Idols, idols, idols!
the Great God Khwass:
Khwass, Great God of Vengeance, is a comparatively rare villain's god who actually follows through on his promises. He is invoked vs Dr Fung by the daughter of a former foe and not only replies to her prayers but deploys sleeping gas and a weird monster to aid her in her quest for vengeance.
God Style: Real (Wonderworld Comics 016, 1940)
Ice God Emul:
Captain Venture and the Planet Princess Zyra's great enemy, King Leon of Asteroid Djung, loves to subcontract out his villainy, and to that end he has engaged the services of Frigo, King of the Ice Planet. Frigo is to kill Captain Venture and deliver Zyra to King Leon for marriage but of course betrays him and slates all three for sacrifice to the Ice God Emul.
The idol of Emul is destroyed in the subsequent battle and escape, and what's interesting here is that Emul is explicitly just the idol. As Frigo states, "the god Emul is no more." Wild.
God Style: Idol (Master Comics 015, 1941)
Bubastis & Isis:
In an early adventure in Egypt, Zatara comes across a member of a lost archaeological expedition who is on the verge of death, and who is magically revealed to have found a lost temple to Bubastis. Travelling there in hopes of finding the rest of the expedition, Zatara encounters the ancient priest Amen-Hotep, who is part of one of those weird remnant Ancient Egyptian populations that exist under the sands of Egypt in adventure fiction, and whose priestly magics are comparable to Zatara's own.
The temple of Bubastis also turns out to be a temple to Isis, as Zatara discovers when he meets a less-powerful but still magically potent priestess of Isis and is almost sacrificed by her. Amen-Hotep seems to be an Isis worshipper as well, as he animates a statue of the goddess to smite Zatara with - it's possible that the two goddesses are being conflated here.
Zatara ends up melting the statue of Isis and disintegrating Amen-Hotep. The priestess is "sent away," presumably with the rest of her people in tow, and the temple is turned over to the archaeologists to plunder.
God Style: Real (Action Comics 005, 1938)
Khor:
Khor is known as the Blind God because the magical diamond that was the eye of his idol was stolen long ago, and since that diamond subsequently became the source of super-heroic adventurer Diamond Jack's power, the priesthood of Khor is out for his blood.
The high priest animates the idol of Khor and sends it to destroy Diamond Jack and recover the eye. This is impressive but not innovative - we just saw the Amen-Hotep do the same with a statue of Isis, after all - but what is is the custom roadster-cum-juggernaut that the thing rides around in. Was ever aan evil god so sporty?
The whole thing ends back at the temple, as Diamond Jack disrupts the ritual that keeps Khor animated and the high priest ends up being crushed under the falling idol. So long, Khor.
God Style: Idol (Real?) (Slam-Bang Comics 004, 1940)
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