Big Ben

Big Ben is a patriotic British superhero created by Alan Moore and Alan Davis, debuting in Marvelman Special #1 (1984). A comedic, jingoistic figure, he is a quintessentially British champion whose exaggerated national pride is played largely for satirical effect.

A distinctly British creation from the fertile imagination of Alan Moore and Alan Davis, Big Ben made his debut in the pages of Marvelman Special #1 in 1984 — right in the thick of the Bronze Age renaissance that made Quality Communications' Warrior anthology one of the most exciting comics on either side of the Atlantic. With only a handful of catalogued appearances, Big Ben is a rare and intriguing figure, the kind of character who feels like a hidden gem waiting to be rediscovered. Sharing those storied pages with Marvelman and the enigmatic V speaks volumes about the extraordinary company this character keeps — and any comic bearing those names is well worth hunting down.