Supergiant (comics)

Supergiant is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Supergiant
Textless variant cover of Infinity #1 (October 2013). Art by In-Hyuk Lee.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceInfinity #1 (October 2013)
Created byJonathan Hickman
Jerome Opeña
In-story information
Team affiliationsBlack Order
AbilitiesTelepathy
Mental Manipulation

The character has made several appearances in media, such as animated television and video games.

Publication history

Supergiant first appeared in Infinity #1 (October 2013) and was created by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña.[1]

Fictional character biography

Supergiant is a member of Thanos' Black Order. She is a mentally unstable omnipath and telepathic parasite who seeks out intellect to devour.[2]

In the search for Thanos' son Thane during the Infinity storyline, Supergiant and Corvus Glaive laid siege to the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning and easily defeated the X-Men. They left after realizing that Thane was not there.[3]

When the Black Order seized Wakanda, Supergiant was left in control of Black Bolt who she would mentally order to activate the Illuminati's hidden bombs in Wakanda's Necropolis.[4] When the Illuminati arrived to save Black Bolt, Supergiant used Black Bolt's ability to defeat the heroes. Upon activating the bomb, Supergiant was faced by Maximus who had the trigger. Maximus triggered the bomb, but also used Lockjaw to transport Supergiant along with the bomb to a distant uninhabited planet where she perished in the explosion.[5]

During the "No Surrender" arc, Supergiant came back as a psychic projection, along with the rest of the Black Order, thanks to the Challenger who had set them up against Grandmaster's Lethal Legion.[6] During the battle in Antarctica, the Black Order retreat after Corvus Glaive is killed. Supergiant stays to take control of Thor, but is dissipated by Lethal Legion member Ferene the Other.[7]

Powers and abilities

Supergiant has telepathic abilities that allow her to mind-control anyone and feed on their intellect.

In other media

Television
  • Supergiant appears in the Avengers Assemble animated series, voiced by Hynden Walch.[8] She appears in the episodes "New Frontier" and "Avengers World".
  • Supergiant appears in the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series, voiced again by Hynden Walch.[8] This version lacks psychic powers, but can grow to a gigantic size and has previously dated Star-Lord prior to the series' events. In the episode "Undercover Angle", Supergiant is imprisoned in the Nova Corps' headquarters until the Guardians of the Galaxy accidentally free her while they were infiltrating the Nova Corps, though Gamora was able to subdue her. In the episode "Come and Gut Your Love", Supergiant works with another ex-girlfriend of Star-Lord's, Lucy, to attack him after discovering he is J'son's son.

Video games

References
  1. https://www.cbr.com/exclusive-introducing-the-black-order-of-infinity-part-three/
  2. Infinity #1. Marvel Comics.
  3. New Avengers vol. 3 #9. Marvel Comics.
  4. Infinity #5
  5. Infinity #6. Marvel Comics.
  6. Avengers #676. Marvel Comics.
  7. The Avengers #680. Marvel Comics
  8. "Supergiant Voice - Marvel Universe franchise | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved July 19, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
  9. Fahey, Mike (August 23, 2013). "Maybe Avengers Alliance Can Make Sense Of Marvel's Infinity Event". Kotaku. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
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