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Issue: Big Bang Comics #9
Publication Date: March 1997
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Issues: #9 of 35 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagImage
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Image Comics
On Sale Date: 04/02/1997
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: $4.20 CAD
$2.95 USD
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Content Items: 12 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from the ComicList Database as compiled by Charles LePage with information from Sun Coast Comics.
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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.
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Showplace presented by... Big Bang Comics

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sphinx
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: DC Comics' Showcase tribute.
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Pinup

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits page with pin-up.
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The Deeds of the Doomsayer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sphinx
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose 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.)
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The Amazing Menace of Pain Glass!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Early-1980's Carmine Infantino Flash tribute.
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The Four Seahorsemen of the Apocalypse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Atomic Sub
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: 1950's Bill Everett Sub-Mariner tribute.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Alternate Currents
Character(s): Savage Dragon; Round Table of America [Knight Watchman; Ultiman; Beacon; Blitz; Atomic Sub]; Dr. Weird
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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).
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A Treasury of the Best Original Strips from the Classic Fanzines 1958-1975

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Weird; The Eclipse; The Eye
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997).
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The Slaves of the She Beast!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Weird
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From Content Item: FlagStar-Studded Comics #8 published March 1966
was The Slaves of the She Beast! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose 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.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Big Bang Theories
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose 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.
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The Victory At Vargos!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Retro-Dead
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Retro-Dead #2 (Blazer Studios, 1997).
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The Knight Watchman Returns!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Knight Watchman ("Graveyard Shift" era); Raphael
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Image, 1996 series) #9.
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He Doesn't Kid Around Anymore!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Galahad
Character(s): Galahad; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Splinter; The Foot (ninja clan)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #10 (May 1997).

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