Sunday, July 28, 2024

GORGO RETURNS FROM THE DEEP!


I don't know about you but Gorgo is one of my favorite giant monster movies. Like Godzilla, Gorgo is a product of "suitmation" and great care was taken to "animate" both mother and baby Gorgo by building the sets to exacting scale for more realism. Named after the Greek gorgon Medusa, Gorgo was first slated to be set in Japan, then France, then Australia and finally the production execs settled on England. It got pasted in the UK press when it was released, but who listens to critics anyway!

If I had an extra coupla hundred bucks I'd probably spring for this. It would make a nice desktop conversation piece, don't you think?

Gorgo' Limited Edition 13" Mother Statue
Retail price: #179.99

Here's a really unique item a 13" x 20" long Mother GORGO  that comes fully assembled and painted ready for display packaged in a full color graphic Box!  Only 500 are made worldwide.




For a hundred dollars less you can get this limited edition Gorgo vinyl action figure. No info on how tall, but I bet it's not 13". What's cool about this is it comes with a baby Gorgo.

Gorgo Comic Limited Edition Vinyl Figure
Retail price: $79.99

The perfect addition to your Gorgo collection! This new paint app is meant to represent the amazing artwork found in the 1961 Charlton Comics illistrated by Steve Ditko. The highly detailed sculpt comes with 26 points of articulation like the original Gorgo. Along with the main Gorgo figure you will get the baby Gorgo in matching light green paint. This re-release is limited to 500 pieces and expect this to sell out quickly don’t miss out!





And to top it off, wouldn't you know it but the next issue of Charlton's GORGO comic book series features both mother and baby Gorgo!

Read the first 8 issues HERE.



GORGO
Vol. 1 No. 9
October, 1962
Charlton Comics Group
Cover: Joe Sinnott; Vince Colletta
Editor: Pat Musulli
Script: Joe Gill?
Art: Joe Sinnott; Vince Colletta; Bill Molno
Pages: 36
Cover price: 12 cents



























2 comments:

  1. Love Gorgo! It has a charm missing from many a monster movie. Just found some of those Gorgo comics in reprint via a big Gwandanaland package. Was pretty nifty, at least for the reduced price I paid.

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  2. A tad derivative of Godzilla, but very cool nonetheless. I thought they did a good job with the story and surprised it lasted as a long as it did as a comic book. I think readers have always liked giant monsters (and gorillas) in general.

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