Supergiant (comics)

This article is about the comic book villain. For the Japanese superhero, see Super Giant.
Supergiant
Textless variant cover of Infinity #1 (October 2013). Art by In-Hyuk Lee.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceInfinity #1 (August 2013)
Created byJonathan Hickman
Jerome Opeña
In-story information
SpeciesPsionic entity (unknown alien race)
Team affiliationsBlack Order
Abilities
  • Mental control
  • Intangibility
  • Telepathy
  • Immune to physical damage

Supergiant is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña, Supergiant first appeared in Infinity #1 (October 2013).

The character has made several appearances in other media such as animated television and video games. Hynden Walch voices her in Avengers Assemble, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.

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' supervillain team Black Order. In the Infinity storyline, Supergiant and Corvus Glaive attack the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning while searching for Thane. They leave after realizing that Thane is not there.[2]

When the Black Order seizes control of Wakanda, Supergiant takes control of Black Bolt's mind and forces him to activate the Illuminati's hidden bombs.[3] When the Illuminati arrived to save Black Bolt, Supergiant used Black Bolt's ability to defeat the heroes. Upon activating the bomb, Supergiant is faced by Maximus, who has the trigger. Maximus triggers the bomb, but has Lockjaw transport Supergiant and the bomb to a distant uninhabited planet, where Supergiant is killed in the explosion.[4]

During the "No Surrender" arc, Supergiant returns as a psychic projection and works with the Challenger, who sets the Black Order up against Grandmaster's Lethal Legion.[5] 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.[6]

Powers and abilities

Supergiant possesses telepathic abilities which allow her to control the minds of others and feed on their intellect.[2][7] After being killed, she returns as a psychic entity with the additional ability to become intangible.[8]

Reception

Accolades

  • In 2022, Screen Rant included Supergiant in their "10 Best Cosmic Villains Not Yet In The MCU" list.[9]
  • In 2022, Comic Book Resources (CBR) ranked Supergiant 3rd in their "MCU: Every Member Of Thanos’ Black Order, Ranked By Power" list.[8]

In other media

Television

Video games

References

  1. ^ Sunu, Steve (May 10, 2013). "EXCLUSIVE: Introducing the Black Order of "Infinity" Part Three". CBR. Archived from the original on July 13, 2017.
  2. ^ a b New Avengers (vol. 3) #9 (October 2013)
  3. ^ Infinity #5 (December 2013)
  4. ^ Infinity #6 (January 2014)
  5. ^ The Avengers #676 (March 2018)
  6. ^ The Avengers #680 (April 2018)
  7. ^ Cheeda, Saim (May 12, 2019). "10 Things The MCU Changed About The Black Order". Screen Rant. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  8. ^ a b Moroca, Alexandra (February 12, 2022). "MCU: Every Member Of Thanos' Black Order, Ranked By Power". CBR. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  9. ^ Prom, Bradley (November 18, 2022). "10 Best Cosmic Villains Not Yet In The MCU". Screen Rant. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Supergiant Voices (Marvel Universe)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 19, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  11. ^ Fahey, Mike (August 23, 2013). "Maybe Avengers Alliance Can Make Sense Of Marvel's Infinity Event". Kotaku. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  12. ^ Fanelli, Jason (May 27, 2021). "Marvel Future Fight Marks The Return Of The Black Order In New Update". GameSpot. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  13. ^ "Supergiant (Character)". Giant Bomb. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
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