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This page covers the Dark Horse comicbook hero The Mask also known as The Masque , Lt. Kellaway , Kathy , Loki , Ben , Rick , Ray Tuttle , Hugo , Archie , Paul Newman , Big-Head . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
Once donning the old jade mask, the wearer becomes endowed with superpowers, and becomes dangerously violent. also the wear dons a large green bald head and large teeth and has the power to do anythin
STORY
Stanley Ipkiss is looking for a gift to give his girlfriend Kathy. As he's looking in an antiques shop he finds an old mask that calls out to be tried on. When Stanley tries on the mask he becomes as he's later dubbed Big Head. As Big Head he goes on a rampage getting revenge on those that he has ever had a grudge against. For example his first grade teacher and some bullies from his old school. When Stanley takes off the mask he begins to have an emotional change and starts being abusive toward Kathy. Kathy kicks Stanley out but keeps the mask since it was a gift. Stanley feels that he needs to steal the mask back. But Stanley gets spotted by the police and thinks the only way out is as Big-Head. In his attempt to get out Big-Head nearly kills everyone and when Stanley gets back to his home he is shot in the back by Kathy. Who then figures out that Stanley is Big-Head. Kathy takes the mask and gives it to Lt. Kellaway. She warns him not to put it on and she explains that the mask is responsible for creating Big-Head. Lt. Kellaway ignores her and puts on the mask as a joke. But then becomes Big-Head. As big head Lt. Kellaway hunts down all the criminals that have put his job in peril. Walter a musically mutated crime lord who has never spoken now has a massive grudge against Big Head for killing all his hench men. but Big Head gets to him first and beats him to within an inch of his life. After Lt. Kellaway takes of the mask he begins to realize what has been happening and buries the mask in his basement and vows never to let it be worn again.
POWERS
As Big-Head the wearer has cartoon like powers like being able to pull a giant mallet or bazooka from their pocket. Also they are able to change what they are wearing and the shape of their body but no matter what shape the body the user always has a large green head. The wear also has the power to do anything they wish to do. Like fly, eat a car etc. The wearer can not feel pain or even die, the wear bleeds like a normal person but doesn't feel it.
THE MASK:OFFICIAL MOVIE ADAPTION
After the success of the movie Dark Horse created a comic of the movie version but does include little bits that did not feature in the movie like when Stanley gets his watch stolen by a gang of thugs before he got them with the balloon animal routine
OTHER WEARERS
Some other wearers are the Joker. The Joker had got a hold on the Mask, putting it on he was then able to defeat Batman. But the Joker had got bored of being so powerful he decided to blow up each major city with nukes. But he was later tricked out of taking the the Mask off. Another wearer is Lobo. Lobo was hired to find the "Ultimate Bastich" Lobo and the Mask fought, seeing how they couldn't kill each other the Mask offered to help find his bounty. The two make a bet, Lobo wins the bet and gets to wear the mask.Later on Lobo put the Mask on and became unstoppable. He destroyed many other planets. Lobo then gets sucked into a black hole and is sent through time. Later finding out he is the "Ultimate Bastich" he takes the mask off and puts it back where the thief had found it. Lobo then turned his past self in for the money reward.
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