Giganto (Atlantean)

Namor calls Giganto in Namor the Sub-Mariner v1 #13.

Gigantos are a species that feature in Marvel Comics.

History

Giganto comes to the surface in Namor the Sub-Mariner v1 #56.

During one of his adventures, Ulysses Bloodstone hunted one of the great Giganto’s on-board his ship The Pequod with this being fictionalised in the story of Moby Dick. (Marvel Universe v1 #7)

A Giganto was among numerous sea creatures called by Namor to guard an uncharted tropical island where the newly married Black Panther and Storm were having their honeymoon. (Black Panther v4 #19)

Notes

• Giganto was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where it made its first appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #4 (May, 1962).

Alternate Versions

• In Secret Wars 2099 v1 (2015), a Giganto appeared on Battleworld where it resided in the realm containing the year 2099. It was called by Roman the Sub-Mariner to battle the Dweller-in-Darkness.

In other media

Television

Giganto in Fantastic Four.

Giganto in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes.

• In the 1967 Fantastic Four, Giganto made his first appearance in the episode "Demon in the Deep". He was shown as a gigantic whale-like creature that slumbered at the bottom of the ocean. The Gamma Ray after his defeat at the hands of the Human Torch ended up falling into the sea where he found the sleeping Giganto. Seeing the creature as a weapon, he would use his gamma energy blasts to awaken Giganto where he would use his abilities to further tame the beast. Once awakened, the creature did the Gamma Ray's bidding and begin attacking the coastal city attracting the attention of the Fantastic Four. With the aid of the Human Torch, they would create an explosion that knocked out Giganto who was rendered unconscious with the Thing taking a bomb deep into he creature's body in order to detonate it thus killing it.
• In Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, a creature that was presumably Giganto made an appearance starting in the episode "Imperius Rex". Namor would call upon the beast that would attack a ship by New York City whereupon he himself made his presence known and declared that mankind was banned from the waters of the world due to their pollution activities. Susan Storm of the Fantastic Four would attempt to negotiate with Namor and he would take her to Atlantis to discuss the matter further. To save her, Reed Richards and the Ben Grimm would take the Fantasticar into the ocean where they were attacked by Giganto. This would force them out of the vehicle where the Thing battled Giganto and seemingly managed to knock it out but it would attempt to bite him. In the episode "Atlantis Attacks!", the Atlantean Warlord Attuma would take the throne of Atlantis and cause the people to rise up against Namor who would go to the surface to inform the Fantastic Four. Attuma would manage to gain the Horn of Proteus which he used to summon Giganto to attack New York City where he would battle the Human Torch. Johnny Storm's fear of water led to him taking a vehicle to meet his sister in Atlantis with Giganto in pursuit. Such was aquatic beasts determination that he followed Storm to the capital where Attuma had summoned a giant squid to attack the heroes but the sudden arrival of Giganto caused the squid to flee.
• In Avengers Assemble, the beast made an appearance in the second season episode "Beneath the Surface". It was summoned by the Atlantean Lady Zartra who had one of her operatives acquire the Serpent Crown from HYDRA robotic spies. Whilst Zartra was formerly allied with the Warlord Attuma, she had decided to turn against him and led a resistance against his rule of Atlantis due to his tyrannical leadership. With the Serpent Crown, she called forth Giganto and battled the Avengers who mistakenly believed that she was acting on behalf of Attuma. Giganto would be sent to fight the Avengers until the Crown was knocked from Lady Zartra's hands and taken by Attuma but Hawkeye managed to defeat the beast by using ultrasonic arrows sending the aquatic mammal on a mindless rampage against the Warlord's Atlantean forces. Once defeated, Lady Zartra was given the Crown and intended to use Giganto to execute Attuma but was convinced by Black Widow to spare him whereupon she released the beast from her control as well as sent the Serpent Crown into a trench to be lost forever.

Appearances

• Fantastic Four:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry

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