Big Man is the name of several characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The known characters who have gone by the name of Big Man areFrederick Foswell, his daughter Janice Foswell, and his son Frederick Foswell Jr. TheMC2 version of Big Man is the son ofHank Pym andWasp.
Frederick Foswell is the first person to assume the Big Man mantle.[1] A former reporter for theDaily Bugle, Foswell secretly operates as a criminal boss. He is eventually defeated by Spider-Man, after which he reforms. Foswell later sacrifices himself to saveJ. Jonah Jameson from being shot.[2][3]
Janice Foswell is the daughter of the original Big Man (Frederick Foswell) and seeks to follow in her father's footsteps to gain control of the New York underworld. She is soon joined byCrime Master andSandman.[4]
She and the Enforcers are defeated bySpider-Man, theHuman Torch and theSons of the Tiger. Over a dispute about eliminating Spider-Man and the Sons, Janice is killed by the Crime Master, who is revealed to have been her fiancé and son of the original Crime-Master (Nick Lewis Jr.). Both had separately pursued vengeance against Spider-Man without knowledge of each other's identity.[5]
Frederick Foswell Jr. is the son of Frederick Foswell and the brother of Janice Foswell. He assumes the Big Man role to gain revenge for the death of his father and sister, which he blames on Spider-Man. Piloting a giant robot version of Big Man, Foswell attacks Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson, assuming Jameson will help him kill Spider-Man. Spider-Man and the remorseful Jameson defeat Foswell as Spider-Man hurls the Big Man robot outside before it can self-destruct. Foswell is then arrested by the police.[6]
An original incarnation of the Big Man,Hank Pym Jr., appears in theMC2 storyA-Next. He isHank Pym andJanet van Dyne's son who inherited the former's size-shifting powers and founding member of theRevengers who initially fights the superhero team A-Next before reforming and joining a government-sponsored team.[7]
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^"Tombstone Voice -The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. RetrievedAugust 21, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
^"Green Goblin Voice -The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. RetrievedAugust 21, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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