Tuesday, March 03, 2015

GIGANTA!

Oh, Giganta.  Such a complicated history.  She started as a gorilla, turned into a human by wacky scientist. Dr. Zool (who was kind of cross between Niles Caulder and Uncle Dudley).

Is there NOTHING hyperatomic energy cannot do?!

No process that puts you in an animal print dress can be deemed a step UP the evolutionary ladder.

Thanks, in part, to the Super-Friends show, Giganta's origins as an ape were set aside (perhaps in deference to Grodd's feelings), and, taking her name literally, made her a size-changer.  It gave Apache Chief something to do. And, yes, that sentence is intentionally ambiguous.

Quality or quantity? Giganta's choice is obvious.

JLU tried to have it both ways, by making Giganta a former ape, tranformed into a size-changing human by Grodd.  

In 1997, she was conflated with her original creator, Dr. Zool, as "Doris Zuel",  who'd brought her size-changing on by her own experimentation.  A neat idea it was, making her more of an independent person, rather than merely the product of some male.  

Ordinarily, there's nothing that could make me even mention this:

This is The Atom and Giganta announcing their engagement.  Yes, really.

If you don't recognize what that's from, I'm certainly not going to tell you.  If you DO, then you have my sympathies.  But it's interesting background to the real subject of this post:

From Gail Simone's bat-shit crazy "All-New Atom" #3 (2006).
Giganta's drive-in movie date with Ryan "the All-New Atom" Choi, where in she seduces him with her subtle sexy-time haiku.

Don't worry, Ryan.
I really like you. You're sweet
and cute as can be.

What haiku can you compose to honor Giganta and/or the Atom?





11 comments:

  1. Lonely, Giganta?
    Ryan Choi is a great match.
    Just look in this box!

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  2. No photo reference
    for gorillas? Energy
    Hyperatomic!

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  3. Forgot:

    The Challenge of the
    Superfriends never happened.
    This? Coincidence!

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  4. No, John, no no no!
    Legends of the Superheroes!
    That's what didn't be!

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  5. Ah, yes, the wrong name.
    But the right one didn't fit.
    I beg forgiveness.

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  6. We're movie stars, dear
    Incredible Shrinking Man,
    50 Foot Woman

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  7. Gorilla transform'd
    Into beautiful woman
    Ropes, don't slip off now.

    PS: I loved Simone's Atom.

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  8. The Gorilla leaped
    Up evolution's ladder
    With retro fasion!

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  9. Once ape, now woman
    Needs someone to show her love.
    Size doesn't matter.

    - Mike Loughlin

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  10. A'leisha Brevard
    Played Giganta in "Legends"
    Was born a man. Fact.

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  11. Even as an ape,
    There is never an excuse,
    To wear leopard print!

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