Frost Giant

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Name

Frost Giants

Aliases

Thurse, Etins, Jotuns

Identity

Public

Affiliation

Loki, Jotunheim

Universe

Earth-616

Base Of Operations

Jotunheim

Body Type

Humanoid

Average Height

20' to 30'

Skin

Grey

Number of Limbs

4

Number of Fingers

5

Number of Toes

5

Unusual Features

The giants are basically humanoid in appearance and color, although they tend toward the neanderthalic in body an bone structure.

Home Planet

Niffleheim

First appearance

Journey into Mystery #112
(January, 1965)

History

Of all the races of giants, the foremost enemies of the Asgardian gods are the frost giants, whose monarch is Utgard-Loki. The direct descendants of the first giant, Ymir, the Frost giants live in the area of Jotunheim whose climate resembles that of Earth's polar regions. Temperatures in this area never rise above the freezing point of water. The frost giants can exist comfortably at frigid temperatures but are highly vulnerable to heat. Although they can withstand the normal temperatures to be found in Asgard and in the temperate regions of Earth, intense heat causes them to shrink in size rapidly, as if they were melting. Long exposure to cold will eventually cause them to grow back to their previous size. The Frost Giants' powers are strongest in their own realm of Jotunheim, presumably due at least in part to the frigid climate of much of the realm.