''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' is a 1995

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written by

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, drawn by

Geof Darrow Geofrey "Geof" Darrow (born October 21, 1955) is an American comic book artist, best known for his work on comic series ''Shaolin Cowboy'', '' Hard Boiled'' and ''The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'', which was adapted into an animated televisi ...

and published by

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. The comic book was adapted into an animated TV series of the same name.

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After appearing in various comic book pin-up and poster pages, the Big Guy first appeared without Rusty in issues #6 and 7 of

Mike Allred Michael Dalton Allred is an American comic book artist and writer most famous for his independent comics creations, ''Madman'' and ''iZombie''. His style is often compared to pop art, as well as commercial and comic art of the 1950s and 1960s ...

's '' Madman Comics'', which was part of

' now defunct

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. The property graduated to its own series, a large format two-issue mini-series in 1995, written by

and illustrated by

. The story revolves around an attack on

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

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,

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requested help from the

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, whose ultimate defense, the

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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 David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story "For the Man ...

' '' Martha Washington Stranded in Space'' and cameo appearances in the last Sin City book, ''

Sin City ''Sin City'' is a series of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer-artist Frank Miller. The first story originally appeared in ''Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special'' (April 1991), and continued in ''Dark Horse Presents'' #51� ...

: Hell and Back''.

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