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Comics character
Giant-Man
Raz Malhotra as Giant-Man: The Astonishing Ant-Man #5. Cover art by Mark Brooks
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, usually in association with the alias Ant-Man. Hank Pym first appeared as Giant-Man in Tales to Astonish #49, though he had appeared multiple times before, first in #27 as a civilian, and in #35 as Ant-Man. Regardless of iteration, Giant-Man usually has the power to enlarge to enormous sizes. Giant-Man also frequently overlaps with the alias Goliath.
Publication history
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.
Raz Malhotra debuted in The Astonishing Ant-Man #4 as the third Giant-Man and later as one of the supporting characters of the regular series, joining Scott Lang's Ant-Man Security Solutions.
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]
The Skrull Criti Noll utilized the abilities of Hank Pym / Giant-Man during the Secret Invasion storyline.[3]
Raz Malhotra
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Raz Malhotra is the third major 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 who was working in artificial intelligence at a time when Hank Pym intended to rid Earth of AIs. Lured by the supervillain Egghead, Malhotra frees 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.[4]
During the Secret Empire storyline, Malhotra as Giant-Man appears as part of a resistance against Hydra after Hydra takes control of the United States.[5] When Hydra agents threaten his parents and his sisters Preeti and Swapna, Malhotra defeats the agents and gets his family to safety.[6]
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.[7] He later begins a relationship with Isaac Ikeda, the "Protector of Pan".[8]
Scott Lang is the second major version of Giant-Man in the Ultimate Marvel universe.[9]
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 reserve members of S.H.I.E.L.D. and consist of Giant-Men (such as David Scotty and Peter) as well as the alternately named Goliaths and Giant-Women.[10][11]
The Bill Foster incarnation of Giant-Man does not appear explicitly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but he appears as a character portrayed by Laurence Fishburne, who had previously worked with Hank Pym on a Project Goliath. In Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), he stated that the largest size he had gotten to was 21 feet.
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 appearing as DLC.[23]
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