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Big Sir is a DC Comics character. He first appeared in The Flash #338.

Born Dufus P. Ratchet, he has a malformed brain gland that caused him to grow to incredible proportions but left him mentally retarded. He was later abducted from his mental hospital home by a group of supervillains who equipped him with a high-tech suit of armor created by the Monitor. This suit was heavily armored, could fly, and included a powerful energy mace. However it also telepathically made him susceptible to suggestion. Big Sir has been used as a henchman or minion by all manner of supervillains throughout his career.

Big Sir and his friends attempted to learn the French language but this ended badly because the Justice League Of Europe ended up being in the same class.

Big Sir and Major Disaster by themselves broke the bank at the unofficial Club Justice League, leading, quite naturally, to much chaos and confusion.

The Injustice Gang even once became Justice League Antarctica. There, Big Sir encountered flesh-eating penguins and had his life saved by the canine Green Lantern, G'Nort.

After the fiasco with the JLA, he was fired by Maxwell Lord with full benefits and a month's pay, along with all his friends. This measure of respect prompted a visit to Max in Justice League Of America #53, the first part of the Breakdowns crossover. Max was in the hospital after a brutal assassination attempt. There, Big Sir accidentally injured four police officers when he simply wanted to remove their guns. This, combined with a panicking nurse, caused the room to be surrounded by police, who believed Max was in danger.

The Martian Manhunter used his invisibility to spy on the group and thus he decided to leave them there, as he believed they would make perfect bodyguards.

Big Sir later joined the Suicide Squad in return for a pardon, where he was killed in action on a small island that had been over-run by flesh-eating ants.

• Flash Vol. 1 #338 (October 1984): "The Revenge of the Rogues"
• Flash Vol. 1 #339 (November 1984): "Warday"
• Flash Vol. 1 #340 (December 1984): "Reach Out and Waste Somebody"
• Flash Vol. 1 #341 (January 1985): "Trial and Tribulation"
• Flash Vol. 1 #342 (February 1985): "Smash-Up"
• Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo"
• Justice League International Vol. 1 #23 (January 1989): "Gross Injustice"
• Justice League Europe #6 (September 1989): "No More Teachers' Dirty Looks...?!"
• Justice League America #34 (January 1990): "Club JLI"
• Justice League America #35 (February 1990): "Lifeboat"
• Justice League Of America #53 (August 1991): "Breakdowns Part 1"
• Justice League America Annual #4 (1990): "What's Black and White and Black and White and Bl"
• Justice League Quarterly #4 (fall 1991): "The Sunnie Caper"
• Justice League Europe #49(April 1993): "Red Winter 5: Hard Ground"
• Justice League Europe #50 (May 1993): "Red Winter 6: The Ice Breaks"
• Outsiders Vol. 2 #9 (July 1994): "Breakout"
• Suicide Squad Vol. 2 #1 (November 2001): "Almost a Good Idea"
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