Publication History
Dr. Foster is an African American with powers similar to Giant-Man's, increasing his size and mass to gigantic proportions. He was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck in The Avengers #32 (September 1966). His "Black Goliath" persona was created by Tony Isabella and George Tuska in Power Man #24 (April 1975). Foster became the second Giant-Man in Marvel Two-in-One #55 (September 1979). He became yet the fourth Goliath in The Thing (vol. 2) #1 (January 2006).
Black Goliath is also the name of the short-lived comic book starring the character, which ran for 5 issues in 1976.
Bill Foster has appeared in the pages various comic books, including among others The Avengers, Power Man, Marvel Two-in-One, The Champions, The Defenders, Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3), Marvel Comics Presents, and Civil War.
The character was killed in the fourth issue of the series Civil War.
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