Who's This? A man made from space clay.
The facts: An artificial creature built by Lex Luthor, the Galactic Golem was introduced in Superman #248 by Len Wein, Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson (February 1972), and be destroyed 10 issues later by the same team. In 1979, it appears as an illusion in Action Comics #502 and that's pretty much it. A Who's Who entry might have been warranted by these three stories each being reprinted in Best of DC digests in the 80s, but it's tenuous. The Golem would not reappear in DCU continuity until 2008's Superman #675 by Kurt Busiek, here built by a Daxamite (its single appearance).
How you could have heard of him: A Galactic Golem appears in the Naomi TV series' pilot, but I doubt that's helpful.
Example story: Superman #258 (November 1972) "Fury of the Energy-Eater!" by Len Wein, Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson
At the end of his first appearance, the Golem left for space where it wandered aimlessly. In its second (and technically last), it crashes back down to Earth like a meteor, steals a tramp's coat and hat (and dog) and goes out to find Superman.
The Golem is all over the news that night, showing that no victim and no petty criminal is beneath the notice of Clark Kent, news anchor.
But the creature's actual target is S.T.A.R. Labs to steal a glowing red meteor on which to feed. Superman follows its trail to condemned tenements (that always heralds a big, destructive fight). The Golem recognizes him instantly, but it takes Superman an extra beat. I guess he filed the Golem in a dark part of his memory after the monster left Earth, but Superman should have kept it s an open case.
It escaped the alien scientists that had found it and went out looking for rocks glowing with cosmic energy (we opposed to stars that actually radiate such?!), following some back to Earth. But if Superman is powered by solar, and the Golem by cosmic rays (and therefore more powerful), it's kind of squandering its chance to destroy Superman to make it last longer.
Superman vs. a water hose is no contest, but as it turns out, the creature was only doing it in order to escape. Perhaps it hasn't fully powered up yet and is buying time. Superman powers up Luthor's galactic cannon (repossessed and in the Fortress of Solitude) to successfully lure the Golem to the Arctic. Man, Kal, he's gonna break all your stuff.
The cannon overloads and the feedback fills Superman with the Power Cosmic(TM) too, which makes him more of a match for the Golem. Pretty soon, they're outside throwing icebergs at each other. But maybe heat instead of cold?
As it turns out, Superman has covered the creature in magnetic metals that fix him in place because he's right on Earth's magnetic pole, and the Golem is left there (looking more like the Golem of legend) for eternity. Looks like it would have been easy to bring him back, but it never happened.
I'm sort of disappointed, frankly. In the Golem's first appearance, Superman hitting him on the forehead shunted all of humanity into another dimension. His returned promised something weird. But no, it's just a big fight between super-strengthers (with occasional sprayings of various liquids). A boring monster. In a way, he's the pre-Crisis Doomsday, isn't he?
Who's Next? A colorful quartet.
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