Ice Giants

Ice Giants

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Name

Ice Giants

Aliases

Hrímthurs

Identity and Affiliations

Identity

Secret

Affiliation

Bad

Physical Characteristics

Body Type

Humanoid

Skin

Ice

Number of Limbs

4

Special Adaptations

Composed entirely of ice and snow

Origin

Reality

Earth-616

Home Planet

Jotunheim

Place of Birth

Niffleheim

Creators and Appearances

Creators

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

First Appearance

Journey into Mystery #97
(October, 1963)

History

Hrímthurs which translates "Ice Giants" is an otherdimensional race of enormous humanoid creatures. The huge size, durability, and colossal strength of the Ice Giants made them formidable foes to the gods of Asgard over the millennia. Like the Frost Giants, who are both Ymir, the first Ice giant's offspring, they inhabit Niflheim, a land of eternal cold.

Habitat

Habitat

Arctic

Miscellaneous

Type of Government

Kingdom

Level of Technology

Primitive

Cultural Traits

Tribal

Representatives

• Ymir
• See also List of Ice Giants

Notes

• Ice Giants and Frost Giants are very, very often confused by writers and artists in comics, but they are extremely easy to tell apart. The confusion and interchangeability of the two terms are seemingly due to the close relations in the evolution from the Ice Giants to the Frost ones.

See Also

• 20 representatives of Ice Giants
• 38 appearance(s) of Ice Giants
• 4 minor appearance(s) of Ice Giants
• 8 mention(s) of Ice Giants
• 2 image(s) of Ice Giants

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