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Big Science Action

Big Science Actionis asuperhero teampublished byDC Comics.They first appeared inFinal Crisis Sketchbook#1 (May 2008), and were created byGrant MorrisonandJ. G. Jones.

Big Science Action
Big Science Action fromFinal Crisis#2, left to right: Boss Bosozuko, Rising Sun, Junior Waveman, Hammersuit Zero-X, Ultimon, Cosmo Racer, Goraiko, art byJ. G. Jones.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceFinal Crisis Sketchbook#1 (May2008)
Created byGrant Morrison(writer)
J. G. Jones(artist)
In-story information
Type of organizationSuperhero
Base(s)Fuji Station (Mount Fuji)
Agent(s)Boss Bosozuko
Cosmo Racer
Goraiko
Hammersuit Zero-X
Junior Waveman
Rising Sun
Sunburst
Ultimon

Publication history

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Big Science Action debuted inFinal Crisis Sketchbook#1. Some of the founding members of Big Science Action, such as Rising Sun, Sunburst, and Goraiko, are pre-existing DC Comics characters. According to Morrison, "these guys were Japan'sJLAback in the day, with a ring or halo-shaped base hovering aboveMount Fuji".[1]

History

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The Big Science Action team are seen together for the first time as they appeared in the "Silver Age" of Japanese superheroics, in a Tokyo television documentary retrospective in the pages ofFinal Crisis#2 (June 2008). During this appearance Rising Sun complains about the ongoing process of selfcommodificationbeing carried out by modern Japanese superheroes such as theSuper Young Team.[1][2]

An updated version of Big Science Action appears inFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#4, in this issue Junior Waveman Kimura invites his daughter Shiny Happy Aquazon from the Super Young Team to join the team, and introduces her to new team member Nazo Baluda.[3]

InDoomsday Clock,a variation of Big Science Action is featured calledBig Monster Action.Besides Rising Sun, Goriako, and Hammersuit Zero-X, the other members listed areJudomaster,Naiad,Ram, andSamurai.[4]

Founding members

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Boss Bosozuko

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Boss Bosozuko, is a hotheadedmotorcyclerider. Bosozuko's hair is made up of nuclear flames as are the tires on his special motorcycle. His nameBōsōzokutranslates as "violent running gang", and stems from the Japanese Bōsōzoku motorcycle gangs of the 1950s.[1]

Cosmo Racer

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The being known as Cosmo Racer is anamnesiacextraterrestrial android who requires specialscrystalsto power his "roller boots" up for interstellar travel. According to his creator Grant Morrison: "What only we know is that his" Maker "is a monstrous space tyrant who has sent his little herald out to identify and pacify target planets". Using his roller boots Cosmo Racer can currently travel at the speed of sound. His body is made from an unknown nearly frictionless alien material similar in texture to terrestrialceramicsorplastics.[1]

Goraiko

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See also:International Ultramarine Corps § Goraiko

Goraiko is a psionic construct projected from the mind of an unnamed young Japanese girl who resides in a high techsensory deprivationtank. The Goraiko construct only speaks inhaikuand mathematical equations. The girl has aTotorostyled doll in the tank that appears to be the inspiration for Goraiko's shape, but it is unknown if it is necessary for the manifestation of the being. The being known as Goraiko is large and superhumanly strong, two versions of the Goraiko construct are known to exist, the 'green version' in Big Science Action and the 'gray version' in the Ultramarines. Grant Morrison described about Goraiko: "I also threw in Goraiko, the ‘Nuclear Totoro’ character I created for the Ultramarine Corps back in the JLA days and changed his colour as a little tip of the hat to gray Hulk/green Hulk". He is a member of theInternational Ultramarine Corps.[5]

Hammersuit Zero-X

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Miss Kusanagi a Japaneseschoolgirl,who is also a supersmart science heroine pilots the monster fighting suit of powered armor known as a "Hammersuit". The Hammersuit appears to use electric drills as weapons. The suit of armor can also act autonomously, and is based on bothGundamandGigantor.An adult and much older Kusanagi appears inFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#4, this issue also reveals her name.[1]Despite her much older age, even compared to the now middle-aged Waveman Kimura, she's still effective, heavily relying on newer and more powerful iterations of the "Hammersuit" to "stay competitive".[6]

Junior Waveman

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Riki Kimura, the Junior Waveman is a member of the Wavemen, an eight-person Japanese version of theSea Devils,formerly led by Senior Waveman Otomo who died while saving Riki Kimura's life. He was rescued and raised by the Wavemen after his parents were slain by an army of monsters. He is also the father ofShiny Happy Aquazon,a member of the Super Young Team. As ofFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#4, he is now the much older Senior Waveman Kimura.[1][6]

Rising Sun

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Main article:Rising Sun (comics)

Izumi Yasunari, also known as Rising Sun, is a prominent Japanesesolar physicist,and a veteran member of theGlobal Guardians.A drunken, unshaven and overweight Rising Sun appears inFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#1.[7]

Sunburst

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Takeo Sato, the original Sunburst, was a stuntman and actor, and a founding member of Big Science Action. He died inCrisis on Infinite Earths#12.[8]

Ultimon

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Dai Yokohama, the hero known as Ultimon comes from a dynastic line ofSuper Sentaidedicated to fightingkaiju,known as the Ultimon Society. The Ultimon Society are a group of Giant Monster Killers who survived the "Monster Wars" that nearly destroyed Japan. He and his "master" defeated a trio of monsters called the "Colonizers", they were Scarrba the Protector (King Ghidorah), Kry-Torr the Burrower (Baragon), and Lorloxx the Layer (Gyaos). Ultimon's master died during the battle and he inherited his powers.[1]Recently the ghost of a being calling itselfUltimon Alphahas been appearing in recurring visions witnessed byMost Excellent Superbat,inFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#1.[7]

New members

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Boss Bishonen

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Boss Bishonen is a new male member introduced inFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#4, he is described by Senior Waveman Kimura as the successor to Boss Bosozuko and "carries the torch of a grand tradition of fiery champions". His name is a reference toBishōnen,a Japanese term which translates as "beautiful young male".[3][9]

Nazo Baluda

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Nazo Baluda is a new female member introduced inFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#4, she is described by Senior Waveman Kimura as the team's "dark star stealth warrior". The Japanese wordnazotranslates as riddle, Enigma or mystery. And the name Baluda is a reference to Dominatrix Baluda, a villainess fromYume No Senshi Uwingu Man.[3][9][10]

Shiny Happy Aquazon

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Shiny Happy Aquazon is the daughter of Senior Waveman Kimura the current leader of Big Science Action. She was a founding member of theSuper Young Team,and is invited to join Big Science Action by her father inFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#4.[3][9]She later declines her membership, with her teammates Atomic Lantern and Superbat reminding her of the obligation she still has with her original group.[11]Waveman Kimura, however, still thinks that her membership in the Big Science Action team is herbirthright.

Equipment

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Fuji Station is Big Science Action's halo-shaped base of operations, which hovers aboveMount Fuji.Fuji Station is apparently equipped with a working teleporter system.

See also

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Other Japanese superheroes published byDC Comicsare:

References

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  1. ^abcdefgFinal Crisis Sketchbook#1 (May 2008)
  2. ^Final Crisis#2 (June 2008)
  3. ^abcdFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#4 (October 2009)
  4. ^Doomsday Clock#6 (July 2018)
  5. ^"Grant Morrison onFinal Crisis#2 | Newsarama ".newsarama.Retrieved2015-09-05.
  6. ^abFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#4 (october 2009)
  7. ^abFinal Crisis Aftermath: Dance#1 (July 2009)
  8. ^Crisis on Infinite Earths#12 (March 1986)
  9. ^abc"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-23.Retrieved2009-08-17.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^"Japan Hero > Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Tokusatsu Heroes and Anime Heroes".Archived fromthe originalon 2003-06-05.Retrieved2015-09-05.
  11. ^Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance#4
  12. ^Ace Archer debuted inAdventure Comics#250 (July 1958).
  13. ^"The religion of Green Arrows of the World".adherents. Archived from the original on July 15, 2007.Retrieved2015-09-05.
  14. ^She debuted inGreen Lantern Plus#1 (December 1996).
  15. ^"The Unofficial Arashi Biography".dcuguide.Retrieved2015-09-05.
  16. ^He debuted inDetective Comics#439 (February 1974).
  17. ^"The Unofficial Asano Nitobe Biography".dcuguide.Retrieved2015-09-05.
  18. ^Kana debuted inG.I. Combat#245 (September 1982).
  19. ^"Kana the Shadow Warrior".Angelfire.Retrieved2015-09-05.
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