Googam

Googam is the son of Goom, a monstrous alien invader from Marvel's classic monster-comics era. A hulking, dim-witted creature, he follows in his father's fearsome footsteps as one of the strange behemoths who once threatened an unsuspecting Earth.

Googam is one of Marvel's most delightfully offbeat corners of monster-comics mythology, a Modern Age figure who debuted in 2001's Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine #11 under the creative hands of Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson, and Ron Frenz. With a relatively modest seven catalogued appearances spanning 2001 to 2017, Googam is a rare treat rather than a familiar face, popping up in company that includes heavy-hitters like the Hulk and Logan alongside fellow creature-feature luminaries Goom, Gorgilla, and the legendary Fin Fang Foom — most notably in Fin Fang Four Return! For collectors who love Marvel's gloriously weird monster-era sensibility filtered through a modern lens, Googam is exactly the kind of obscure gem that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.