Gorgo #16
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Menace from the Deep," a nuclear test in the South Seas triggers a bizarre mutation in kelp, giving rise to towering, fluid-draining humanoids known as Chloryllfids. With the ocean's life wiped out by radiation, the Gorgos—already struggling to survive—find themselves drawn to the same island where the monstrous Chloryllfids have overrun the land. Written by Joe Gill and illustrated with eerie precision by Steve Ditko, this 1963 Charlton issue blends sci-fi dread with a strange, unsettling balance of predator and prey. The cover, also by Ditko, captures the menace of the deep with stark, otherworldly detail.
In "Menace from the Deep," a 1963 science fiction tale from Gorgo #16, a nuclear test triggers a bizarre mutation in the ocean’s kelp, giving rise to towering, humanoid Chloryllfids that overrun a South Seas island, draining animals of their fluids. With their usual prey wiped out by radiation, the Gorgos are driven to hunt—only to discover the Chloryllfids make a surprisingly satisfying meal.
A scientist's ambitious time machine project reaches completion, and his young assistant Dr. Jim Cable volunteers to become humanity's first temporal explorer, traveling back millions of years to witness prehistory firsthand. Armed with protective gear and strict orders never to disturb the ancient world, Cable steps into the primordial past—only to encounter something that will change everything he thought he knew about his own existence.
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Reprinted in Big Book O' Ditko #[nn] (2010), Ditko Monsters: Gorgo #[nn] (2013)
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