Who Is Gargantua? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Gargantua is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Edward Cobert, with over 20 comic issue appearances. A former SHIELD scientist working to create superhumans on the Olympus Project. He applied his methods to himself and became a super-strong giant at the cost of his intellect.

Who is Gargantua?

Origin Cobert as Leviathan. Edward Cobert was once a brilliant SHIELD scientist and was named head of the Caribbean-based Olympus Project which was dedicated to the development of a new breed of super-human answerable directly to the President of the United States. Cobert and his associates felt the nation would be better served by super-operatives with more direct governmental ties. However Cobert wanted to go one step further and create a new breed of hero to eradicate the old heroes. Cobert volunteered for the first experiment and was transformed into a superhuman giant but his intelligence regressed to a child like state. He was dubbed Leviathan and SHIELD shackled and sedated him. They kept him in a cell a mile beneath SHIELD's Manhattan complex for three years. Leviathan would be later freed from his cell by the Secret Empire and Professor Power which lead to conflict with the Defenders but is eventually defeated.

Key facts

Gargantua is of human origin and first appeared in "State of the Union". The character is published by Marvel. With 20 recorded issue appearances, Gargantua ranks among the most featured characters in comics.