Giant-Man

Giant-Man
Raz Malhotra as Giant-Man: The Astonishing Ant-Man #5. Cover art by Mark Brooks
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Tales to Astonish #49 (November 1963)
Created by	Stan Lee Jack Kirby
In-story information
Alter ego	Hank Pym Bill Foster Raz Malhotra Scott Lang
Team affiliations	Avengers Agents of Atlas
Abilities	Leading authority in myrmecology research Size-shifting from nearly microscopic to ~100 feet gigantic (both at extremes) Telepathic insect communication Superhuman strength

Giant-Man is the alias used by several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Editorial Story

Hank Pym, the first Giant-Man, with the Wasp, appeared in many superheroes stories published in the serial Tales to Astonish and later, The Avengers.

Bill Foster later became the second Giant-Man and the Black Goliath.

In The Astonishing Ant-Man #4, Raz Malhotra debuted as the third Giant-Man and later became one of the supporting characters of the regular series, joining Scott Lang's Ant-Man Security Solutions.

Fictional character biography

Hank Pym

Henry "Hank" Pym was the original version of Giant-Man. He used the super hero identity after joining the Avengers with the Wasp, Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk.^[1] He has also used other aliases like Ant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, and Wasp.^[2]

Bill Foster

William "Bill" Foster was the second version of Giant-Man who originally went by Black Goliath.

Raz Malhotra

Raz Malhotra is the third version of Giant-Man. The character, created by Nick Spencer and Brent Schoonover, first appeared in Ant-Man Annual #1 (July 2015). He is an Indian American computer technician whose former field of study was in artificial intelligence at the time when Hank Pym started to rid the world of them. Lured by the supervillain Egghead, he freed himself from Egghead's control with the help of Pym. Some time after Pym's apparent death, Scott Lang gives Malhotra a Giant-Man uniform.^[3] After he is summoned to the portal city of Pan, Giant-Man joins the New Agents of Atlas to help protect the newly formed city.^[4] He later begins a relationship with Isaac Ikeda, the "Protector of Pan".^[5] During the Atlantis Attacks storyline, Malhotra and the other New Agents are introduced to the original Agents by their leader Jimmy Woo.^[6]

Scott Lang

Scott Lang is the second major version of Giant-Man within the Ultimate Marvel universe.^[7]

Giant-Men

The Ultimate Marvel universe features the Giant-Men, a group of characters who have size-shifting powers and special jumpsuits that can grow with them. The Giant-Men are part of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Reserves and consist of Giant-Men (such as David Scotty and Peter) as well as the alternately named Goliaths and Giant-Women.^[8][9] The Giant-Men and the Rocket Men join Nick Fury, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch into fighting the Liberators.^[10] During the Ultimatum storyline, the Giant-Men were seen saving as many people as they can after Magneto caused a tidal wave that hit Manhattan.^[11] The Giant-Men later carry the Ultimates away from the forces of Loki.^[12] The Giant-Men later attack the West Coast Ultimates and easily defeat them.^[13]

In other media

Television

• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears in The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Tom Harvey.^[14]
• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears in The Avengers: United They Stand, voiced by Rod Wilson.^{[citation needed]}
• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes,^[15] voiced by Wally Wingert.^{[citation needed]}
• The Scott Lang incarnation of Giant-Man appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced by Grant George and Josh Keaton.^{[citation needed]}
• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, voiced by Yasunori Masutani.^{[citation needed]}

Film

• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears in the Marvel Animated Features series of films, voiced by Nolan North.^[16]
  • The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Pym appears in Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2 as a member of the titular team.^[17]
  • Pym makes a non-speaking appearance in Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Scott Lang (portrayed by Paul Rudd) serves as the Marvel Cinematic Universe's equivalent of Giant-Man with various interviews with directors Anthony and Joe Russo, Marvel Studios's head Kevin Feige, and Ant-Man director Peyton Reed confirming this.^{[18][19][20][21][22]} Lang utilizes his Giant-Man form in the films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).

Video games

• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears as an assist character in Avengers in Galactic Storm.^{[citation needed]}
• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.^{[citation needed]}
• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears as a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight.^{[citation needed]}
• The Hank Pym and Raz Malhotra incarnations of Giant-Man appear as playable characters in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, with the former voiced by Dar Dash and the latter as a DLC.^[23]

See also

• Goliath (comics), another alias also used by Pym and Foster

References

External links

• Giant-Men of Earth-1610 at Marvel Wiki

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