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Fictional character biography

Gorgilla was originally a 20ft half-man/half-ape native to the island of Borneo, who is discovered by an expedition seeking the "missing link" between man and apes. After Gorgilla saves the expedition from a dinosaur - a Tyrannosaurus Rex - they in gratitude decide to leave the island and never mention Gorgilla. ^[1] Gorgilla, however, becomes curious about mankind and stows away on a ship bound for New York. Gorgilla stops an assassination attempt while in New York, but dies from a fall from the Statue of Liberty. ^[2] This is later corrected and it is revealed that the adventurer Doctor Druid talks Gorgilla down from the Statue of Liberty and ensures that he is returned to Borneo. ^[3] Borneo (left) and Sulawesi. ... Binomial name Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 Synonyms Manospondylus gigas Dynamosaurus imperiosus Dinotyrannus megagracilis Nanotyrannus lancensis? Tyrannosaurus (IPA pronunciation or ; from the Greek τυραννόσαυρος, meaning tyrant lizard) is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. ... Doctor Druid, also known as Doctor Droom and Druid, is a fictional character, a supernatural monster-hunter in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

Gorgilla is later deposited on Monster Isle by the Fantastic Four and eventually undergoes a rehabilitation program, which involves him being shrunken down to human size and hypnotically stripped of his powers so as to allow him to enter human society. Gorgilla takes up a job as a window cleaner at the Baxter Building, and later joins fellow monsters Fin Fang Foom, Elektro and Googam as part of the "Fin Fang Four" to defeat the microscopic alien conqueror Tim Boo Baa. ^[4] The Fantastic Four is Marvel Comics first comic book superhero team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and debuting in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. ... Fin Fang Foom is a fictional character and an alien dragon that appears in the Marvel Universe. ... Elektro is a fictional character and a robot that appears in the Marvel Universe. ... Googam is a fictional character and that appears in the Marvel Universe. ...

References

1. ^ Tales To Astonish vol. 1, #12.
2. ^ Tales of Suspense vol. 1, #18
3. ^ Marvel Universe #4 (1998)
4. ^ Fin Fan Four #1 (2005)