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'''''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot''''' is a 1995 [[comic book]] written by [[Frank Miller]], drawn by [[Geof Darrow]] and published by [[Dark Horse Comics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/c2e2-exclusive-dark-horse-presents-reformats-with-big-guy-rusty-and-more/|title=C2E2 EXCLUSIVE: "Dark Horse Presents" Reformats With "Big Guy & Rusty" And More|date=26 April 2014 |publisher=Comic Book Resources|accessdate=April 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/dark-horse-presents-relaunch-big-guy-and-rusty-the-boy-robot/ |title=Dark Horse Presents Reformats In August With Big Guy & Rusty |work=Comics Alliance |accessdate=20 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129211647/http://comicsalliance.com/dark-horse-presents-relaunch-big-guy-and-rusty-the-boy-robot/ |archivedate=29 November 2014 }}</ref> The comic book was adapted into an animated [[Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (TV series)|TV series of the same name]].<ref name="Gizmodo">{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/wheres-my-goddamn-big-guy-and-rusty-the-boy-robot-movie-5548129|title=Where's my goddamn Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot movie?|author=Marc Bernardin|work=[[Gizmodo]]|date=26 May 2010 |accessdate=April 4, 2022}}</ref>

==Overview==
After appearing in various comic book pin-up and poster pages,{{Volume needed|c=y|date=November 2011}} the Big Guy first appeared without Rusty in issues #6 and 7 of [[Mike Allred]]'s ''[[Madman (Mike Allred character)|Madman]] Comics'', which was part of [[Dark Horse Comics]]' now defunct [[Legend (comic imprint)|Legend]] [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]].

The property graduated to its own series, a large format two-issue mini-series in 1995, written by [[Frank Miller]] and illustrated by [[Geof Darrow]]. The story revolves around an attack on [[Tokyo]] 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, [[Japan]] requested help from the [[U.S. Armed Forces]], whose ultimate defense, the [[robot]] 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 [[Dave Gibbons]]' ''[[Martha Washington (comics)#Martha Washington Stranded in Space|Martha Washington Stranded in Space]]'' and cameo appearances in the last Sin City book, ''[[Sin City]]: [[Hell and Back (A Sin City Love Story)|Hell and Back]]''.

==Adaptation==
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A two-season [[Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (TV series)|television adaptation]],<ref name="Gizmodo" /> featuring the voices of [[Pamela Adlon|Pamela Segall]], Jonathan David Cook,  [[Gabrielle Carteris]], [[Stephen Root]], [[Kathy Kinney]], [[Kevin Michael Richardson]], [[M. Emmet Walsh]], and [[R. Lee Ermey]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |pages=79–80}}</ref> aired on the [[Fox Kids|Fox Kids Network]] for 26 episodes from September 18, 1999 to March 5, 2001.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=136–138}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=6411 Comic book DB page]

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