The Return of Gorgo #2

Dates

Cover date

Summer 1963

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #2 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition

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• UK pence edition

  British

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

  This edition’s page

Creators

Stories

• The Creature from Corpus III · 20 pages

  KoorII, a 15 foot tall humanoid frog alien from the planet Corpus III, comes to Earth with hopes of conquering it. His home world is drying up and his people need an aquatic world to live on. He witnesses Gorgo and his mother come ashore on a Chinese island where they decimate a Chinese military base. Koorll believes he can control the Gorgos to help him exterminate Earthlings. The Gorgos don't respond to his telepathic commands. When KoorII attempts to kill a nearby paleontologist in a diving suit named Dr. Mason (who was observing the Gorgos), Gorgo grabs KoorII and crushes him in his hand.

• The Past Present · 2 pages

  A new camera is developed that allows video of the past to be played. This proves that "John Rotter" killed in cold blood not self defence. "Leonard Liar" cheated on his fiancee "Margaret Moneybags". And in a bit of history from 1877, "Colonel Henry Higgins" didn't bravely defeat Chief Bearnum and his Sioux braves in battle. He won a poker game against him.

• The Blind Spot · 4 pages

  At an office full of mirrors, the secretary notices that when the mirrors are adjusted, a blind spot appears that is a portal to another dimension. Jake the custodian even accidentally falls into it and vanishes. At night, the boss enters it and after he comes out refuses to mention what's on the other side.

Reprinted in

Steve Ditko Reader (2002), Ditko Monsters: Gorgo (2013)