Frederick Foswell (Earth-616)

Big Man
Name	Frederick Foswell, Sr.
Current Alias	Big Man
Aliases	Codenames: Patch
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Formerly New U Technologies, Daily Bugle, Enforcers
Relatives	Spouses: Tessa Foswell (wife) Children: Janice Foswell (daughter, deceased); Freddie Foswell (son)
Marital Status	Married
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′5″ (1.65 m) (As Foswell), 6′1″ (1.85 m) (As Big Man)
Weight	157 lbs (71.21 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Queens, New York City, New York
Place of Death	Manhattan, New York City, New York
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Reporter, professional criminal, crimelord
Education	College education
Base of Operations	Formerly Transamerica Pyramid / New U Headquarters, San Francisco, California; Daily Bugle Building, Manhattan, New York City, New York.
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
First	Amazing Spider-Man #10 (December, 1963)
First	Amazing Spider-Man #10 (December, 1963)
Death	Clone Conspiracy Omega #1 (March, 2017)
Death	Clone Conspiracy Omega #1 (March, 2017)

History

Frederick Foswell

The Enforcers

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

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.

Patch and Death

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. Later, he helped aid the defeat of the Crime Master. 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.

Dead No More

More than a decade later, the Jackal brought him and numerous other Spider-Man villains back to life. Big Man later died from clone degeneration.

Attributes

Power Grid

Abilities

• Journalism: Big Man was a superb reported with excellent organizational skills.
• Disguise: Big Man was adept at disguise.
• Marksmanship: Big Man was an excellent marksman.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

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

Weapons

Carried handguns.

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)
• 3 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