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| Publisher | A.C. Comics |
| First appearance | Femforce #30 (1990) |
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| Alter ego | Carol Heisler |
| Team affiliations | Femforce |
| Notable aliases | Madame Grande, The 50ft. AC Comics is a Comic book publishing company started by Bill Black. In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Femforce is a Comic book published by AC Comics that began publication in 1985 detailing the adventures of the titular team the "Federal Femforce is a Comic book published by AC Comics that began publication in 1985 detailing the adventures of the titular team the "Federal Woman |
| Abilities | can grow to over 200 ft high Flight some telepathic and empathic abilities Ability to breathe under water can adapt to fit her environments rapidly formerly able to shoot blasts from her eyes and hands |
Garganta is a fictional comic book character published by A.C. Comics appearing in several of their titles, most commonly Femforce the title in which she debuted in 1990 (Giganta, the 50ft Woman, Femforce issue 30). A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative AC Comics is a Comic book publishing company started by Bill Black. Femforce is a Comic book published by AC Comics that began publication in 1985 detailing the adventures of the titular team the "Federal Originally appearing as a one-off antagonist she proved so popular with readers that she re-appeared two issues later and eventually became a regular character. In 2001, Garganta appeared her own comic book Garganta's Thrilling Science. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Garganta's Thrilling Science was a Comic book published in 2001 by A A live-action movie entitled Gargantarama, starring Brenna Barry as Garganta, was released on DVD in February 2006. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. .
Storylines have exploited Garganta's size-changing ability as both a blessing and as a curse. Although she can usually regulate her size by mental effort, she sometimes experiences uncontrolled growth and causes havoc. (This tends to happen when she becomes angry. ) She is for the most part gentle and friendly and uses her giant size to help others. Because her powers would destroy her normal clothes, she wears only her Span-XX bikini and she is always barefoot. A bikini or two-piece is a type of women's Swimsuit, characterized by two separate parts &mdash one covering the Breasts (optionally in the case of For people with the name Barefoot see Barefoot (surname Going barefoot (also barefoot ed) means for a person not to use or
Garganta's name was given to her by Ellen McFarland, a reporter who had a minor supporting role in Femforce and was covering her initial rampage, it comes from the adjective gargantuan (meaning "huge" or "vast") which is in turn derived from Gargantua, a fictional giant created by François Rabelais. The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua
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Fictional character biography
Born Dr. Carol Heisler, born in Yuma, Arizona on January 12, 1919. Yuma is a city in and the County seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. She became a biochemist and later worked as a U. S. government research scientist working on the V-47 formula, the same that gave Miss Victory and her daughter their powers. Miss Victory (later known as Ms Victory) is an American Comic book Superheroine who First appeared in Captain Fearless Carol took the formula herself and destroyed the complex where she was working and began to rampage out of control because she could not control the energy in her, shooting blasts of energy. After being knocked out by the second Miss Victory (who was leading the team at the time) she grew to gigantic proportions and continued her rampage, eventually being stopped by a combined attack that literally knocked all the energy out of her. Carol again grew to a giant and rampaged after unwillingly being subjected to an electro-stimulation experiment this time she escaped to the sea and displayed a new ability to adapt to her surroundings becoming a giant whale-like sea creature, Miss Victory was dispatched to kill her with a special gun, but after Garganta telepathically told her how peaceful she was, she faked Garganta's death for her. (Femforce 30 and 32)
Garganta was returned to human form by the Gammazons, a race of giant alien amazon women which left with the mind of a passive sea mammal and 50ft tall and was abducted along with several other characters, she was saved at the climax of the story (Femforce 43 and 44). After the Gammazons were vanquished Garganta was given a special bikini by Span-XX (who make all of Femforce's costumes) and a special apartment in a giant prefabricated building in the Femforce HQ (Femforce 45) but she later gained the ability to grow and shrink at will through practice.
In a later storyline, Garganta came under the influence of rich socialite Stella Stargaze, who exploited her--firstly as a movie actress and later as a telepathic healer. However, when she attempted to "heal" a man who had been involved in seal hunting, she went wild and started growing in her nightmares. Sealing redirects here for other uses see Sealing (disambiguation. She was rescued by the Femforce and recuperated on a remote island. Tara managed to get her away from the complex with her untested growth abilities.
Powers
Primarily Garganta has the power to increase her size, typically to 60 ft. though she can grow to over 200 ft and lift over 160 tons, she has since learned she has empathic abilities which were in fact the cause of her earlier rampages. Garganta has also been given various other powers, initially she could shoot destructive beams from her eyes and hands, she then displayed an ability to breathe underwater while swimming, and furthermore to adapt to her ocean surroundings and even mutate to fit them becoming a giant sea-creature and speak telepathically, none of these powers have been used since. Underwater is a term describing the realm below the surface of Water where the water exists in a natural feature (called a body of water) such as an Ocean Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Telepathy ( Greek τηλε tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια patheia meaning "to be affected by" describes the purported transfer
Influence
The giantess became a recurring motif in Femforce throughout the 1990's and early 2000's. Femforce is a Comic book published by AC Comics that began publication in 1985 detailing the adventures of the titular team the "Federal Following the success of Garganta, the superheroines Synn and Nightveil were revealed to have size-changing powers. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do Nightveil is a Fictional character, a Superheroine who appears in the Femforce comic book published by AC Comics. Also Jungle-Girl Tara (who had previously had no "super powers" at all) acquired the ability to become a giantess (Good Girl Art Quarterly Summer 1991) though unlike Garganta she cannot maintain her giant size indefinitely. Tara Fremont (aka Tara the Jungle Girl and Too Tall Tara) is a fictional character appearing in the Femforce Comic book, published
Garganta should not be confused with Giganta, a similar (though less benign) character in the DC Comics universe. Giganta is a fictional character a red-haired super-villainess appearing in DC Comics publications and related media DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company
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