Gorgo #5

Dates

Cover date

January 1962

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition

  Source ↗
• UK pence edition

  British

  The cover price is printed in that country's currency.

  This edition’s page

Creators

Stories

• The Day Manhattan Died · 20 pages

  When the US Airforce try to kill Gorgo's mother in New York Harbor by dropping nuclear depth bombs, it ends up causing a huge crack in the Ocean floor that releases an ancient gigantic proto-saurian creature. The creature and Gorgo's mother fight to the death in Manhattan destroying much of the city in the process.

• Space Pirate · 2 pages

  The Space Council tries to capture the nefarious space pirate Marcos Dnesper.

• The Subject · 2 pages

  For a gag at a party, Ace hypnotizes Charley. When he commands him to vanish to some other galaxy, Charley vanishes to a faraway place.

Reprinted in

Gorgo Attacks! (2021), Gorgo Attacks! (2021)