Frederick Foswell (Earth-616)

Big Man
Name	Frederick Foswell
Current Alias	Big Man
Aliases	Patch
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Daily Bugle, The Enforcers
Relatives	Janice (daughter, deceased)
Marital Status	Married
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′5″ (1.65 m)
Weight	157 lbs (71.21 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Queens, New York City
Place of Death	Manhattan, New York City
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Reporter, Professional Criminal, crimelord
Base of Operations	New York City
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
First	Amazing Spider-Man #10 (December, 1963)
First	Amazing Spider-Man #10 (December, 1963)
Death	Amazing Spider-Man #52 (June, 1967)
Death	Amazing Spider-Man #52 (June, 1967)

History

Frederick Foswell was a reporter for the Daily Bugle and secretly led a criminal life as the crime boss Big Man.

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He also employed the Enforcers as his muscle. He was eventually caught and had his crime spree put to a halt after having been defeated by Spider-Man, but after serving some time he seemingly reformed and got his job back at the Bugle. During his second stint at the Bugle he assumed another secret identity, Patch, as an underworld informant. In this guise he secretly followed Peter Parker to see how he got exclusive photos of Spider-Man. He almost found out the secret identity of Spider-Man but was put off the trail when Spider-Man as Parker set up a Spider-Man dummy to swing away while Patch was watching. Although it seemed as if he had reformed, he secretly wanted to take over the criminal underworld from the Kingpin. He became the Kingpin's second lieutenant, but when J. Jonah Jameson's life was threatened he took a bullet and died saving Jameson's life.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

None known

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Paraphernalia

Equipment

He wore costumes and masks when he was the Big Man and Patch.

Weapons

Carried handguns

Trivia

• His Daughter Janice became the second Big Man.

See Also

• 40 appearance(s) of Frederick Foswell (Earth-616)
• 6 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Frederick Foswell (Earth-616)
• 10 minor appearance(s) of Frederick Foswell (Earth-616)
• 8 mention(s) of Frederick Foswell (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Frederick Foswell (Earth-616)
• 22 image(s) of Frederick Foswell (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Frederick Foswell (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Vol. 2) #16