bearing him home. The force needed to launch the ship would cause a chain of geological events which would tear the Earth apart. As Harper was the one who revived Xemnu, he was to be taken along and spared the fate of the rest of his planet (though Harper suspected that he just liked having someone to gloat over and boast to). Xemnu enthralled the entire human race with his hypnosis rays, and order them to design and construct his new spacecraft. Joe Harper was able to save the Earth by sabotaging the craft: when Xemnu prepared to depart, two crossed wires caused a short circuit which locked him in a state of shock. Harper then launched the craft with only a fraction of the power Xemnu intended, sending him into orbit around the sun. When Xemnu travelled past the Earth's atmosphere, the effects of his hypnosis rays ended, and only Joe remembered Xemnu had ever appeared.

Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 62 001

Solicit Synopsis

Reprinting the Groot story from TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #13 and the Xemnu story from JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) Vol 1 62

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