A.K.A.: Giant Mantis, Giant Preying Mantis
Length: About 100 ft.
Weight: A thousand tons of horror (according to video box cover)
Regular Abilities: Big grabbing forearms, mouth, flight at 600 miles/hour
Special Abilities: None
Weakness: None known

Film Appearances: "The Deadly Mantis" (1957)

History: Released from a glacier in the Arctic from a million-year sleep, a big prehistoric mantis woke up in 1957 very hungry. All the bug prey it ate was gone, so it had to settle for bad-tasting humans. It headed south, eating along the way, and went to Washington DC to visit the capital. It was shot at, fled to New York City, and hid in a tunnel. It was blown up by small gasoline bombs, and was killed.

Not as deadly as you would think a deadly mantis would be. The problem is that it is the mantis. Mantises are designed to sit around, wait, and suddenly attack their prey. This mantises tries to be something it's not. The problem is that it isn't designed for anything else but sneak attacks. It isn't very powerful in a fight at all. Plus, it has a surprisingly weak exoskeleton. Don't expect much out of this one. Don't expect it to be deadly either.