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Here you go bio for big man:Never heard of him but OK.
http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/big_man.html
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Attributes
Height: 5'5" as Foswell, 6' plus as Big Man
Weight: Unknown
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Features: As the Big Man, Foswell wore a full-headed white mask, white gloves, and brown hat to completely cover him. He used special built-up shoes, an oversized padded jacket and a small amplifier to give the impression that he was a large, imposing figure. After his return from prison, Foswell's most distinguishing features were a pencil-thin mustache and a bow tie.
Summary
Created By: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
Real Name: Frederick Foswell
Current Aliases: None
Former Aliases: Patch
Dual Identity: Publically known
Current Occupation: Deceased
Former Occupation: Daily Bugle Reporter
Citizenship: USA
Legal Status: Deceased
Place of Birth: New York, USA
Marital Status: Presumably married at one time (had daughter) but wife never mentioned.
Known Relatives: Janice (Daughter, deceased)
Known Confidants: J. Jonah Jameson, Betty Brant, Peter Parker, Mendel Stromm
Known Allies: The Enforcers
Major Enemies: Spider-Man, Kingpin
Usual Bases: None
Former Bases: New York City
Current Groups: None
Former Groups: Leader of the Enforcers
Education: College Educated
Powers & Paraphenalia
Strength Level: Normal Human
Powers: None
Abilities: The skill to organize and lead the mobs of New York
Equipment: Built-up Shoes, Padded Jacket, and Amplifier to disguise his identity.
Weapons: A Handgun and the Enforcers
Limitations: The Big Man's greatest strength was the illusion that he was an imposing crime figure. Once that was stripped away, his limitations seemed overwhelming, way too many to list here.
Background
Frederick Foswell was a short, slight, timid reporter for the Daily Bugle. Tired of playing the fool for J. Jonah Jameson, he used his reporter's skills and contacts to join with the Enforcers (Montana, Ox and Fancy Dan) and unite all of the mobs of New York. He wore built-up shoes and a padded jacket to disguise his identity. Even Spider-Man never truly suspected who the Big Man really was. But it was Spider-Man's intervention that resulted in the police discovering Foswell's secret.
Foswell never became the Big Man again. Upon his return from prison, he was rehired by J. Jonah Jameson. Initially suspected by Spider-Man of being either the Green Goblin or the Crime Master, Foswell was actually frequenting underworld hang-outs disguised as the stoolie known as Patch. (He wore a full-head mask of a man with a patch over his left eye.) In his capacity as reporter and stoolie, Foswell figured out the Crime Master's identity and tipped the police, ultimately resulting in the Crime Master's fatal shootout. He also worked with police against a cat burglar and tried to help Spider-Man discover the identity of the Master Planner. He became the Daily Bugle's best reporter. Spidey even began tipping Foswell off to his fights.
Later, Foswell achieved prominence when it was revealed that he was the cellmate of Mendel Stromm in prison and when, as Patch, he was the first one to discover that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. (Unfortunately for him, he also became the first person to fall for the fake conversation between Peter and Spidey, with a web dummy web-slinging away, thereby becoming the first person to believe that Parker and Spider-Man had a working relationship with the news photos.)
In his final appearances, when it seemed that Spider-Man had quit and the Kingpin of crime was reorganizing the underworld, Foswell reverted to his old ways. He first tried to take the Kingpin's place but failed. He settled for being his first lieutenant instead. But, at the end, when the Kingpin's men were trying to kill J. Jonah Jameson, Foswell could not let any harm come to the man who had trusted him after his time in prison and given him a job. Protecting Jameson, Foswell was gunned down by the Kingpin's men... dying a hero. The Big Man made one other appearance when Janice Foswell, Frederick's daughter took over the role. She was killed by her fiance, the new Crime Master. No one has worn the garb of the Big Man since.