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Encyclopedia > Big Bang Comics

Big Bang Comicc first appeared in the 1990s. It was first published by Caliber Comics, but most issues have been published by Image Comics. Caliber Comics or Caliber Press was an American comic book publisher founded in 1989. ... Image Comics is the third or fourth largest comic book publisher in the United States. ...


The comics recreate the golden age and silver age of comics. Superman, the catalyst of the Golden Age, from Superman #14, January-February 1942. ... Showcase #4 (September-October 1956), often thought the first appearance of the first Silver Age superhero, the Barry Allen Flash. ...


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Showcase #4 (September-October 1956), often thought the first appearance of the first Silver Age superhero, the Barry Allen Flash. ... Superman, the catalyst of the Golden Age, from Superman #14, January-February 1942. ...


List of Big Bang Heroes

Ultiman (based on Superman) Superman, aka the Man of Steel, is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938, and is one of the most popular and well-known comic book icons of all-time. ...


Knight Watchman (based on Batman) & Galahad the Kid Whiz (based on Robin) The DC Comics superhero Batman (originally and still sometimes referred to as the Batman or the Bat-Man) is a fictional character who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... The given name Robin was originally a diminutive of Robert, derived from Rob and the diminutive Old French suffix -in. ...


Venus (based on Wonder Woman) Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superhero. ...


Thunder Girl (based on Mary Marvel) Mary Marvel is a fictional character, a superhero derived from the DC Comics (formerly Fawcett Comics) character Captain Marvel. ...


Dr. Weird (based on Dr. Fate and The Spectre) Doctor Fate, as seen in Justice League Unlimited Doctor Fate is a comic book superhero and wizard in the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Justice Society of America. ... Cover to The Spectre #31, November 1989. ...


The Blitz (based on The Flash) The Flash. ...

  • The Blitz (Earth A): Jimmy Travis
  • The Blitz (Earth B): Mack Snelling

The Beacon (based on Green Lantern) Cover to Green Lantern: Rebirth #6, art by Ethan Van Sciver. ...

  • Beacon (Earth A): Dr Julia Gardner
  • Beacon (Earth B): Scott Martin

The Badge (based on Guardian (DC Comics) and Captain America) The Guardian (Jim Harper) is a DC Comics costumed hero. ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers (in some accounts Steven Grant Rogers), is a Marvel Comics superhero. ...


The Hummingbird (based on Silver Age version of The Atom) The Atom is a superhero created in 1941 for All-American Comics, and recreated in 1962 in a self-named title, a part of DC Comics Silver Age of Comic Books. ...


The Atomic Sub (Earth A) (based on Aquaman) Aquaman is a DC Comics superhero. ...


The Human Sub (Earth B) (based on Aquaman) Aquaman is a DC Comics superhero. ...


Mr. Martian (based on Martian Manhunter) The Martian Manhunter (Jonn Jonzz), is a comic book superhero appearing in DC Comics. ...


A Silver Age Shadowhawk ShadowHawk is comic book fictional character, a dark vigilante hero, first introduced in the Malibu Sun free promotional magazine in May 1992. ...

  • A parody of the 1960-era Batman Comics Complete with the Shadowcar, Lady ShadowHawkette, Shadowdog and kid sidekick, Squirrel aka Hawk Shadow. Working with Knight Watchman

Mighty Man (from the Savage Dragon) Cover to The Savage Dragon (original miniseries) #1. ...

Captain Marvel is a comic book superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and now owned by DC Comics. ...

Members of..

Knights of Justice Earth A

  • Ultiman
  • Knight Watchman
  • Thunder Girl
  • The Blitz: Jimmy Travis
  • Beacon: Dr Julia Gardner
  • Venus

Round Table of America (RTA) Earth B

  • Ultiman
  • Dr. Weird
  • The Blitz: Mack Snelling
  • Beacon: Scott Martin
  • Human Sub

Issues list

Big Bang: the original Mini-Series published by Caliber Press

  • BIG BANG #0: Alex Ross Cover. ThunderGirl, Dr. Weird, Knight Watchman - color
  • BIG BANG #1: Knight Watchman, Badge, Venus, the Beacon - color
  • BIG BANG #2: Ultiman, Human Sub, the Blitz - color
  • BIG BANG #3: Round Table of America/Knights of Justice team up - color
  • BIG BANG #4: 1990s: Ultiman, Galahad, OverDrive, ThunderGirl, Megaton - color

Image Comics

  • BIG BANG #1: Mighty Man vs the Wicked Worm,Knight Watchman
  • BIG BANG #2: Knight Watchman & Silver Age Shadowhawk team up
  • BIG BANG #3: Ultiman, Thunder Girl. color
  • BIG BANG #7: 1970s Mighty Man, Shanghai Breeze, Knight Watchman,
  • BIG BANG #8: Mr. U.S.: 50 Forgotten Years
  • BIG BANG #9: The Sphinx, Blitz, Atomic Sub,
  • BIG BANG #10: Galahad, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Knight WatchManga
  • BIG BANG #11: Knight Watchman, Kid Galahad, the Absolute,
  • BIG BANG #12: Savage Dragon, Round Table of America, Ultiman, etc.
  • BIG BANG #13: The Sphinx, 40 page special
  • BIG BANG #14: Part 2 of SAVAGE DRAGON storyline
  • BIG BANG #15: Halloween Spooktacular! Dr. Weird, Bog Swamp Monster
  • BIG BANG #16: Thunder Girl, Shadow Lady
  • BIG BANG #17: She-Bang! All Girl issue featuring Shadow Lady
  • BIG BANG #18: Conclusion of DRAGON story. Pantheon of Super Heroes!
  • BIG BANG #19: Origins of Gold & Silver Age Beacons, Hummingbird
  • BIG BANG #20: Knight Watchman, Blitz, Sphinx, Dimensioneer
  • BIG BANG #21: Shadow Lady, Masker, Dimensioneer, LadyBug
  • BIG BANG #22: Knight Watchman, Kid Galahad, Dimensioneer
  • BIG BANG #23: The Sphinx: sequel to classic issue #13
  • BIG BANG #24: special HISTORY OF BIG BANG COMICS issue
  • BIG BANG #25: Ultiman, Thunder Girl, the Hummingbird
  • BIG BANG #26: conclusion of Shadow Lady storyline, BlueBird
  • BIG BANG #27: HISTORY OF BIG BANG COMICS part two
  • BIG BANG #28: "Knight of the Living Dead" part 1, "Pink Flamingo's Bubble Trouble"
  • BIG BANG #29: "Knight of Living Dead" part 2, "Pink Feather Mystery", the Spook
  • BIG BANG #30: Mike Barr scripts Knight Watchman Meets The Verdict
  • BIG BANG #31: Kid Galahad: "Doom In Dimension X", Gorilla Cop, Captain Clockwork
  • BIG BANG #32: "Pink Flamingo-A-Go-Go" & conclusion to "Knight of the Living Dead"
  • BIG BANG #33: Round Table of America, Whiz Kids Meet Savage Dragon
  • BIG BANG #34: Venus; Lady Bug Meets Renegade
  • BIG BANG #35: Round Table of America meets 1963! Plus Mighty Man
  • Ultiman #1
  • World Class Comics #1
  • Whiz Kids #1
  • Big Bang Summer Special
  • Roundtable of America #1
  • Ultiman Family
  • RTA

1963 is a comic book by esteemed author Alan Moore. ...

External links

  • Big Bang Comics - the official site
  • Big Bang Comics webpage on International Superheros

  Results from FactBites:
 
Comics2Film: Big Bang (3159 words)
Comic creator and screenwriter Steve Ross told Comics2Film that the filmed adaptation of Chris Ecker and Gary Carlson's Big Bang Comics will premiere at this years Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Comics and screen writer Steve Ross informs us that attendees of this year's San Diego comic show are in for a treat.
Big Bang comics characters may be coming to a TV screen near you.
Recycling Bin 27 - Crossing the Line with Big Bang Comics (Jul 2000) (945 words)
Image Comics, although a onetime pioneer in whatever comprised the "New Comics" of the early 1990s, found a market some might not have predicted: the hard-core retro comics fan interested in material that one might place in a comics canon as the key defining pieces of various comics eras, particularly the Silver Age.
While Big Bang Comics deals in themed pieces not particularly tied to specific earlier comics, including the one-page humor vignette typical of sixties comics (from a day where comics took themselves less seriously), one feature in the book, as evidenced in issue #31, raises some questions about the role and limits of derivative comics.
Comics consumers who read Batman through the seventies would probably remember, either through originals or through the numerous reprints that persisted into the Ford presidency, the Batman stories from Dick Sprang's tenure on the title.
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