Big Ben

Big Ben is a British superhero character who debuted in the Alan Moore-scripted pages of Warrior, the acclaimed British anthology that also featured V for Vendetta and Marvelman, positioning him within a notable wave of ambitious 1980s UK comics storytelling.

Few characters carry quite the weight of a debut scripted by Alan Moore, but Big Ben earned that distinction in the pages of Warrior #4 back in 1982 — a Bronze Age arrival from Quality Communications that planted this figure firmly in one of British comics' most celebrated anthologies. Over a publishing life stretching more than three decades, Big Ben has kept remarkable company, sharing pages with the likes of V and Mike Moran across Warrior and Miracleman, placing this character at the very heart of a legendary era in UK comics history. With Alan Moore, Steve Dillon, and Paul Neary as the creative team behind that first appearance, Big Ben's origins alone make for a genuinely exciting piece of comics heritage worth tracking down.