Who Is Tantaro? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tantaro is a Marvel comic book character, with over 3 comic issue appearances.

Who is Tantaro?

Tantaro is an elephant humanoid created by the High Evolutionary to become the next generation of New Men . The High Evolutionary would abandoned his starship called the New Wundagore and crash back into Earth. The High Evolutionary had struck a prison vehicle that was transporting numerous felons. Majority of the prisoners had died but some survivors were placed into suspended animation. The High Evolutionary decided to created a new generation of New Men and three prisoners evolved from three animals that had disappeared from the Bronx Zoo. Tantaro evolved from an elephant while the other two evolved from a lion and bear to become Simbus and Urson-Wellz . Creation Tantaro was created by Roy Thomas and MC Wyman in 1994 and first appeared in Thor # 472. Powers & Abilities Tantaro is an elephant humanoid with superhuman strength, durability and resistance to injury.

Key facts

Tantaro and first appeared in "If Twilight Falls". The character is published by Marvel. With 3 recorded issue appearances, Tantaro ranks among the most featured characters in comics.