Giant Ants

[The Architect]

Giant Ant

Height: Not Available
Length: 9 feet - 12 feet
Mass: Not Available

Crawling Speed: Moderate

Powers:
- Mandibles: The Giant Ants are equipped with a massive set of crushing mandibles, capable of tearing through steel with ease.
- Formic Acid: Like normal ants, the Giant Ants kill their prey via injection of formic acid with the stinger on their abdomen. A single sting from a Giant Ant is capable of killing twenty men with the amount of formic acid injected.

Weaknesses: The Giant Ants will be defenseless should their antennae be severed or damaged.

First Appearance: THEM! (1954)

Human Kills: Not Available
Fight Record: None

Home World: Earth
Origin: United States (New Mexico)
Type: Mutant

History: During the 1940's, nuclear tests were conducted in the deepest reaches of the New Mexican desert. Unknowing of the consequences, mankind continued to live and test their deadly weapons as the ants of the area slowly began to enlarge and mutate from the lingering radiation. Overtime, the insects became gigantic, surpassing even mankind on the foodchain, but going unnoticed for the longest time.

The first colony sent out soldier ants that attacked nearby buildings and vehicles in search for food, but when Dr. Harold Medford arrived to help solve the case, the true enemy was discovered. The opening of the massive underground nest was bombed and then poisoned, erradicating dozens of bus-sized ants! When venturing deeper down, their deepest fear was confirmed: several queens had escaped!

One of the queens made a nest onboard a ship at sea, but as panic ensued, the ship and all the ants onboard sunk to the bottom of the ocean. The other ant made a home in the Los Angeles sewer system, quickly forming a new colony underneath the streets. As the months spread, the team finally tracked the sightings and reports back to the sewers and uncovered the deadly nest.

Dozens of soldiers opened fire on the ravenous insects, driving them back to the heart of the sewers. With a flurry of bullets, the huge insects were killed and the newly-hatched queens were soon put down in a fiery inferno, finally putting an end to the horrible nightmare.

[The Architect]

Giant Ant Queens

Height: Not Available
Length: 12 feet
Wingspan: Not Available
Mass: Not Available

Flight Speed: Moderate
Crawling Speed: Moderate

Powers:
- Mandibles: The Giant Ant Queens are equipped with a massive set of crushing mandibles, capable of tearing through steel with ease.
- Formic Acid: Like normal ants, the Giant Ant Queens kill their prey via injection of formic acid with the stinger on their abdomen. A single sting from a Giant Ant is capable of killing twenty men with the amount of formic acid injected.

Weaknesses: The Giant Ant Queens will be defenseless should their antennae be severed or damaged.

First Appearance: THEM! (1954)

Human Kills: Not Available
Fight Record: None

Home World: Earth
Origin: United States (New Mexico)
Type: Mutant

History: Regular ants weren’t the only insects affected by the lingering radiation, so were their titanic queens! When the original nest was destroyed, Dr. Medford’s most horrifying fears were realized: at least two queens had escaped the slaughter! The queens set up new lairs elsewhere in the world, the first infiltrating a ship at sea. In the chaos, the ship sunk and the second coloy drawned beneath the waves.

The second queen headed for the sewer system of Los Angeles. The insect began to spawn a new colony and threatened to overrun the entire city! When the group finally tracked the insect to the sewer system, the queen had an entire army at her disposal and more queens were ready to colonize the rest of the world! A fierce battle ensued and the human soldiers pushed their way to the queen’s layer. Once discovering the newest queens had yet to leave the nest, the winged females were torched with flamethrowers, destroying the Giant Ant menace once and for all.