(January 2001)

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Volume:
2
Price:
3.95 USD; 5.85 CAD
Pages:
44
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Indicia Publisher:
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Brand:
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Barcode:
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Editing:
Gary Carlson; Chris Ecker; Edward DeGeorge
Format:
Standard Modern Age US Size; Color cover; Color interior (#1-6), later black and white (#7 and up); Saddle-stitched; Was On-Going

Issue Notes

Last issue of this series. Big Bang continues as a series of one-shots, beginning with Ultiman Giant Annual #1 (November 2001).


Big Bang vs 1963 (Table of Contents)

Big Bang Comics / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gary Carlson
Pencils:
Jim Valentino
Inks:
Chris Ecker
Colors:
?
Letters:
Chris Ecker

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Thunder Girl; The Beacon; Ultiman; Knight Watchman; N-Man; Hypernaut; Horus; USA

Big Bang vs 1963 (Table of Contents)

Silverboy / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jim Valentino
Pencils:
Jim Valentino
Inks:
Jim Valentino
Letters:
Tami Doll

Content Information

Genre:
Children; Superhero
Characters:
Infra-Man; Horus; N-Man; Hypernaut; USA; Silverboy [Phillip Potts]; Colossal Turtle-Lad (Super Kids Club); The Beacon; Knight Watchman; Ultiman; Thundergirl; Atomic Sub; The Blitz; Maw Potts; Paw Potts
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Indexer Notes

Fantasy story (dream); character appearances not in continuity with either Big Bang Comics or 1963 series. Silver Age Superboy tribute.


Re: Big Bang Comics #35 (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gary Carlson
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Gary Carlson talks about A TOUCH OF SILVER and the "Mighty Man vs. The Wicked Worm" trilogy stories reprinted in this issue.


Mighty Man And The Critter Crime Wave (Table of Contents)

Mighty Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gary Carlson
Pencils:
Bill Fugate
Inks:
Bill Fugate
Letters:
Bill Fugate

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero; Humor
Characters:
Mighty Man; Wicked Worm (debut)
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Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3. First appearance of The Wicked Worm, who went on to become Horde. 1940's Captain Marvel tribute.


Mighty Man and the Wicked Worm's Circus of Evil! (Table of Contents)

Mighty Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gary Carlson
Pencils:
Bill Fugate
Inks:
Bill Fugate
Letters:
Bill Fugate

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero; Humor
Characters:
Mighty Man, Wicked Worm
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Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 3. 1940's Captain Marvel tribute.


Mighty Man Battles The Conqueror Worm (Table of Contents)

Mighty Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gary Carlson
Pencils:
John Thompson
Inks:
John Thompson
Letters:
John Thompson
Editing:
Erik Larsen

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero; Humor
Characters:
Mighty Man [Bobby Berman]; Miss Eando; Mr. Luker (radio station manager); The Wicked Worm
Synopsis:
Mighty Man discovers that when cut in half, each part of The Wicked Worm grows into a complete creature, and many of them can act together as a "horde".
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Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 3. Miss Eando is named as a tribute to Otto Binder, a Captain Marvel writer whose pen name was Eando.


[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House ads for: The Man #1, Go Girl #3, A Distant Soil #32, and Age of Bronze: A Thousand Ships.


[Unchained!] (Table of Contents)

Mighty Man / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Andrew Sheppard (painted) (signed)
Inks:
Andrew Sheppard (painted) (signed)
Colors:
Andrew Sheppard (painted)

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero

Indexer Notes

Back cover / pin-up in the style of many Alex Ross paintings.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Big Bang vs 1963
    Silverboy
  2. 2. Re: Big Bang Comics #35
  3. 3. Mighty Man And The Critter Crime Wave
    Mighty Man
  4. 4. Mighty Man and the Wicked Worm's Circus of Evil!
    Mighty Man
  5. 5. Mighty Man Battles The Conqueror Worm
    Mighty Man
  6. 6. [House Advertisements]
  7. 7. [Unchained!]
    Mighty Man
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Henry R. Kujawa
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Henry R. Kujawa