Goliath (comics)

Goliath is a superhero comic book identity that first appeared in Avengers v1 #28.

Character History

The Goliath identity has been used by various superheroes.

Henry Pym

Main article: Hank Pym

Hank Pym was the first to adopt the name, Goliath.

Clint Barton

Main article: Hawkeye (comics)

Clint Barton is better known as the superhero Hawkeye; he used Henry Pym's size-changing gas to adopt the Goliath powers and identity in The Avengers #63 (April 1969), shortly after Pym became Yellowjacket. He remained Goliath through the Kree-Skrull War, and briefly resumed using the identity during "Operation: Galactic Storm".

Bill Foster

Main Article: Bill Foster

Dr. Bill Foster was Pym's lab assistant, an African American who used the Giant-Man identity briefly. He had an equally brief career as the Black Goliath and Giant Man before retiring from superheroics.

Recently, Bill Foster came out of retirement, donning a new costume and becoming known as simply Goliath. He was recently seen in the Civil War mini series, siding with Captain America's faction of outlaw Anti-Registration heroes. Foster was killed in Civil War #4 by a Thor clone engineered by Pym, Tony Stark, and Reed Richards.

Erik Josten

Main article: Erik Josten

Erik Josten was originally known as the supervillain Power Man. After being soundly defeated by Luke Cage – who was also calling himself Power Man at the time – he changed his codename to the Smuggler, and later to Goliath. He adopted the superheroic identity of Atlas upon joining the Thunderbolts.

Tom Foster

Following his uncle's death, Tom Foster, a student at MIT, worked to crack the Pym Particle code and become the new Goliath. He succeded in World War Hulk: Aftersmash #1.