Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Bring on the Bad Guys: Blob creature

Real name: Not applicable 

First appearance: Showcase I#24 2/2 (Jan./Feb. 1960)

Abilities: Shooting yellow beams from eyes

Worst act: Attempted murder 

Quote: "Now at last...thanks to you...I am no longer a menace...to myself...or world..."

Created by: John Broome (script), Gil Kane (pencils), Joe Giella (inks)


Most of the story is taken up by a dream sequence of Carrol, convinced that Hal and Green Lantern are the same person. A car wreck knocks her out, leaving Hal free to investigate. What does he find? 

Seems some scientists were messing around with cosmic radiation, as you do, and accidently created a giant monster. The text refers to it as a blob, but it sports a vague chicken like head. The blob easily smacks Hal away but after a point he figures out that a creature that is apparently feeding off of radiation, so why not cut it off from its' feed source?

Which works great and causes the blob to shrink into a puddle. 

Ok, and we do see some quick thinking on Hal's part. The 'Carrol is convinced Hal is GL' is already starting to wear out it's welcome

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