History ComicBook / BigBangComics

''Big Bang Comics'' is an American comic book anthology series, designed to be an homage to Golden Age and Silver Age comics. Most stories in Big Bang Comics take place either on "Earth-A," during the 1960s, or on "Earth-B" during the 1940s, with characters like Ultiman, Thunder Girl, and Dr. Weird.

** The Hummingbird = ComicBook/TheAtom

** The Knight Watchman's archenemy the Pink Flamingo is essentially a fusion of the Joker and the Penguin.

** Venus = Franchise/WonderWoman

* AppropriatedAppellation: Reid Randall created a created his blue and grey costume and equipped himself with a pair of nightsticks to defend his family's garment factory against mobsters who threatened to burn it down. Confronting them in the warehouse, one of thugs said "It's some kind of night watchman". Reid immediately decided to adopt that as his superhero name. Recalling how he and his brother used to play knights as kids, he announced [[MyNaymeIs "That's Knight Watchman...with a 'K'!"]]

* LighterAndSofter: ''The Graveyard Shift'' is this in comparison to ''The Dark Knight Returns'', especially when considering all the sequels and prequels the comics got which fleshed out the world and the characters. Unlike Batman the Knight Watchman maintains a close bond with his former sidekick, he is still friends with Ultiman and doesn't fight him, the story ends with the heroes beating the villain with little personal cost and Knight Watchman proves he simply wants to help the innocent as opposed to the KnightTemplar and SociopathicHero attitude the TKNR Batman shows. Also while Knight Watchman's city has a ban on illegal vigilantes, with Galahad being accepted since he works with the police, the rest of the world didn't force it's heroes into retirement and the Round Table of Justice is still active.

* AlternateUniverse: There is Earth-A, which is the setting of the Silver Age heroes and the Round Table of America in the 1960s, and Earth-B, the setting of the Golden Age heroes and the Knights of Justice in the 1940s. According to Thunder Girl there is a twenty year difference between the two universe as in one issue she says that while it is 1964 on Earth-A it is 1944 on Earth-B. Some characters, like Ultiman and Knight Watchman, exist on both Earths while other characters, such as the two different versions of the Beacon, only exist on one. There is also a third universe where the Sphinx originates from where AncientEgypt conquered the world.

* CaptainErsatz: Most of the characters are thinly disguised versions of golden and silver age Creator/DCComics characters (including charters from Fawcett and Quality that DC later acquired), although some others are {{Composite Character}}s. Particular equivalents are:

* HistorysCrimeWave: In "The Ghost Robbers of the Wax Museum!!" in #6, Knight Watchman's adversary and MasterOfDisguise Mr. Mask commits a series of robberies while adopting the identities of some of history's greatest villains: Jesse James, Blackbeard, Attila the Hun, Adolf Hitler, and Jack the Ripper.

* {{Reconstruction}}: In many ways ''The Graveyard Shift'' is a reconstruction of the Silver Age Batman after ''The Dark Knight Returns'' [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] that version of the character. Sure the Knight Watchman is more brutal and violent in response to how much darker the villains got and he has a more complicated relationship with Ultiman and Galahad as a result of his insistence of working outside of the law while they worked with it. He even admits to doubting whether he could trust either of them because of this and has some resentment due to all the powers Ultiman has. However despite this he still fights for the right reasons and cares about people, he and Galahad still have a strong bond with the latter not believing for a second that he could be guilty of the crime he was framed with, and he respects and admires Ultiman who like him is facing the reality of growing old with the two parting amicably instead of fighting. The story ends with the Pink Flamingo, the Big Bang version of the Joker, almost being killed and saved at the last minute by the Knight Watchman, who notes that he could just let his greatest foe die but reminds himself that he is not an executioner and just wants to help people.

* PracticallyJoker: The comics' BatmanParody Knight Watchman, fittingly enough, has two adversaries influenced by the Joker.

** The Knight Watchman's archenemy the Pink Flamingo is essentially a mash-up of the Joker and the Penguin.

** Mr. Mask is a shape-shifter like Clayface, but has green hair and pale skin in his default form and has an origin that involves being exposed to chemicals.

** One-shot villain Mr. Mask is a shape-shifter like Clayface, but has green hair and pale skin in his default form and has an origin that involves being exposed to chemicals.

** The Knight Watchman's archenemy, the Pink Flamingo, is a composite of the Joker and the Penguin.

* HotScientist: Dr. Victoria Frankenstein, the creator of Super-Frankenstein, is a gorgeous scientist whose usual attire is a formfitting lab smock, miniskirt and high heels. When going out, she favours slinky evening gowns.