Big Bang Comics #9

(March 1997)

[Pinup] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Weird / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

David Zimmerman

Inks:

David Zimmerman

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Indexer Notes

Credits page with pin-up.

The Deeds of the Doomsayer (Table of Contents)

The Sphinx / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jeff Weigel

Pencils:

Jeff Weigel

Inks:

Jeff Weigel

Letters:

Jeff Weigel

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Indexer Notes

1960's Murphy Anderson Hawkman tribute. The Sphinx previously appeared in 2 ashcan-only books, The Riddle of the Sphinx and Tales of the Sphinx, which were subsequently reprinted for a wider audience in Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #13 and #23. This story, along with the one in #20, both serve as "prequels" to the full-length episodes. (Info from www.internationalhero.co.uk website.)

The Amazing Menace of Pain Glass! (Table of Contents)

The Blitz / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dan Reed (plot); Gary Carlson (dialogue)

Pencils:

Dan Reed

Inks:

Dan Reed

Letters:

Dan Reed

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Indexer Notes

Early-1980's Carmine Infantino Flash tribute.

The Four Seahorsemen of the Apocalypse (Table of Contents)

Atomic Sub / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bud Hanzel

Pencils:

Stephanie Sanderson

Inks:

Mike Matthew

Letters:

Susan Dorne

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Indexer Notes

1950's Bill Everett Sub-Mariner tribute.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Alternate Currents / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gary Carlson

Pencils:

David Zimmerman; Erik Larsen; Jim Starlin

Inks:

David Zimmerman; Erik Larsen; Jim Starlin

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Savage Dragon; Round Table of America [Knight Watchman; Ultiman; Beacon; Blitz; Atomic Sub]; Dr. Weird

Indexer Notes

News of upcoming appearances of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #10, and Savage Dragon (who debuted in Megaton #2 (Oct 1985) in Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #12. Dr. Weird's history is discussed. Plug for Bill Schelly's Fandom's Finest Comics. Plug for Wizard's "1/2" issue of Savage Dragon, featuring Mighty Man & "Horde", who started out as "The Wicked Worm" in Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #1 (May 1996).

A Treasury of the Best Original Strips from the Classic Fanzines 1958-1975 (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (ad copy)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Dr. Weird; The Eclipse; The Eye

Indexer Notes

Ad for Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997).

The Slaves of the She Beast! (Table of Contents)

Doctor Weird / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Raymond Miller

Pencils:

Landon Chesney

Inks:

Landon Chesney

Letters:

Landon Chesney

Content Information

Genre:

Occult; Superhero

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Star-Studded Comics (Texas Trio, 1963 series) #8 (March 1966)

Indexer Notes

According to fanzine historian Bill Shelly, this script was originally written for The Changeling (another character in Star-Studded Comics), but was deemed more appropriate for Dr. Weird.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Big Bang Theories / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gary Carlson

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mike Wolf, David Miller, Herb Bailey, Chris Khalaf, Ric Gallaway, Rick Griffith, Dennis Holmes, Matthew James Wood, Paul Dale Roberts, and Kevin Odom.

The Victory At Vargos! (Table of Contents)

Retro-Dead / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dan Reed

Pencils:

Dan Reed

Inks:

Dan Reed

Letters:

Dan Reed

Content Information

Genre:

Monsters

Indexer Notes

Ad for Retro-Dead #2 (Blazer Studios, 1997).

The Knight Watchman Returns! (Table of Contents)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Frank Fosco

Inks:

Erik Larsen

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Knight Watchman ("Graveyard Shift" era); Raphael

Indexer Notes

House ad for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Image, 1996 series) #9.

He Doesn't Kid Around Anymore! (Table of Contents)

Galahad / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ben Torres

Inks:

Ben Torres

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Galahad; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Splinter; The Foot (ninja clan)

Indexer Notes

House ad for Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #10 (May 1997).