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Gargantua | |
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![]() Gargantua as depicted in The Defenders: Strange Heroes #1 (December 2011). Art by Gus Vazquez. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The New Defenders #126 (December 1983) [1] |
Created by | Alan Kupperberg J.M. DeMatteis |
In-story information | |
Full name | Edward Cobert |
Species | Human mutate |
Team affiliations | S.H.I.E.L.D. Secret Empire Masters of Evil |
Notable aliases | Leviathan |
Abilities | (As Edward)
(As Gargantua)
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Gargantua (Edward Cobert; initially known as Leviathan) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Gargantua first appeared in The New Defenders #126 (December 1983), and was created by writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Alan Kupperberg.
Edward Cobert was initially a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and scientist before testing the Project: Lazarus serum on himself, permanently transforming him into a giant form with limited intelligence. After being subdued by S.H.I.E.L.D. and dubbed Leviathan, he escapes custody and battles the Defenders on multiple occasions. [2] [3]
In subsequent appearances, Cobert becomes known as Gargantua, joins Doctor Octopus' incarnation of the Masters of Evil, and serves the Mad Thinker. [4]
After subjecting himself to artificial cellular enhancement, Gargantua possesses enhanced strength and size, and can grow further by drawing mass from another dimension. He has limited intelligence as a side effect. [5]
Edward Cobert was a S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy graduate and earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry before his transformation.
Gargantua appears in JLA/Avengers #4 as a brainwashed minion of Krona. [6]