Vita-Man is a

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published by

Big Bang Comics ''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 1940 ...

. He first appears in ''Big Bang Comics'' #1, and was created by Gary Carlson and Mark Lewis. He is based on Hourman.

Publication history

Vita-Man first appears on the back cover of ''Big Bang'' #0 starring in the fictional ''Red Hot Comics'' #14. After numerous reader requests to see Vita-Man in action, he finally gets his own story in ''Big Bang Comics'' #27.

Fictional character biography

Vita-Man is research scientist Will Wheeler, who discovered a new

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that gave him superpowers, which he named "Panacea Pills", the name given to the vitamins after his father created them. With this, he became the superhero Vita-Man (a play on the word

), and later joined the Knights of Justice alongside

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and

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Powers and abilities

The three Panacea Pills that give Vita-Man his powers empower him with super strength, constitution and speed.

External links

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