Public Domain Super Heroes
Giant of the Snows

Real Name

Inapplicable

First Appearance

The Conquest of the Pole (May 3, 1912)

Original Publisher

Pathé Frères

Created by

Georges Méliès

Origin[]

Puppet functions

The Giant of the Snows is a pipe-smoking, man-eating frost giant who has to be scared off with cannon fire. alone stood two metres tall, and contained within it two people controlling he eyes, mouth, ears and pipe of the creature. All in all the giant puppet was controlled by 12 different people, surely making it one of the most elaborate hand-puppeteered giant monsters in film history.

Public Domain Appearances[]

  • The Conquest of the Pole (1912)

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