BIG BROTHERBIG BROTHER
Real Name: unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human, technology user
Occupation: Crime Leader
Group Membership: Formerly the street gang of the Hawks
Affiliations: Cheshire Cat
Enemies: Luke Cage, Chemistro (Arch Morton), Baron
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations:
A building at the crossing between
the Lenox and the 142th Avenue in New York City,
USA;
Mobile on his
helicopter.
First Appearance:
(BTS) Luke Cage, Power Man#37 (November, 1976);
(fully seen) Luke Cage, Power Man#38
(December, 1976)
Powers/Abilities: Big Brother was a normal human. He increased his strength with technological means (probably an exoskeleton). He was highly skilled in computer and telecommunications sciences, as well as bionics.
History:
(Luke Cage, Power Man#39 (fb) - BTS) - The boy who would become Big Brother started his criminal career in a street gang: the Hawks. The fifth time he was tried for a crime he was 16; he was sent to the reformatory for an year. The following time he went in prison for 5 years for armed robbery. In prison he learned to use and program computers, to program and use robots, and to increase his physical strength. He was pardoned. Then he started to use his knowledge in electronics and computer networks and set a criminal organization up.
(Luke Cage, Power Man#37 - BTS) -
Big Brother was in competition with
another crime leader, the Baron. Big Brother, thanks to his computers
and his
lackey Cheshire Cat, controlled the movements of one of Baron's allies:
Chemistro, and learned a lot information about the Baron, Chemistro,
and Luke
Cage.
Big Brother set up a network for the control of all the tactical
computers in
New York that controlled the electricity and the Nuclear Central.
(Luke Cage, Power Man#38) - Big Brother was attacked in his base of operation by Luke Cage.
(Luke Cage, Power Man#39) - Big Brother and Luke Cage had a struggle, and Big Brother forced Luke back. Big Brother convinced Luke that the hero had been tricked by Chemistro into attack him. Luke left, and Big Brother sent Cheshire Cat after him to spy on Luke, hoping that the Baron and Luke would kill themselves. When Cheshire Cat told Big Brother that the Baron had revealed Big Brother's plans to Luke, Big Brother ordered Cheshire Cat to kill Luke Cage.
(Luke Cage, Power
Man#40) - Big Brother left the base for his mobile
headquarter on his helicopter. There he again ordered to Cheshire Cat
to
"settle" Luke
Cage.
Big Brother and Cheshire Cat threw the taxi cab where Luke was into the
river,
but Luke survived.
Big Brother captured Luke at the hospital where Noah Burstein was
sheltered.
Then Big Brother bound Luke to a locomotive running towards a cliff,
and had
the city authorities watch everything, so he could frighten and
blackmail them. Luke
freed himself and jumped on the helicopter. Smacked out the helicopter
by Big
Brother, Luke grabbed the border, uprooted the rotor and jumped off.
The
helicopter exploded falling to the ground, probably killing the two
criminals.
(Stan Lee presents An Hours Of Fun Book - Marvel Mazes To Drive You Mad!) - Big Brother and Cheshire Cat hid in an electronic maze from Luke Cage, who made his way through the maze to get a drop on them.
Comments: Created by Bill Mantlo, Bob Brown, and Klaus Janson.
Power Man fell in the river and easily went to
the surface, bringing the taxi driver with him. In the issue#13 a rope
of a
Circus wasn't strong enough to support his body weight. If he is so
heavy he
could not have saved himself from the taxi fall.
--His density would made swimming difficult, but he's been
shown to do it before.--Snood
Cheshire Cat was a good spy and a more good
boaster, he never tried to execute the Big Brother's order to kill
Luke. I'm
not sure if Cheshire Cat had teleporting abilities, if so he could have
escaped
from the helicopter before it exploded.
Thanks to Skippy for pointing out his appearance in the Marvel Mazes book.
Clarifications:
Big Brother has no known connections to
Images:
Big Brother, Luke
Cage, Power Man#39, page 2, panel 3
Big Brother - head shot, Luke Cage, Power Man#39, page 5, panel 1
Appearances:
Luke Cage, Power Man#37 (November, 1976) - Marv Wolfman (writer & editor),
Ron Wilson (pencils), A. Bradford (inks)
Luke Cage, Power Man#38 (December, 1976) - Marv Wolfman (writer &
editor), Bill Mantlo (script), Bob Brown (pencils), Jim Mooney (inks)
Luke Cage, Power Man#39 (January, 1977) - Marv Wolfman (writer), Bill
Mantlo (script), Bob Brown (pencils), Klaus Janson (inks), Archie
Goodwin (editor)
Luke Cage, Power Man#40 (February, 1977) - Marv Wolfman (writer & editor), Lee Elias (pencils), Frank Giacoia (inks)
Stan Lee presents An Hours Of Fun Book - Marvel Mazes To Drive You Mad! (January, 1978)
First Posted: 03/16/2005
Last updated: 06/16/2022
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