Sunfire and Big Hero 6 was a Marvel Comics series released in 1998. A second Big Hero 6 miniseries (without Sunfire) was released in 2008.
Big Hero 6 is Japan's state-sponsored superhero team, protecting the islands from things that conventional police or military can't handle. The original lineup included former X-Man Sunfire, former criminal Silver Samurai, the nanotech-wielding Honey Lemon, ex-con GoGo Tomago, boy genius Hiro Takachiho, and robot Baymax.
The 2008 version replaced Sunfire and Silver Samurai with sushi chef Wasabi No-Ginger and Fred (or "Fredzilla"), who can turn into a kaiju.
The series later loosely inspired the 2014 animated film Big Hero 6. Following that film's success, Marvel has stopped using the property within the Marvel Universe entirely, in favor of letting Disney run their own version of the franchise.
This series contains examples of:
- All There in the Manual: Ebon Samurai and Sunpyre only ever made one appearance and had one line of dialogue each; their backstories were instead described in an Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
- Bag of Holding: Honey Lemon has a high-tech "power purse" that she can pull anything from.
- Boxed Crook: GoGo Tomago was released from prison on condition that she serve in Big Hero 6.
- Captain Ethnic: Every member of the team is inspired by Japanese culture, or at least what Westerners think of as Japanese culture.
- Chef of Iron: Wasabi No-Ginger is an expert chef, able to prepare many local and international dishes simply for the joy of cooking. He's also a deadly knife slinger and doesn't appreciate his cooking being interuppted by villain attacks.
- Edible Theme Naming: Three members of the Big Hero 6 have this: Wasabi No-Ginger, GoGo Tomago (of Japanese tamago), and Honey Lemon.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Silver Samurai is a dude in silver armor modeled after samurai armor.
- Expy: The team is monitored by a Japanese Homeland Security agent named Furi Wamu. Furi wears an eyepatch. We see what you did there, Marvel.
- Lighter and Softer: The 2008 series is radically retooled from the Man of Action series—under the guidance of Chris Claremont—with a lighter tone, younger main cast, and more Animesque aesthetic. This series more closely resembles the adaptation that Disney would produce later.
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Hiro speculates that the nature of Honey Lemon's Power Purse might be this in the 2008 series.
- Pretend to Be Brainwashed: Furi pretends to be brainwashed by Bad Gal to get the drop on her. Apparently she has the Charles Atlas Superpower of being immune to brainwashing.
- Recruiting the Criminal: GoGo Tomago is recruited out of prison.
- Replacement Goldfish: Hiro created Baymax based on his deceased father.
- Shout-Out: Fred, introduced in the second run of the series, can summon forth a spectral avatar that extends outward from him, being able to control it as if it were his own body. It's pretty much a Stand, with the way he uses it being reminiscent of Jotaro's usage of Star Platinum in particular (being able to selectively summon specific body parts and limited range).
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: After Silver Samurai and Sunfire became unavailable, they were replaced by Ebon Samurai and Sunpyre, the former a resurrected samurai who looked almost exactly like Silver Samurai, and the latter a woman from the Microverse wearing the costume of the younger sister of Sunfire.
