Giant-Man Explained

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.

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.

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.

Fictional character biography

Hank Pym

See main article: 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

See main article: Bill Foster (character). William "Bill" Foster was the second version of Giant-Man who originally went by Black Goliath.

Criti Noll

The Skrull Criti Noll utilized the abilities of Hank Pym / Giant-Man during the Secret Invasion storyline.^[3]

Raz Malhotra

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 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.^[4] 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.^[5] He later begins a relationship with Isaac Ikeda, the "Protector of Pan".^[6]

Scott Lang

See main article: Ant-Man (Scott Lang). Scott Lang is the second major version of Giant-Man in 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 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.^{[8] [9]}

In other media

See also: Scott Lang (Marvel Cinematic Universe).

Television

• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears in The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Tom Harvey.^[10]
• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears in , voiced by Rod Wilson.^[11]
• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears in ,^[12] voiced by Wally Wingert.^[10]
• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears in , voiced by Yasunori Masutani.^[10]

Film

• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears in the Marvel Animated Features series of films, voiced by Nolan North.^[10]
  • The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Pym appears in Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2 as a member of the titular team.^[13]
  • Pym makes a non-speaking appearance in .

Marvel Cinematic Universe

• The Scott Lang incarnation of Giant-Man appears films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Paul Rudd.^{[14] [15] [16] [17] [18]} Lang utilizes his Giant-Man form in (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), (2019), and (2023).
  • An unidentified Giant-Man appears in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) as a corpse that Cassandra Nova converted into her lair.^[19]
• 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.

Video games

• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears as an assist character in Avengers in Galactic Storm.
• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
• The Hank Pym incarnation of Giant-Man appears as a playable character in .
• 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.^[20]

See also

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

External links

• Giant-Men (Earth-1610) at Marvel Wiki

Notes and References

1. The Avengers #1 (September 1963)
2. Age of Ultron #10.A.I. (August 2013)
3. Secret Invasion #2-3 (July - August 2008)
4. Ant-Man Annual #1 (September 2015)
5. Agents of Atlas (vol. 3) #1 (October 2019)
6. Agents of Atlas (vol. 3) #4 (January 2020)
7. Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates #1 (April 2011)
8. Ultimates Annual #1 (October 2005)
9. Ultimates 2 #6 (July 2005)
10. Web site: Giant-Man Voices (Marvel Universe) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20250920032552/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Marvel-Universe/Giant-Man/ . September 20, 2025 . November 1, 2024 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
11. Web site: Voice CompareHenry Pym . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170721023730/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/voice-compare/Marvel-Universe/Henry-Pym/ . July 21, 2017 . July 13, 2017 . Behind The Voice Actors.
12. News: Jenna Busch . February 8, 2010 . 'Avengers' Animated Assembling w/ Phil Lamarr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100211013131/http://www.newsarama.com/tv/Lamarr-Avengers-Animated-100208.html . February 11, 2010 . February 8, 2010 . Newsarama.
13. Web site: Comics Continuum: Monday, March 20, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061216094732/http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0603/25/nolannorth.htm . December 16, 2006 . Comics Continuum.
14. Web site: Lussier . Germain . May 9, 2016 . How That Big Ant-Man Reveal Ended Up in Captain America: Civil War . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160510101228/http://io9.gizmodo.com/how-did-that-big-ant-man-reveal-end-up-in-captain-ameri-1775319171 . May 10, 2016 . Gizmodo.
15. Web site: DiClaudio . Dennis . November 3, 2016 . Peyton Reed isn't thrilled about Ant-Man making the big time in the MCU . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104151616/http://www.avclub.com/article/peyton-reed-isnt-thrilled-about-ant-man-making-big-245336 . November 4, 2016 . The A.V. Club.
16. Web site: Eisenberg . Eric . April 18, 2017 . Will Giant Man Return In Ant-Man And The Wasp? Here's What Peyton Reed Says . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170419104532/http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1648499/will-giant-man-return-in-ant-man-and-the-wasp-heres-what-peyton-reed-says . April 19, 2017 . Cinema Blend.
17. Web site: JoBlo Movie Trailers . September 18, 2016 . CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR - Giant-Man Featurette (2016) Paul Rudd Marvel Movie . live . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/uoKoR8_ZXPw . December 22, 2021 . YouTube.
18. Web site: Exclusive: Meet the biggest superhero of 'Civil War' . Truitt . Brian . . March 10, 2016 . March 10, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160528211529/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/05/10/exclusive-giant-man-captain-america-civil-war/84182452/ . May 28, 2016 . live .
19. Deadpool & Wolverine Trailer . en . April 22, 2024 . www.youtube.com.
20. Web site: May 19, 2017 . Characters . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20260103192348/http://m.ign.com/wikis/lego-marvel-super-heroes-2/Characters . January 3, 2026 . December 22, 2017 . IGN Database.