El Gigante

El Gigante is a comic-book adaptation of the real-life WCW professional wrestler, depicted in Marvel's licensed series set within the World Championship Wrestling universe alongside fellow WCW stars like Sting, Lex Luger, and Arn Anderson.

Stepping out of the early '90s intersection of professional wrestling and comic book culture, El Gigante made his four-color debut in Marvel's WCW World Championship Wrestling #1 in 1992, brought to life by writer Mike Lackey and artist Ron Wilson. This Copper/Modern Age curiosity drops readers right into the wild world of WCW, sharing pages with some of wrestling's most iconic names — Sting, Lex Luger, Arn Anderson, Rick Steiner, and Ron Simmons — making it a genuine time capsule for fans of both mediums. With only a handful of appearances across the series and its 1993 annual, El Gigante is a rare find, the kind of deep-cut character that makes flipping through a longbox feel like a treasure hunt.