Big Dave (character)

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Big Dave
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Character information
First appearance 2000 AD #842 (1993)
Created by Grant Morrison
Mark Millar
Steve Parkhouse
Publication information
Publisher Fleetway
ScheduleWeekly
Title(s)
2000 AD #842–845
2000AD Yearbook 1994
2000 AD #846–849
2000 AD #869–872
2000 AD #904–907
FormatsOriginal material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) 2000 AD .
Genre
Publication date 19931994
Main character(s)Big Dave
Creative team
Writer(s) Grant Morrison
Mark Millar
Artist(s) Steve Parkhouse
Anthony Williams

Big Dave is a comics character created and written by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar, with artwork by Steve Parkhouse, for 2000 AD .

Contents

The character was created for The Summer Offensive , an experiment in which the magazine was handed over to Millar, Morrison and John Smith for eight weeks.

Publication history

Big Dave first appeared in prog (the 2000 AD term for issue) #842 in his first story which featured Saddam Hussein trying to take over the world and turn everyone into "poofs" with the aid of some scary aliens. Big Dave, "the hardest man in Manchester", manages to stop Saddam's plan with the help of Terry Waite.

The next story featured the British Royal Family as robots plus The Princess of Wales and The Duchess of York as a pair of horny drunks. The story ends with Dave in bed with both royals.

A third story had Dave leading a minibus full of disabled children to the football world cup final where they defeat a German team managed by Adolf Hitler.

Bibliography

He has largely appeared in his own eponymous strip:

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