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). 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. A live-action movie entitled Gargantarama, starring Brenna Barry as Garganta, was released on DVD in February 2006.. AC Comics evolved out of Paragon Publications, and was known as Americomics in its first year of existence. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Femforce is a comic book published by A.C. Comics, drawn by (amongst others) Bill Black, Stephanie Sanderson and Mark Heike. ... Femforce is a comic book published by A.C. Comics, drawn by (amongst others) Bill Black, Stephanie Sanderson and Mark Heike. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... AC Comics evolved out of Paragon Publications, and was known as Americomics in its first year of existence. ... Femforce is a comic book published by A.C. Comics, drawn by (amongst others) Bill Black, Stephanie Sanderson and Mark Heike. ... This article is about the year. ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by human actors, as opposed to animation. ... 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. This article is about the womens bathing suit. ... Walking barefoot Going barefoot means not wearing shoes, socks, or other foot covering. ...

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. Gargantua and Pantagruel is a connected series of five books written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. ... François Rabelais François Rabelais (c. ...

Fictional character biography

Garganta's real name is Dr. Carol Heisler. Born in Yuma, Arizona on January 12 1919, she became a biochemist and later worked as a U.S. government research scientist working on the V-47 formula that gave Miss Victory and her daughter their powers. 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) Yuma is the county seat[1] of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. ... Miss Victory (later known as Ms. ...

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. 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

Garganta with Tara Fremont.

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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (501x771, 86 KB) Summary Femforce #64 Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (501x771, 86 KB) Summary Femforce #64 Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Tara Fremont (right) with Garganta (left) on the cover of Femforce #64 Tara Fremont (a. ... For other uses, see Underwater (disambiguation). ... Swimmer redirects here. ... Telepathy from the Greek τηλε, tele, distant, and πάθεια, patheia, feeling, is the supposed ability to communicate information from one mind to another, and is one form of extra-sensory perception or anomalous cognition. ...

Influence

The giantess became a recurring motif in Femforce throughout the 1990's and early 2000's. Following the success of Garganta, the superheroines Synn and Nightveil were revealed to have size-changing powers. 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. A giantess is a female giant. ... Femforce is a comic book published by A.C. Comics, drawn by (amongst others) Bill Black, Stephanie Sanderson and Mark Heike. ... Super heroines can refer to: Various comic superheroines, covered in the superhero article. ... As the Blue Bulleteer on the cover of Femforce #38 (1991) Nightveil is a fictional character, a superheroine who appears in the Femforce comic book, published by AC Comics. ... Tara Fremont (right) with Garganta (left) on the cover of Femforce #64 Tara Fremont (a. ...

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. ...

Sources

• Joe Acevedo's Femforce Index
• Garganta's profile at Femforce-Femfans