![]() ![]() The Giant is impressed with Superman, but discovers the comic 'Atomo the Metal Menace.' Hogarth reassures the Giant that he is more like Superman than Atomo. Later, after dinner with his widowed mother Annie, Hogarth reads comic books to the Giant. The Giant's parts start to reassemble, and Hogarth hides the damaged robot in his house's barn, where the parts can repair themselves. As he does, the train collides, breaking him into pieces. Hearing an oncoming train, Hogarth tells the Giant to repair the tracks. When they come across a railroad, the Giant starts eating the rails. Suffering amnesia, the Iron Giant accompanies Hogarth wherever he goes. After hours of waiting, the robot surprises Hogarth, who soon befriends him. ![]() Several days later, Hogarth makes it his mission to find the robot and take a picture. Hogarth shuts down the power, saving the robot, and returns home. Nine-year-old Hogarth Hughes discovers the robot one night as it begins eating the powerlines of an electrical substation and electrocutes itself. The robot makes its way inland and wanders into the forest. In October 1957, shortly after the Russian satellite Sputnik is put into orbit, an enormous robot from outer space crashes into the ocean near Rockwell, Maine.
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