25 Facts About Garokk

1.

Garokk is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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2.

Garokk sought to destroy all life on Earth to bring about peace, and he and Ka-Zar fought each other.

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3.

Garokk's age caught up with him rapidly and he died shortly afterwards.

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4.

The X-Men's enemy Magneto later found Garokk, who had transformed: he was larger and half his body had turned into crystal while the other half became like molten rock, and his intelligence was dulled.

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5.

Again Garokk survived and he returned to his normal size and appearance.

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6.

Garokk found a suit of Terminus armor and under mental control entered it and started destroying the remainder of the Savage Land.

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7.

Garokk regained his free will and together with a machine made by the High Evolutionary, he restored the tropical environment to the Savage Land.

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8.

Garokk returned years later as an enemy of Ka-Zar, but Ka-Zar defeated him.

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9.

Garokk later appeared in the Savage Land, observing as the High Evolutionary took a number of newly mutated Zebra People children.

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10.

Garokk then led the Avengers to the High Evolutionary's hidden base.

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11.

Garokk has superhuman stamina and his petrified body makes him difficult to injure.

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12.

Garokk has the ability to project tremendous amounts of heat, light, and concussive force from his eyes.

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13.

Garokk has the ability to create dimensional warps with the energy projected from his eyes, and is capable of transporting an entire city through one of these dimensional portals.

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14.

Garokk has the ability to change his size and transform into a being of pure energy, and then back into his stone-like physical form at will.

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15.

Garokk has a limited telepathic ability which allows him to learn of the activities of his worshippers through his dreams and his mental connection to his followers.

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16.

Garokk is immortal; he does not age and even when his body is destroyed, he can be returned to life.

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17.

Garokk can be magically forced by Zaladane to respond to her summons or else suffer intense pain.

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18.

Garokk appears beneath the Savage Land during the 2099: World of Tomorrow series, which ended the Earth-928 imprint of Marvel 2099.

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19.

Garokk appeared in the two-part X-Men episode "Savage Land, Strange Heart".

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20.

Garokk was once a threat to the Savage Land until he was defeated by the High Evolutionary and imprisoned in the Earth.

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21.

Garokk worked with Zaladane in an effort to be free again, manipulating Sauron into hypnotizing Storm so that her powers were unleashed at full force, re-empowering Garokk.

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22.

Garokk absorbed volcanic energy turning him into an unstoppable force.

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23.

However Sauron tried to absorb Garokk's energy causing an explosion that transforms Sauron back into Karl Lykos and put Garokk in his stone prison once more.

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24.

Garokk appears in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, voiced by Dwight Schultz.

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25.

Garokk is later seen in a stasis cell in Avalon where he states that Mikhail Rasputin hired him to hunt Destiny in exchange for becoming ruler of the Savage Land.

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