Pocahontas

This goo was worth a point in October 2025.

publication date: Saturday, October 4, 2025 (part of October 2025)

category: Legends

clue: The real teenager was treated so brutally by her captors that the incredibly hulking gap between the truth and the family-friendly legend is enough to make you want to smash something.

explanation: Pocahontas was abducted, beaten, raped, re-named, forced into marriage, and forced to bear a child, all before her death at age 20, a far cry from the way that she is remembered in popular culture. She was the 12th great-grandmother of original Hulk actor Edward Norton. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates

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