Torgo (Marvel Comics robot) Torgo (Marvel Comics robot) Torgo is a fictional character, an alien robot appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Torgo first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #91 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Torgo is from the planet Maarin (where all life is robotic) where it was one of the first robots created by its inhabitants. That race died out due to a deadly spore virus centuries ago. It was Torgo who buried the last inhabitant and renamed the planet Mekka. Torgo was captured by the Skrulls of Kral led by Boss Barker where they forced
Marvel Comics was able to capitalize on its successful superhero comics of the previous decade by acquiring a new newsstand distributor and greatly expanding its comics line. Marvel pulled ahead of rival DC Comics in 1972, during a time when the price and format of the standard newsstand comic were in flux. Goodman increased the price and size of Marvel's November 1971 cover-dated comics from 15 cents for 36 pages total to 25 cents for 52 pages. DC followed suit, but Marvel the following month dropped its comics to 20 cents for 36 pages, offering a lower-priced product with a higher distributor