Big Bang Comics
#13
(August 1997)
Image,
1996 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 4.10 CAD
- Pages
- 44
- On-sale Date
- 1997-09-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Image Comics
- Brand
-
Image
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Gary Carlson (editor-in-chief); Chris Ecker (editor); Edward De George (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from the ComicList Database as compiled by Charles LePage with information from Sun Coast Comics.
[Introduction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Jeff Weigel; Gary Carlson
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Jeff Weigel describes how this book came about; Gary Carlson insists it's not a "reprint", despite having appeared earlier in the ashcan edition sent to prospective publishers.
The Riddle of the Sphinx
The Sphinx / comic story / 40 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sphinx [Peter Chefren / Chefren Ra]; Allison Kane; Beverly Tate (reporter); Mr. Trask (industrialist, business rival); Professor Dexter; The Fixer (industrial spy); Pharaoh's Elite Guard soldier
- Synopsis
- Once a member of the Elite Guard on a parallel Earth, scientist Chefren Ra escaped to Earth and took steps to cover his tracks to prevent Pharaoh's armies from destroyed his new home. Using technology he brought with him to amass a huge fortune, "Peter Chefren" became a philanthropist as well as the superhero "The Sphinx". When an industrial spy accidentally causes an Elite Guard soldier to find him, The Sphinx is forced to abandon his new life to insure the safety of everyone else. His business partner, Allison Kane, winds up taking up the mantle he left behind by becoming the new Sphinx.
- Reprints
- from The Sphinx: Book One: The Riddle of the Sphinx (Jeff Weigel, 1996 series) #nn (July 1996) [ashcan].
Indexer Notes
1st Sphinx story created by Jeff Weigel. Second appearance, following a "prequel" in Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #9 (March 1997). Next appearance in Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #20 (July 1998).
[no title indexed]
Big Bang Theories / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Gary Carlson
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Savage Dragon; Ultraman
Indexer Notes
Letters from Chris "Buck" Buckmister, Robert Stevens, Christopher Elam, Dennis Holmes, and Rick Griffith.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A Novel Length Epic Starring The Sphinx
The Sphinx -
1.
[Introduction]
-
2.
The Riddle of the Sphinx
The Sphinx -
3.
[no title indexed]
Big Bang Theories -
4.
Don't Miss the Battle for the Fourth Dimension!
Savage Dragon
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Robert K. S. Croy, Sr.
- Juan Gonzalez
- Katy Hayhurst
- Henry R. Kujawa
- Edgar Loftin
- Allen Ross
- Ramon Schenk
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