Gorgolla is an alien gargoyle monster that first appeared in Strange Tales #74 and was created by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. Gorgolla is a Stonian from the planet Stonus V and the son of Granitor who ruled the Stonians. He led an invasion to Earth centuries ago and arranged for the Stonians to hide out as gargoyles, which they resembled. He was seemingly killed by the Stonian army when they were revived, as they had learned peace from observing humanity.[33] Upon hearing about what happened to Gorgolla, his father Granitor sent his legion of assassins to kill the Stonians responsible.[34] Gorgolla later turned up alive where he was actually taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody and placed in their Howling Commandos Monster Force as seen in the director's cut of the first issue.[35] At some point, Gorgolla relocated to Monster Isle. He was among the monsters that attacked Shadowcat and Magik when they came for a mutant girl named Bo. Not wanting to keep fighting Gorgolla and the rest of Monster Isle's inhabitants, Magik teleported herself, Kitty Pryde, and Bo back to the Jean Grey Institute for Higher Learning.[3]