Goom is an alien from Planet X, a planetoid in the Solar System that is concealed by distortions in space. After astronaut Mark Langley sends a signal to Planet X, Goom follows it to Earth and attempts to conquer the planet before being stopped by other aliens from Planet X.[4][5][6] His son Googam soon followed in his father's footsteps.[4][7]
Xemnu later created a duplicate of Goom which the Hulk destroyed.[8]
Somehow, Goom and other monsters returned to Earth and took up residence on Monster Isle. On a Valentine's Day, Goom attempted to find a human mate on Earth, but the goddess Venus instead set him up (somewhat against his will) with the alien Shivoor.[volume & issue needed] Goom vanished afterwards, leaving his son Googam alone on Earth.[volume & issue needed]
The microscopic dictator Tim Boo Baa took advantage of Googam's search for his father to manipulate Googam into bringing him to Earth, where he was defeated by Googam's allies, the "Fin Fang Four".[9]
Goom was later captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. and placed in the custody of their Howling Commandos Monster Force.[volume & issue needed] Goom later appeared on Monster Isle when Shadowcat and Magik appeared to look for a mutant girl named Bo. Goom was among the monsters that attacked the three until Magik teleported herself, Shadowcat, and Bo to the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.[10]
During the Monsters Unleashed storyline, Goom is among the monsters summoned by the Inhuman Kei Kawade to fight the Leviathon Tide.[11] In one of these battles, Goom mocks his son Googam for struggling in his battle against an Insectoid Leviathon.[12]
Powers and abilities
Goom has an immense head that grants him advanced intelligence and psychic powers. He wields various technology, including a spaceship, a disintegration-inducing "Neutron Ray", and an age-manipulating time machine. Due to Earth's lower gravity, he is also able to fly.[13][5]
Other versions
In the Marvel Adventures continuity, Goom is depicted as an alien from the Negative Zone who monitors Earth through television transmissions. He later becomes obsessed with 2000s rap culture after the Human Torch accidentally switches his feed to MTV.
In other media
Goom makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "This Man-Thing, This Monster! (Six Against Infinity, Part 3)".
Goom appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., with vocal effects provided by Dee Bradley Baker.[14][15] The version is female, lacks mental powers, and can breathe fire, ice, and acid. After Arkon strands him on Monster Isle, Hulk encounters Goom and her hatchlings (voiced by Clancy Brown, Benjamin Diskin, and Eliza Dushku)[16] and rescues them from Arkon before leaving a drone to monitor them. In the series finale "Planet Monster", Goom assists the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. and the Avengers in fighting the Supreme Intelligence's invasion of Earth.
^"Momma Monster Voice - Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 21, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
Cotter, Robert Michael "Bobb" (2008). The Great Monster Magazines: A Critical Study of the Black and White Publications of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. McFarland & Company. ISBN978-0786433896.
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