JOOG, THE GIANT OF MARS
(1940)
JOOG, THE GIANT OF MARS
(1940)
SOURCES:
"John Carter and the Giant
of Mars" Amazing Stories January 1940
DESCRIPTION: "Joh Carter found himself looking into a monstrous face. From top of shaggy head to bottom of its hairy chin, the head measured fully fifteen feet...the creature must have been fully a hundred and thirty feet tall!... He was dressed in a ill-fitting, baggy tunic that came down in loose folds over his hips but which allowed his arms and legs to be free." ("John Carter and the Giant of Mars")
NOTES: Joog was created by the Synthetic Man, Pew Mogel. He is made from 10,000 red men and white apes. His body has been infused with a serum that regenerates his body quickly. he is virtually indestrustible. As john Carter says at the end of the story, Joog is not evil, just simple-minded.
HISTORY: The Giant of Mars seems to have two obvious inspirations: Frankenstein, Gulliver's Travels and King Kong. Burroughs has fun with the difference in size (ala Swift) plus the villain is fond of grabbing people through windows like the giant hand from Kong.
