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Issue: Big Bang Comics #13
Publication Date: August 1997
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Issues: #13 of 35 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagImage
Brand: ImageView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Image Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.10 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gary Carlson (editor-in-chief); Chris Ecker; Edward DeGeorge
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Color interior (#1-6), later Black and White (#7 and up)
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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A Novel Length Epic Starring The Sphinx

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Jeff Weigel
Penciller(s): Jeff Weigel
Inker(s): Jeff Weigel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sphinx
Character(s): The Sphinx [Peter Chefren / Chefren Ra]; Allison Kane; Pharaoh's Elite Guard soldier
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Reprint Notes: from The Sphinx: Book One: The Riddle of the Sphinx (Jeff Weigel, 1996 series) #nn (July 1996) [ashcan].
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeff Weigel; Gary Carlson
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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.
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The Riddle of the Sphinx

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeff Weigel
Penciller(s): Jeff Weigel
Inker(s): Jeff Weigel
Letterer(s): Jeff Weigel
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sphinx
Character(s): 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.
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Reprint Notes: from The Sphinx: Book One: The Riddle of the Sphinx (Jeff Weigel, 1996 series) #nn (July 1996) [ashcan].
Miscellaneous
Pages: 40
Disclose 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).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Carlson
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Big Bang Theories
Character(s): Savage Dragon; Ultraman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Chris "Buck" Buckmister, Robert Stevens, Christopher Elam, Dennis Holmes, and Rick Griffith.
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Don't Miss the Battle for the Fourth Dimension!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gary Carlson
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler (signed)
Inker(s): Rich Buckler (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Savage Dragon
Character(s): Oblivia; Berzerker; The Badge; Savage Dragon; Ultiman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for next issue, presenting the cover for Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #14.

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