Issue Details

Issue	#9
Published	March 1997
Cover Price	2.95 USD; 4.20 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Gary Carlson; Chris Ecker; Ed DeGeorge (assistant)
Notes	DC Comics' Showcase tribute.

Cover Details - "Showplace presented by... Big Bang Comics"

Genre	Superhero
Script	Jeff Weigel
Pencils	Jeff Weigel
Inks	Jeff Weigel
Colors	Jeff Weigel
Letters	Jeff Weigel
Notes	DC Comics' Showcase tribute.

1 page Dr. Weird illustration "Pinup"

Genre	Superhero
Pencils	David Zimmerman
Inks	David Zimmerman
Letters	typeset
Notes	Credits page with pin-up.

8 page The Sphinx story "The Deeds of the Doomsayer"

Genre	Superhero
Script	Jeff Weigel
Pencils	Jeff Weigel
Inks	Jeff Weigel
Letters	Jeff Weigel
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.)

8 page The Blitz story "The Amazing Menace of Pain Glass!"

Genre	Superhero
Script	Dan Reed (plot); Gary Carlson (dialogue)
Pencils	Dan Reed
Inks	Dan Reed
Letters	Dan Reed
Notes	Early-1980's Carmine Infantino Flash tribute.

6 page Atomic Sub story "The Four Seahorsemen of the Apocalypse"

Genre	Superhero
Script	Bud Hanzel
Pencils	Stephanie Sanderson
Inks	Mike Matthew
Letters	Susan Dorne
Notes	1950's Bill Everett Sub-Mariner tribute.

1 page Alternate Currents text article

Characters	Savage Dragon; Round Table of America [Knight Watchman; Ultiman; Beacon; Blitz; Atomic Sub]; Dr. Weird
Script	Gary Carlson
Pencils	David Zimmerman; Erik Larsen; Jim Starlin
Inks	David Zimmerman; Erik Larsen; Jim Starlin
Letters	typeset
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).

1 page advertisement "A Treasury of the Best Original Strips from the Classic Fanzines 1958-1975"

Characters	Dr. Weird; The Eclipse; The Eye
Script	? (ad copy)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Ad for Fandom's Finest Comics (Hamster Press, 1997).

6 page Doctor Weird story "The Slaves of the She Beast!"

Genre	Occult; Superhero
Script	Raymond Miller
Pencils	Landon Chesney
Inks	Landon Chesney
Letters	Landon Chesney
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.
Reprinted	from Star-Studded Comics (Texas Trio, 1963 series) #8 (March 1966).

2 page Big Bang Theories letters page

Script	Gary Carlson
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.

1 page Retro-Dead advertisement "The Victory At Vargos!"

Genre	Monsters
Script	Dan Reed
Pencils	Dan Reed
Inks	Dan Reed
Letters	Dan Reed
Notes	Ad for Retro-Dead #2 (Blazer Studios, 1997).

Half page Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles promo (ad from the publisher) "The Knight Watchman Returns!"

Characters	Knight Watchman ("Graveyard Shift" era); Raphael
Pencils	Frank Fosco
Inks	Erik Larsen
Letters	typeset
Notes	House ad for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Image, 1996 series) #9.

Half page Galahad promo (ad from the publisher) "He Doesn't Kid Around Anymore!"

Characters	Galahad; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Splinter; The Foot (ninja clan)
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Ben Torres
Inks	Ben Torres
Letters	typeset
Notes	House ad for Big Bang Comics (Image, 1996 series) #10 (May 1997).