Who Is Zot? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Zot is a Eclipse comic book character, the alter ego of Zachary T. Paleozogt, with over 55 comic issue appearances. Earth's most famous hero in an alternate "future" of 1965, when all of mankind's dreams have come true. Zot has faith in the worth of all people. Created by Scott McCloud.

Who is Zot?

Origin On an alternate earth, Zach lives with his father , mother and housekeeper robot, Peabody . He has a fairly ideal relationship with them, although once his father hits him. Usually his mother is the stern one and his father is more of a pushover. Creepily, his mother sometimes sings a weird nursery rhyme to him: “Nine, Jack, nine/Rope made of twine/Circled his old mother’s head/Tie, rope, tie/Nine feet up high/Hung her until she[‘s dead].” Zot doesn’t learn the significance of this rhyme til much later in life. One day, his parents leave and never return. This causes him great trauma, because he doesn’t know if they just left him or if something happened to them. Zach remains at home with Peabody, but spends a lot of time visiting his Uncle Max . Feeling worthless because of the way he has been abandoned, Zach throws himself into reading, athletics and guns becoming a world-class marksman by the age of nine.

Key facts

Zot is of human origin and first appeared in "Zot!". The character is published by Eclipse. With 55 recorded issue appearances, Zot ranks among the most featured characters in comics.