Big Bang Comics #8 for Sale - First Appearance of Mister U.S. - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series)
Issue: #8
Publication date: January 1997
Key date: 1997-01-00
On-sale date: 1997-02-19
Indicia publisher: Image Comics
Price: $2.95; 4.05 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mister U.S. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of U.S. Junior - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dave Donovan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Caspar Milquetoast - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Brett Kowalski - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Brett Kowalski, Dave Donovan.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Tales Of Uncanny Mysteries Featuring---	cover	2	script: Nat Gertler; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett
1	50 Forgotten Years	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Gary Carlson
2	Birth of a Legend!	comic story	4	script: Nat Gertler; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett
3	A Hero Bestowed!	comic story	4	script: Nat Gertler; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Christine Barnett	Dave Donovan First
4	Mister U.S.	comic story	3.5	script: Nat Gertler; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett	Mister U.S. First, U.S. Junior First
5	Genuine Submarine!	filler	0.5	script: ? (ad copy); letters: typeset
6	By Any Other Name...	comic story	4	script: Nat Gertler; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett	Brett Kowalski First
7	Old Glory	comic story	4	script: Nat Gertler; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Christine Barnett; editing: Gary Carlson
8	Mister U.S.	comic story	4	script: Mark Lewis, Nat Gertler; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Mark Lewis, Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett
9	Gary's Graffiti	text article	1	script: Gary Carlson; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Mark Lewis
10	50 Forgotten Years	illustration	1	pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett
11	The Glittering Golden Age	illustration	1	pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett	Caspar Milquetoast First, Mister U.S. First
12	The Silly Side Of The Silver Age	illustration	1	script: Nat Gertler; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett
13	The Psuedo-Intellectual Pseventies	illustration	1	script: Nat Gertler; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett
14	The 'Oity-Toity Eighties	illustration	1	pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett
15	The Nigh-Incomprehensible Nineties	illustration	1	script: Nat Gertler; pencils: Mark Lewis; inks: Jeff Meyer; letters: Chris Barnett
16	A New Beginning	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Terry Moore; inks: Terry Moore
17	Because You Demanded It!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Jeff Weigel; pencils: Jeff Weigel, Dave Zimmerman; inks: Jeff Weigel, Dave Zimmerman

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Series context

‹ #78 of 35#9 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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