Publication History
Ego was created by Jack Kirby during a phase in which he was fascinated with the universe. Ego, the alien Kree and The Colonizers immediately followed the creation of Galactus and helped establish Marvel Comics' own "space age mythology".
Ego the Living Planet was initially introduced in the title Thor issue #132 (Sept. 1966), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. As Kirby recalled in 1969, shortly after the character's debut, Ego's genesis came about when
I began to experiment ...and that's how Ego came about. ... A planet that was alive; a planet that was intelligent. That was nothing new either because there had been other stories live planets but that's not acceptable. ... ou would say, 'Yeah, that's wild,' but how do you relate to it? Why is it alive? So I felt somewhere out in the universe, the universe ... becomes denser and turns liquid — and that in this liquid, there was a giant multiple virus, and if remained isolated for millions and millions of years, it would ... begin to evolve by itself and it would begin to think. By the time we reached it, it might be quite superior to us — and that was Ego.Ego returned as a protagonist in Thor #160-161 (Jan.-Feb. 1969), and made a guest appearance in #201. His origin is explored in Thor #228.
Following appearances in Fantastic Four #234-235 (Sept.-Oct. 1981) and Rom #69 (Aug. 1985), Ego had a recurring role in Silver Surfer vol, 3 #4-22 (1987–1989). The character returned in the 1991 Thor annual and issues #448-450 (June-Aug 1992).
Ego played a prominent role in the company-wide crossover storyline "Maximum Security", appearing in Avengers #35 (Dec. 2000); Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet (Oct. 2000); Iron Man #34-35 (Nov.-Dec. 2000); X-Men Unlimited #29 (Dec. 2000); Gambit #23 (Dec. 2000) and Maximum Security #1-3 (Dec. 2000 - Jan. 2001).
The character returned in Nova vol 4 #20-30 and Astonishing Thor #1-5 (Nov 2010-July 2011).
Ego the Living Planet also appeared in the Oni Press Color Special.
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