Big Sir (character)

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Big Sir
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Big Sir as depicted in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #2 (April 1985). Art by Carmine Infantino (penciler) and Klaus Janson (inker).
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance The Flash #338 (October 1984)
Created by Cary Bates, Carmine Infantino
In-story information
Full nameDufus P. Ratchett
Species Metahuman
Team affiliationsInjustice League
Justice League Antarctica
Suicide Squad
Abilities
  • Superhuman strength
  • Wields powered armor

Big Sir (Dufus Ratchett) is a fictional DC Comics character. He first appeared in The Flash #338 (October 1984).

Contents

Big Sir appears in the fourth season of The Flash , portrayed by Bill Goldberg.

Fictional character biography

Ratchett was born with a malformed brain gland that caused him to grow to incredible proportions but left him mentally handicapped. After the Rogues capture him and give him high-tech armor created by the Monitor, he becomes Big Sir and comes into conflict with the Flash. After being defeated, he is brought to Gorilla City and has his mind repaired.

Big Sir's mind later inexplicably returns to its previous state, and he joins the Injustice League, led by Major Disaster. The League later briefly becomes Justice League Antarctica before their base is destroyed in a battle with flesh-eating penguins. Afterwards, he is fired by Maxwell Lord, but given financial compensation. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Big Sir later joins the Suicide Squad in return for a pardon, along with most of his Injustice League friends. They are sent to battle a mad scientist, during which Big Sir is killed by a genetically engineered creature resembling a child. [6]

Powers and abilities

Due to his size, Big Sir possesses physical power greater than that of a normal human being. He has an electronic flail that emits energy and enables him to fly via propulsion.

In other media

Big Sir appears in The Flash , portrayed by Bill Goldberg. [7] This version is David P. Ratchett, an inmate of Iron Heights Penitentiary nicknamed "Big Sir" with normal intelligence and no powers who was indebted to Henry Allen before saving his son Barry from the other inmates. After discovering that Ratchett was framed by Sylbert Rundine, Barry works to free him before transporting him to Jiaju, China.

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References

  1. ↑ Justice League Europe #6 (September 1989): "No More Teachers' Dirty Looks...?!"
  2. ↑ Justice League America #34 (January 1990): "Club JLI"
  3. ↑ Justice League America #35 (February 1990): "Lifeboat"
  4. ↑ Justice League America Annual #4 (1990): "What's Black and White and Black and White and Bl"
  5. ↑ Justice League Quarterly #4 (fall 1991): "The Sunnie Caper"
  6. ↑ Suicide Squad (vol. 2) #1
  7. ↑ Gelman, Vlada (January 17, 2018). "The Flash Photos: Ralph Dibny Gets Upgraded Suit to Battle New Trickster". TV Line. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
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