Kraken in popular culture

Although fictional and the subject of myth, the legend of the kraken continues to the present day, with numerous references existing in film, literature, television, and other popular culture topics.
Comics.
In various comics, particularly DC and Marvel Comics, multiple creatures have been named Kraken.
The Kraken from "The Umbrella Academy" was named so after the kraken (sea monster) as he has the ability to breathe under water.
In the Disney comic series "Tamers of Nonhuman Threats", the Kraken appears in the fifth story, "Let's Get Kraken". In this story, the Kraken has a natural enemy, the sperm whale.
The kraken is an aquatic monster that has appeared in many comics publications.
A Kraken was featured in the story "The Kraken" in issue #49 of "Adventures into the Unknown" by ACG in 1953.
"Champion Comics" #5 (March 1940, Harvey Comics), "Monster Hunters" #10 (Oct. 1977, Charlton Comics), "Indiana Jones and the Sargasso Pirates" #2 (Jan. 1996, Dark Horse Comics), and the Japanese comic, "One Piece (ワンピース Wan Pīsu)" #62 (November 15, 2010, Shueisha) all featured versions of the Kraken.
Two one-shot publications featured characters bearing the name: a villain called "Dr. Kraken" in Web-Man #1 (1993, "Argosy Communications Inc.") and a hero called Diego Hargreeves with the alias "Kraken" in Umbrella Academy #1 (2007, Dark Horse Comics). 2000 AD #583, (July 1988, Fleetway Publications) also featured the debut of a character called Judge Kraken. In Japanese comics, a servant of Poseidon and one of the main antagonists of the second saga of the Saint Seiya manga series. He was called Kraken Isaac (クラーケンのアイザック, Kurāken no Aizakku) - a former childhood friend and fellow saint trainee of main character Cygnus Hyoga -, and debuted in volume 16, published in 1989 by Shueisha.
The web comic "Angry Faerie" (from July 13, 2012), featured a bodybuilder type character called the Kraken.
A Kraken (dispatched by the God Poseidon) appears in the Avatar Press comic "God is Dead" #48.
A Kraken (depicted as a huge tentacled reptilian monstrosity) is sent to attack the heroes in "Grimm Fairy Tales" #123 and #124.
A Kraken appears in "Broken Moon: Legends of the Deep" #1 by American Gothic Press.
A character called "Kid Kraken" appeared in the Dynamite Comics series "The Green Hornet 66' meets The Spirit".
DC Comics.
Three versions appeared during the Golden Age of Comic Books: the first in "Adventure Comics" #56 (Nov. 1940), a second, land-based version existing on the planet Venus in "Flash Comics" #81 (March 1947) and a third variation capable of speech that claimed to be the actual Kraken from ancient folklore who battled the hero Captain Marvel in "Whiz Comics" #155 (June 1953).
Two versions appeared during the Silver Age of Comic Books: a giant octopus encountered by the Challengers of the Unknown in "Showcase" #12 (Jan.-Feb 1958), and the second being a giant squid summoned by the hero Aquaman in "Aquaman" #34 (July-Aug. 1967). "Wonder Woman" #247 (Sept. 1978) and #289 (March 1982) featured additional versions, and in "Wonder Woman" vol. 2 #75 (June 1993) the character encountered a version complete with tiara in a dream dimension. In "Aquaman" #1,000,000 (Nov. 1998), the eponymous hero of the title encounters one of the "Krakens of Vexjor", a race of huge tentacled reptilian sea monsters that inhabit Earth's oceans in the 853rd Century. Wonder Woman and Aquaman also encounter a young Kraken in Issue #1 (Aug. 2011, DC Comics) of the limited series "Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies."
In the 2016 series "DC Bombshells", King Nereus took the form of a Kraken to battle the heroines of the story. He's eventually dispatched by Aqua-Woman.
Marvel Comics.
Two types of "Krakens" appear in the world of Marvel Comics, one based on the sea monster and the second as a costumed identity used by several individuals. The former first appeared "The Avengers" #27 (April 1966, Marvel Comics), and several variations of it have appeared in Marvel continuity since. The latter is used as the codename for a high-ranking member of HYDRA, with Daniel Whitehall and Jake Fury having assumed the identity throughout Marvel Comics' run.