Mangog

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Thor fights Mangog for the first time in Thor Vol. 1, #155 (August 1968). Art by Jack Kirby. Publisher Marvel Comics.

Mangog is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe

Mangog, or "The Mangog" as it originally referred to itself, is one of the incredibly powerful Asgardian monsters who regularly oppose Thor. Twelve feet tall and demonic in appearance, Mangog has been portrayed as possessing incalculable strength, almost indestructible and capable of killing even Thor. Originally the sum total of the hatred of a billion billion beings that were once killed by Odin, Mangog has terrorised Asgard on several occasions. Mangog appears to be dependent on tapping into psychic energies (such as hatred, fear, or feelings of devotion) felt by other sentient beings to sustain itself. Without such a source, Mangog shrinks to near nothingness.

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Mangog is physically unstoppable, and has usually only been stopped by cutting it off from the psychic energies that sustain it. Recently, however, Thor managed to defeat Mangog by shoving Mjolnir into the creature's mouth and unleashing an anti-force blast which destroyed Mangog internally.