Giantkiller is a limited comic-book series created by Dan Brereton and published by DC Comics. The series ran 6 issues[1] and spawned a one shot handbook called Giantkiller A to Z: A Field Guide to Big Monsters.[2] The series has since been collected in a trade-paperback format by Image Comics.[3]
Plot
The story takes place in San Francisco, California in the wake of a mysterious eruption in which giants of an unknown origin wreak havoc on the earth. The U.S. military is powerless against the monsters whose physiology defies all conventional weaponry. The military then responds with the aid of Dr. Azuma, a bio-engineer, to create a genetic hybrid to combat the giant monsters.
Nicknamed "Yochu" by Dr. Azuma and known to the military under the operational name "Jack the Giant Killer", humanity's only hope lies in the nine-foot super-being with a bio-engineered arsenal and a samurai