{"id":2164,"date":"2025-01-14T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T19:56:39","slug":"minor-super-villain-704-zirgo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=2164","title":{"rendered":"MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 704: ZIRGO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve seen it before and we’ll see it again: comic book plots spun out of the popular pre-Pearl Harbor US position that America should stay out of the burgeoning European conflict. This time, we’re treated to a political allegory in the far future, as planet Jupiter (Germany, presumably) attacks tiny planetoid Cato (Belgium, I guess) and draws the ire of the rest of the Solar System (the nascent Allied Forces). Many on Earth (America) want to join the anti-Jupiter taskforce, but Captain Nelson Cole advocates caution.<\/p>\n

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And he is right to do so!  The entire space war is a ploy by Cato’s ruler Zirgo, in league with Earth munitions king Morgo, to weaken Jupiter sufficiently that they can then step in and take over the larger planet..<\/p>\n

A perfectly reasonable sci-fi plot, but it does fall apart somewhat when scrutinized as an allegory. The US shouldn’t get involved in WWII because it’s just a big set-up by Belgium to weaken Germany in preparation for a counter-invasion? And if the Jovians know about this plan and are in fact only attacking Cato because of it… why attack in the first place? Why not simply expose him?<\/p>\n

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Lucky for the Jovians, Captain Nelson Cole is on the case. He exposes Zirgo’s treachery and leads a force to bring down his evil regime, though I’m not sure why this police action is okay when the other was not. Political allegories… are hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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