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The Goliath identity has been used by various superheroes.

Marvel Comics
- Hank Pym, was the first to adopt the name, Goliath.
- Clint Barton, is better known as the superhero Hawkeye; he used Henry Pym's size-changing gas to adopt the Goliath identity
- Bill Foster, Pym's lab assistant, an African American who used the Goliath identity briefly. He had an equally brief career as the Black Goliath and Giant Man before retiring from superheroics.
- Erik Josten, was originally known as the supervillain Power Man. He adopted the superheroic identity of Atlas upon joining the Thunderbolts.
- Tom Foster, Bill Foster's nephew, a student at MIT, worked to crack the Pym Particle code and become the new Goliath.

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-'''''Goliath''''' is a [[superhero]] [[comic book]] identity that first appeared in [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] v1 #28.
-==Character History==
 The Goliath identity has been used by various [[superhero]]es.
+*'''Marvel Comics'''
-===Henry Pym===
+**[[Hank Pym]], was the first to adopt the name, Goliath.
-{{main|Hank Pym}}
+**[[Hawkeye (comics)|Clint Barton]], is better known as the superhero Hawkeye; he used Henry Pym's size-changing gas to adopt the Goliath identity
+**[[Bill Foster (comics)|Bill Foster]], Pym's lab assistant, an [[African American]] who used the Goliath identity briefly. He had an equally brief career as the '''Black Goliath''' and '''Giant Man''' before retiring from superheroics.
-[[Hank Pym]] was the first to adopt the name, Goliath.
+**[[Erik Josten]], was originally known as the supervillain Power Man. He adopted the superheroic identity of '''Atlas''' upon joining the [[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]].
+**[[Tom Foster]], Bill Foster's nephew, a student at MIT, worked to crack the Pym Particle code and become the new Goliath.
-===Clint Barton===
+{{disambig}}
-:''Main article: [[Hawkeye (comics)]]''
-'''Clint Barton''' is better known as the superhero [[Hawkeye (comics)|Hawkeye]]; he used Henry Pym's size-changing gas to adopt the Goliath powers and identity in [[Avengers (comics)|The Avengers]] #63 (April 1969), shortly after Pym became Yellowjacket. He remained Goliath through the [[Kree-Skrull War]], and briefly resumed using the identity during "[[Operation: Galactic Storm]]".
-===Bill Foster===
-:''Main Article: [[Bill Foster (comics)|Bill Foster]]''
-'''Dr. Bill Foster''' was Pym's lab assistant, an [[African American]] who used the Giant-Man identity briefly. He had an equally brief career as the '''Black Goliath''' and '''Giant Man''' before retiring from superheroics.
-Recently, Bill Foster came out of retirement, donning a new costume and becoming known as simply '''Goliath'''. He was recently seen in the ''Civil War'' mini series, siding with Captain America's faction of outlaw Anti-Registration heroes.  Foster was killed in ''Civil War'' #4 by a [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]] clone engineered by Pym, [[Tony Stark]], and [[Reed Richards]].
-===Erik Josten===
-{{main|Erik Josten}}
-'''Erik Josten''' was originally known as the supervillain Power Man.  After being soundly defeated by [[Luke Cage]] &ndash; who was also calling himself Power Man at the time &ndash; he changed his codename to the Smuggler, and later to '''Goliath'''.  He adopted the superheroic identity of '''Atlas''' upon joining the [[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]].
-===Tom Foster===
-Following his uncle's death, '''[[Tom Foster]]''', a student at MIT, worked to crack the Pym Particle code and become the new Goliath. He succeded in ''[[World War Hulk]]: Aftersmash'' #1.
-[[Category:Marvel Comics superheroes]]