Giants appear throughout the 2nd edition "Monstrous Compendium" series. Giants appear first in the "Monstrous Compendium Volume One" (1989), including the cloud giant, the fire giant, the frost giant, the hill giant, the stone giant, and the storm giant. Giant-kin appear in the "Monstrous Compendium Volume Two" (1989), including the cyclops, the firbolg, the fomorian, and the verbeeg. Two more giant-kin, the voadkyn and the spriggan, appear in the "Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix" (1990). The spacesea giant appears in the first "Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix" (1990). Three Zakharan giants, including the desert giant, the jungle giant, and the reef giant appear in the "Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix" (1992). The fog giant appears in the "Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix" (1992). The firbolg giant-kin and the voadkyn giant-kin are detailed as playable character races in "The Complete Book of Humanoids" (1993),