(December 1996)

Image, 1996 Series
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Volume
2
Price
2.95 USD; 4.05 CAD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1997-01-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Image Comics
Brand
Image
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Gary Carlson (editor); Chris Ecker (editor); Edward De George (associate)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from the ComicList Database as compiled by Charles LePage with information from Sun Coast Comics.

Mighty Man vs Mighty Man! (Table of Contents)

Mighty Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Darren Goodhart
Inks
Darren Goodhart
Colors
Darren Goodhart
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mighty Man [Bobby Berman]; Mighty Man (future version)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

1970's Jim Starlin Captain Marvel / Warlock tribute.

Big Bang B.S. Page (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gary Carlson
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Gary explains the change to B&W, and says, "NO, we are not just doing 1970's stories."

Ominous Reprieve (Table of Contents: 2)

Mighty Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Terrance Griep
Pencils
Darren Goodhart
Inks
Mike Matthew
Letters
Mike Matthew

Genre
superhero
Characters
Billy Berman (cameo); Mighty Man [Bobby Berman]; Mighty Man (death) (villain) (future version; only appearance); Dr. Teddy Nirvanah (cameo; introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

1970's Jim Starlin Captain Marvel / Warlock tribute. (Previously, Mighty Man had been done as a 1940's C.C. Beck Captain Marvel tribute.)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Big Bang Theories / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Letters from Robert J. Sodaro, Don Lawson, Chris Khalaf, El Sloano, Rick Griffith, and Ricky Olivares.

the Assassination Run (Table of Contents: 4)

Shanghai Breeze / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Timmons
Pencils
Stan Timmons
Inks
Mike Matthew
Letters
John Thompson

Genre
martial arts
Keywords
kung fu

Indexer Notes

Gene Day Master of Kung Fu tribute.

I Met Oogur From Outer Space! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Gafford
Pencils
Frank Fosco
Inks
Jim Daly
Letters
Susan Dorne

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee-Jack Kirby "giant monster" comics tribute, as specifically written at the end "A tip o' the hat to Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck for all those great pre-hero Marvel monster comics."

You've Asked For Him - Now You've Got Him! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Sphinx / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Jeff Weigel
Pencils
Jeff Weigel
Inks
Jeff Weigel
Letters
Jeff Weigel

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

House ad for Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #9 (March 1997) (appears at the bottom of the second page of letters).

The Ghost Robbers of the Wax Museum!! (Table of Contents: 7)

Knight Watchman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Ecker
Pencils
Chris Ecker (ghosted for Tom King)
Inks
Jim Brozman (credited as Tom King)
Letters
Chris Ecker

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

1940's Bob Kane Batman tribute.

Mr. U.S.: 50 Forgotten Years (Table of Contents: 8)

Mister U.S. / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Nat Gertler
Pencils
Mark Lewis
Inks
Mark Lewis
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

House ad for next issue, Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #8 (January 1997).

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mighty Man vs Mighty Man!
    Mighty Man
  2. 1. Big Bang B.S. Page
  3. 2. Ominous Reprieve
    Mighty Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Big Bang Theories
  5. 4. the Assassination Run
    Shanghai Breeze
  6. 5. I Met Oogur From Outer Space!
  7. 6. You've Asked For Him - Now You've Got Him!
    The Sphinx
  8. 7. The Ghost Robbers of the Wax Museum!!
    Knight Watchman
  9. 8. Mr. U.S.: 50 Forgotten Years
    Mister U.S.
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