BIGGSBIGGS
Real Name: Biggs
Identity/Class: Terrestrial feline cyborg
Occupation: House pet
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Beast (Hank McCoy), Captain America (Sam Wilson), Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers), Claude, Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Hei Hei, Hellcat (Patsy Walker), Howard the Duck, Angie Huang, Human Torch (Johnny Storm), May Parker Jameson, Ellen King, Sharon King, Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff), Linda the Duck, Medusa (Medusalith Boltagon), Mei Mei, Mew, Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan), Rocket Raccoon, Steve Rogers, Scout, She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters), Shocket, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Spider-Man (Miles Morales of Earth-1610), Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green), Tony Stark, Storm (Ororo Munroe), Tara Tam, Lea Thompson, Thor (Jane Foster), Volstagg the Voluminous, Weapon II, Nancy Whitehead
Enemies: Chipp, Iron Punisher
(though Biggs wasn't above letting the Iron Punisher rub his belly),
Jho, Mitzie, Mojo, Shannon Sugarbaker
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: "Mr. Biggs"
Base of Operations: The Offices of Howard the
Duck, Private Investigator, Brooklyn, New York, USA
First Appearance: Howard the Duck V#1
(January, 2016)
Powers/Abilities: Biggs' body has been
converted into a cyborg and the technology allows Biggs to speak
somewhat broken English. The mechanic components that make up Biggs'
body also appear to possess some degree of enhanced durability, as
Biggs was able to survive being buried beneath a large amount of rubble
with no permanent damage.
Originally, Biggs' cybernetic form was very large and
bulky and likely granted even more enhanced strength and durability but
this form was shrunk down in size to allow Biggs a form more resembling
the size of a domesticated feline.
Other than his cybernetic components, Biggs is a
typical housecat with a love of being pet and a bit of lazy streak. He
has been shown to be a capable digger.
Height: (original form/current cybernetic form): 16" (neck to base of
tail, plus an additional 12" tail); (first cybernetic form): an
ellipsoid 28"x16"x12"
Weight: (original form): 12 lbs.; (first cybernetic form): 217 lbs.; (current cybernetic form): 19 lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown (with black stripes)
History: (Howard the Duck
V#10 (fb) - BTS) -
The extraterrestrial Sparkitects Chipp and Jho, who had been
manipulating the life of Howard the Duck for some time at the behest of
extradimensional overlord Mojo, found a housecat resembling the
extraterrestrial cat belonging to Jho and named it Biggs after Jho's
cat. At Jho's insistence, the two Sparkitects then arranged events in
Howard the Duck's life so that Biggs would be a part of it.
(Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#6
(fb) -
BTS) - Biggs was a typical housecat that was taken in by Claude, who
was dating
obsessive cosplayer Shannon Sugarbaker. At some
point, a photo of the cat Biggs was taken while
Biggs was sitting on a toilet, similar to the way a human sits on a
toilet. When
the two broke up because Claude thought cosplay was stupid and Claude
left, Sugarbaker kidnapped Biggs and used cybernetics to transform
Biggs into an "anthropomorphic killcat" that she could hunt alongside
other anthropomorphic animals.
Unaware of Biggs' transformation, only that Biggs was missing, Claude hired private detective Howard th Duck to find Biggs and Howard was given the toilet photo so he would know what Biggs looked like. Thinking all cats looked alike, Howard the Duck tracked down Mew, the cat belonging to the heroic Squirrel Girl's roommate Nancy Whitehead, and briefly captured Mew before Squirrel Girl had Howard explain himself. Upon hearing about Howard's case, Squirrel Girl offered to help Howard find Biggs and Howard assured Nancy he would've returned Mew once he realized Mew wasn't Biggs. After yelling around to see if anyone nearby had seen Biggs, Howard reluctantly allowed Squirrel Girl to assist him in the case but when Squirrel Girl asked what kind of cat Biggs was, Howard proved to have no idea and the two talked until Kraven the Hunter pulled up in his van. Squirrel Girl asked if Kraven wanted to help find Biggs but Kraven instead captured Howard, having been hired to capture Howard for Shannon Sugarbaker's anthropomorphic animal hunt.
(Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#6 (fb)) - As Shannon
Sugarbaker showed Howard her other captives, the duo walked past the
captured Biggs, who voiced his confusion at being held captive.
Laughing at Biggs, Sugarbaker remarked that Biggs' comments were
"classic Biggs" and continued walking past the now-cyborg cat. After
Howard was placed in the hunting area with Sugarbaker's other captives
(including Beast and Rocket Raccoon), Squirrel Girl (who had arrived
and attempted to rescue Howard) and Kraven the Hunter (who had turned
on Sugarbaker when she ordered him to hunt Squirrel Girl), an
exasperated Howard announced that he was only trying to find Biggs and
demanded to know why everything on Earth was so hard.
(Howard the Duck V#6 (fb)) -
Biggs watched silently
as Howard continued to exclaim his hatred of the situation he had been
put in but jumped to the ready when Shannon Sugarbaker began her hunt.
When Sugarbaker appeared and attacked, Biggs ran for his lift with the
other hunted heroes. Hiding for cover with the others, Biggs expressed
his confusion but Howard quieted Biggs before finally realized Biggs
was the same cat he had been hired to find. Announcing his successful
solving of his case, Howard was asked why he had just then figured out
the cyborg cat was Biggs when he had earlier met Biggs in Sugarbaker's
mansion. Kraven soon petted the still-confused Biggs and proclaimed
Biggs a fine specimen, further commenting that Biggs deserved better
than his current situation. Soon realizing that the captured Beast and
Weapon II were absorbed into the ground after their defeat, Howard
ordered Biggs to dig a hole, hoping to find underground tunnels that
the captured heroes had been sent to. Biggs did as he was told but soon
hit metal, announcing that he had dug all of the dirt. Squirrel Girl
then opened a hatch into the underground tunnels Biggs had found and
Howard asked Biggs to continue holding off Shannon Sugarbaker while he
and Squirrel Girl infiltrated the tunnels. Calling Howard a "delicious
bird," Biggs agreed to hold off Sugarbaker since he was too big to fit
through the hatch. Squirrel Girl and Howard soon used the tunnels to
make their way back to Sugarbaker's mansion but Sugarbaker soon found
Biggs guarding the open hatch and correctly deduced the two heroes had
re-entered the mansion. Sugarbaker then ordered Squirrel Girl and
Howard to meet her in the mansion's grand hall, threatening to kill
Biggs and the others if the two heroes did not do so.
Having successfully hunted and captured Biggs and the
others, whom she had bound, Sugarbaker then gave Howard and Squirrel
Girl ten seconds to meet her in the grand hall, promising to kill
Kraven first. Before confronting Sugarbaker, Howard and Squirrel Girl
found a stash of Sugarbaker's cosplay armor and weapons and Howard
donned them to confront Sugarbaker personally, accusing Sugarbaker of
impeding his case to find Biggs by kidnapping the cat from her
ex-boyfriend. While Howard confronted Sugarbaker, Squirrel Girl freed
Biggs and the other captives and the group of heroes joined in the
fight against Sugarbaker. Squirrel Girl had Kraven hurl her at
Sugarbaker and asked Biggs to attack Sugarbaker low while she hit high.
Biggs did as he was told and the attack ended up setting Sugarbaker's
mansion ablaze.
(Howard the Duck V#1 (fb)) -
Biggs was with other
previously captured heroes as fire fighters arrived to tend to the fire
and Squirrel Girl turned Sugarbaker in to the police.
(Howard the Duck V#6 (fb) - BTS) - Following the
battle with Shannon Sugarbaker, Howard got Tony Stark to shrink down
Biggs' cybernetic body, restoring Biggs more to the size of a normal
housecat. He then returned Biggs to Claude, who was freaked out at
Biggs' new cybernetic appearance. Howard then took in Biggs as his own
pet.
(Howard the Duck V#6 (fb)) - Three weeks following
the Sugarbaker battle, Howard took Biggs for a walk in the park, where
he ran into Squirrel Girl and Nancy Whitehead walking Mew. Biggs
mingled with Mew until Squirrel Girl pet Biggs, commenting that Biggs
looked good and asked what his secret was. Biggs purred, admitting that
there was no secret, then told Squirrel Girl to keep petting. Howard
then explained how he had taken Biggs in himself and Squirrel Girl told
Biggs that she loved him. Sniffing Mew, Biggs merely proclaimed "Yes."
(Howard the Duck V#1 (fb)) - Two months following the Sugarbaker battle, Biggs was walking around Howard the Duck's offices as May Parker Jameson went over Howard's schedule. Petting Biggs, Howard admitted that he knew what he needed to do but the tired Howard asked if he could just pet Biggs all day. Howard then asked May to clear his schedule for the afternoon and continued petting Biggs as May left for the day.
(Gwenpool Special#1) - Biggs
attended She-Hulk's
office party alongside several other superheroes and residents of the
building housing She-Hulk's office.
(Howard the Duck V#8) - May was holding Biggs when she woke up a sleeping Howard to tell him about a new client. Greeting Howard, Biggs said "Hi-Bird," to which Howard said hi to Biggs as well. As Howard jumped and got himself ready to see the new client, Biggs jumped onto Howard's couch and began preparing the blanket to sleep comfortably on. When the client turned out to be actress Lea Thompson, Biggs remarked "Biggs-no-care-Pet-Biggs-now" as laid down on the couch.
(Howard the Duck V#9) - Biggs rubbed himself up
against the couch as Lea Thompson explained why she needed Howard the
Duck's investigative help.
(Howard the Duck V#10) -
Fearing that their
bosses would be angry if they learned they had sent Howard directly to
Mojo, Sparkitects Chipp and Jho began preparing to visit Earth and
regain control of the situation. When Jho began fretting over what to
do with his cat, now dubbed Biggs-Prime, Chipp angrily suggested they
leave Biggs-Prime with a sitter so they could get to Earth, where Jho
had earlier insisted they introduce Biggs. Chipp then remarked that Jho
could always adopted Biggs on Earth if something happened to
Biggs-Prime. Unaware of the Sparkitects' influence in Howard's or his
life, Biggs accompanied May Parker and asked May why they were out and
about instead of on the couch in a quiet beam of sunlight. When May
replied that Howard and his friend Tara Tam needed them, Biggs
expressed anger that their trip was taking too long. May agreed that it
was taking longer than expected and when she called her nephew Peter,
Biggs heard a sound and decided to investigate, soon telling May to run
as an extradimensional agent of Mojo crashed through the brick wall of
a nearby building. A panicked Biggs then repeatedly told May to run as
he ran for his own life. When a battle soon broke out between the
agents of Mojo, Howard himself, Spider-Man and the Iron Punisher
Sentinel, Biggs and May ran for it and May told Biggs to hurry.
Spider-Man quickly rescued May from the Iron Punisher but when May
asked where Biggs had went, Spider-Man panicked, feeling as if he had
failed May. Watching from a distance, Jho grew concerned about Biggs'
possible death when Spider-Man found an unmoving Biggs beneath some
rubble. Unfortunately for Spider-Man, when he removed the rubble, Biggs
bit Spider-Man and demanded to go home immediately. May then promised
to get Biggs home and Biggs replied with "Good."
(Howard the Duck V#11) - When
Howard was stabbed by the Sparkitect Chipp and seemingly died, May was
holding Biggs as Tara Tam rushed to Howard's side. While May appeared
shocked and saddened, Biggs asked who would feed him now. Clutching
Biggs close, May kneeled by Howard and asked where Spider-Man was, as
he would have saved Howard. Spider-Man soon returned but the Iron
Punisher attempted to crush Spider-Man in its metallic jaws, only to
become distracted when it saw Biggs laying in a sunbeam. Biggs then
proclaimed "Noise-bad-Sunbeam-good." and the Iron Punisher, confused,
questioned the cat as Spider-Man told the "dumb cat" to scram before he
was crushed. Refusing to move, however, Biggs demanded
"No-talk-Rub-belly" and surprisingly, the Iron Punisher decided to do
just that. Finding itself delighted by the beauty of rubbing Biggs'
belly, the Iron Punisher stopped fighting and Biggs told the Iron
Punisher to stop talking. The Iron Punisher then kept petting Biggs,
who told the robot to "Shut-up-Keep-petting," as a revived Howard and
his allies defeated Chipp and he was taken into custody by the other
Sparkitects.
Spider-Man suggested the Iron Punisher keep Biggs but
Howard refused, claiming Biggs was one of the few good things to happen
to him recently. In an effort to both stop the Iron Punisher and allow
Howard to keep Biggs, the Sparkitect Jho asked the Iron Punisher to
watch over Biggs-Prime while he went away for a time. Happy to have his
own cat, the Iron Punisher departed with Biggs-Prime, leaving Biggs to
wonder what happened to the attention he was getting. As compensation
for his troubles, the Sparkitects agreed to grant Howard one wish and
he secretly wished for Beverly Switzler to become a successful
veterinarian, remarking to his friends that he loved all of his recent
friends like Biggs, May and Tara Tam and had most everything he ever
wanted with them.
(Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#12 - BTS) - When Squirrel Girl and Nancy Whitehead decided to go on a vacation to Canada, Nancy's cat Mew was sent to stay with Biggs.
(Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#27) - After Nancy Whitehead the Squirrel Girl's squirrel partner Tippy-Toe disappeared, Squirrel Girl found that the only potential witness to their disappearance was Nancy's cat, Mew, and she visited Biggs to see if Biggs could talk to Mew and learn what had happened. Unfortunately, Biggs was being pet by Howard the Duck at the time and his only reply was "No-talk-please-Just-pets-please" and Howard suggested Squirrel Girl visit Doctor Strange instead. As Squirrel Girl left, Howard told Squirrel Girl to tell Doctor Strange that his spell to make Howard's tail feathers grow every time he called Strange a jerk wasn't funny but Biggs laughed, only to immediately proclaim that it was enough laughing and that Howard should resume petting him. Unbeknownst to Howard, Biggs only cared to talk about things involving himself, such as petting him. Biggs briefly thought Howard's feathered fingers felt weird petting him but immediately regretted those thoughts and decided that he loved all bodies, as all bodies could find ways to pet him.
(Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#32 - BTS) - When Squirrel Girl and several of her heroic friends decided to visit an escape room game, they arrived just as Howard the Duck was finishing his own game with a group of random civilians. Happy to see Squirrel Girl and Nancy again, Howard assured them that they would have fun and that Biggs said hi.
(War of the Realms: War Scrolls#1/4) - During the War
of the Realms, Howard the Duck threw an Event Refugee Party at his
offices, where Hellcat pet Biggs. When the party was interrupted by a
call about a missing dog, Howard decided to take the case and brought
along Biggs, May Parker and Tara Tam to help find the dog in the midst
of an Asgardian invasion of Earth. While in the car, Biggs revealed
that he knew the missing dog, Mitzie, whom Biggs said thought he was a
big shot because he hung out at a fancy dog park. Tara then asked if
Biggs meant the Wilson Frisky Dog Park and Biggs replied in the
affirmative, revealing that dogs loved to poo there. Finding the Dog
Park invaded by two Frost Giants, Howard and Tara exited the car to
retrieve Mitzie while Biggs and May stayed in the car. May soon called
the dog into the car, only to find Mitzie was extremely dirty. An hour
later, Biggs watched as Tara gave Mitzie a bath and Howard complained
about how the money to May to clean her car would dip into their rent
money, prompting Biggs to say "Warned-you-Dog-stupid."
Comments: Created by Chip Zdarsky, Joe
Quinones and Joe Rivera.
Biggs is a real-life cat belonging to the comic book
artist Joe Quinones, who created the Earth-616 Marvel Universe version
of Biggs. In turn, the Sparkitect Jho was based on Joe Quinones and Jho
owns Biggs-Prime.
According to online sources, Biggs' speech patterns were modeled after the speech patterns of the feline Tinker from Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely's We3 comic mini-series.
HUGE thanks to Mike Fichera for providing approximations on Biggs' height & weight!
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Biggs has no known connections to:
Claude was Biggs' original owner. Once the boyfriend
of the cosplay-obsessed Shannon Sugarbaker, Claude, feeling as if
cosplay was stupid, broke up with Sugarbaker, who kidnapped Biggs and
transformed the cat into a cyborg. Unaware of Biggs' transformation,
Claude hired private investigator Howard the Duck to find Biggs but
after Howard succeeded and visited Claude to return Biggs, Claude
freaked out at Biggs' transformation and allowed Howard to take in
Biggs himself.
--Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#6 (fb) - BTS (Howard the Duck V#6 (fb) - BTS,
images: (without ads)
Howard the Duck V#10, p9, pan3 (Biggs walking
towards the viewer, main image)
Howard the Duck V#10, p9, pan5 (Biggs, headshot)
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#6, p6, pan1 (photo of Biggs,
pre-transformation)
Howard the Duck V#6, p9, pan1 (Biggs' original cyborg form)
Howard the Duck V#1, p5, pan2 (Biggs being pet & purring)
Gwenpool Special#1, p31, splash page (Biggs partying)
Howard the Duck V#10, p9, pan4 (Biggs walking sideways)
Howard the Duck V#11, p8, pan1 (Biggs wanting a belly rub)
Appearances:
Howard the Duck V#1 (January, 2016) -
Chip Zdarsky (writer), Joe Quinones (pencils, colors), Joe Rivera
(inks), Wil Moss (editor)
Gwenpool Special#1 (February, 2016) - "Ever Green" story - Charles
Soule (writer), Langdon Ross (art), Wil Moss (editor)
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#6 (May, 2016) - Ryan North (writer), Chip
Zdarsky (writer, trading card art), Erica Henderson (art), Joe Quinones
(van art), Wil Moss (editor)
Howard the Duck V#6 (June, 2016) - Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North (writers),
Joe Quinones (pencils, inks), Joe Rivera, Marc Deering (inks), Wil Moss
(editor)
Howard the Duck V#8 (August, 2016) - Chip Zdarsky (writer), Joe
Quinones (pencils, inks), Joe Rivera (inks), Wil Moss (editor)
Howard
the Duck V#9 (September, 2016) - Chip Zdarsky (writer), Joe Quinones
(pencils, inks), Joe Rivera, Paolo Rivera, Marc Deering (inks), Wil
Moss (editor)
Howard the Duck V#10 (October, 2016) - Chip Zdarsky (writer), Joe
Quinones (pencils, inks), Joe Rivera, Marc Deering (inks), Wil Moss
(editor)
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#12 (November, 2016) - Ryan North (writer),
Erica Henderson (art), Wil Moss (editor)
Howard the Duck V#11 (December, 2016) - Chip Zdarsky (writer), Joe
Quinones (pencils, inks), Joe Rivera, Marc Deering (inks), Wil Moss
(editor)
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#27 (February, 2018) - Ryan North (writer),
Erica Henderson (art), Rico Renzi (trading card art, colors), Wil Moss
(editor)
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl II#32 (July, 2018) - Ryan North (writer),
Derek Charm (art), Wil Moss (editor)
War of the Realms: War Scrolls#1 (June, 2019) - "Waugh of the Realms"
story - Chip Zdarsky (writer), Joe Quinones (pencils), Joe Rivera
(inks), Wil Moss (editor)
First Posted: 08/06/2020
Last updated: 08/06/2020
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