A Giant Super Hero Is Caught In His Own Truman Show In Gigantic

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: Comic Book Resources

Dark Horse Comics has once again paired up Rick Remender and Eric Nguyen for a brand new comic series entitled, "Gigantic", which is being described as the "Truman Show" with giant monsters and aliens.

Remender recently told Emmett Furey of Comic Book Resources, “Gigantic” is centered around “a brainwashed, alien superhero deposited on Earth to be the spotlight of an intrusive, around the clock television program being filmed without his knowledge and broadcast universally. Visually, it’s a modern take on the big dynamic power of Jack Kirby, merged with the scale of a ‘Godzilla’ movie and sprinkled with 1950s sci-fi kitsch. ‘Gigantic’ will tap into what makes comics fun-- big visually exciting pages and destruction on a scale never before seen.”

The story for this new comic book series revolves around a intergalactic television series called "Ultimate Gladiators", in which Gigantic is pitted against an endless list of combatants. In each episode the mass destruction of Earth's cities is beamed across the galaxy, as battle after battle rages on. In this future world people now spend 90% of their time watching these holographic programs and "Ultimate Gladiators", quickly becomes the highest rated program in the United League of Planets. There is some outrage from small groups about the non-stop violence and destruction, but their cries go mostly unheard, as more and more viewers become addicted to the show.

Remender continued, “The series’ initial thrust will be the slowly unraveling the mystery of who Gigantic is and why he’s constantly being engaged in absurd and seemingly staged large-scale battles across our globe. Regardless of his attempt to stop the ensuing destruction and protect humanity, many of the attacks lead to the flattening of dozens of major cities across the globe, setting all governments to the singular task of annihilating this alien monster. As the size of the robots and bounty hunters sent to fight him continue to increase, so does the wholesale destruction of the cities of men. Gigantic’s guilt and sorrow exponentially increase as he begins to realize that no matter where he goes, death and destruction inevitably follow him.”

Gigantic is due to hit comic book racks this October.