Gargantus is the first supervillain Iron Man has fought. The character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #40 (April, 1963). He was created by Robert Bernstein and the immortal Jack Kirby. Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... The Fantastic Four, one of Kirbys most famous creations Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917–February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable and prolific artists in United States comic books. ... The Green Goblin, a supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man. ... Iron Man is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... The Fantastic Four, one of Kirbys most famous creations Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917–February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable and prolific artists in United States comic books. ...

Character biography

Gargantus was an android sent by an extraterrestrial invasion force to take over the small town of Granville. In order to hide thier presence, the aliens decided to diguise the robot as a giant neanderthal man. Obviously, this was a brilliant idea. Fortunately, Iron Man was in the vacinity and through his keen powers of observation discerned that Gargantus was a robot (it had light bulbs in its eyes, which gave it away). Binomial name Homo neanderthalensis King, 1864 The Neanderthal or Neandertal was a species of genus Homo (Homo neanderthalensis) that inhabited Europe and parts of western Asia from about 230,000 to 29,000 years ago (the Middle Palaeolithic and Lower Paleolithic, in the Pleistocene epoch). ...

Iron Man challenged Gargantus to a fight and lead Gargantus into a trap where it was pulled apart by magnets controlled by Iron Man. Iron Man then exposed the alien space ship that was hiding nearby in a cloud. The aliens had been controlling Gargantus by remote control. The aliens were angered by this development and fled from the scene.

But all is not well as Tony Stark (Iron Man) was late for his date and annoyed his girlfriend, Marion. So the aliens did prove that they were truly evil and had thier revenge.

Much later, Gargantus returned in Tony Stark's nightmares, which were induced by Count Nefaria). In these dreams Gargantus was with all of Iron Man's other enemies in a great battle against Iron Man. Count Luchio Nefaria is a fictional character, a supervillain in Marvel Comics universe. ...

Powers and abilities

Gargantus was a giant robot that looked like a neanderthal man, with the exception of its glowing artifical eyes (a minor oversight of human biology on the part of the aliens). Presumably, it had superhuman strength. It had the ability to hypnotize people. Gargantus carried a giant wooden club. This weapon was not effective against the arsenal of Iron Man.

The reason for its design as a neanderthal was that the aliens had not been to Earth since 80,000 years ago and thought the Earth was still occupied by cavemen. The aliens ingeniusly postulated that if they made a GREAT BIG caveman everyone on earth would acknowledge it as thier leader and surrender the planet without a fight. All of this proves conclusively that these aliens were highly advanced beings.