''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' is a 1995

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written by

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, drawn by

Geof Darrow Geofrey "Geof" Darrow (born October 21, 1955) is an American comic book artist, best known for his work on comic series ''Shaolin Cowboy'', ''Hard Boiled (comics), Hard Boiled'' and ''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'', which was adapted into ...

and published by

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. The comic book was adapted into an animated TV series of the same name.

Overview

After appearing in various comic book pin-up and poster pages, the Big Guy first appeared without Rusty in issues #6 and 7 of

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's ''

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Comics'', which was part of

' now defunct

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. The property graduated to its own series, a large format two-issue mini-series in 1995, written by

and illustrated by

. The story revolves around an attack on

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by a giant reptilian creature that is originated in an experiment gone wrong, and the failure of the newly commissioned Rusty the Boy Robot to stop the threat. Subsequently,

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requested help from the

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, whose ultimate defense, the

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Big Guy, launches from his air carrier base and uses his awesome arsenal and good old-fashioned American know-how to save the day. Big Guy also makes an appearance in Frank Miller and

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' '' Martha Washington Stranded in Space'' and cameo appearances in the last Sin City book, ''

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: Hell and Back''.

Adaptation

A two-season

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, featuring the voices of

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, Jonathan David Cook,

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Stephen Root Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom ''NewsRadio'' (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the film ''Office Space'' (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the a ...

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Kevin Michael Richardson Kevin Michael Richardson (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, he has mostly voiced villainous characters in animation and video games. In film, Richardson voiced Goro in ''Mortal Kombat'' (1995) ...

M. Emmet Walsh Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles as Earl Frank in '' Straight Time'' (1978), the Madman in ''The Jerk'' (1979), Captai ...

, and

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, aired on the

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for 26 episodes from September 18, 1999 to March 5, 2001.

References

External links

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