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Description
Name: Stanley Ipkiss
Group: -
First Appearance: Dark Horse Presents #10 - Concrete; The Masque; Sole Survivors

Pity whoever finds this ancient mask, for whoever puts it on will gain miraculous powers, at the cost of their self control and sanity.

The Mask is not a fixed character but an entity with no name trapped inside an old jade mask. Once donning the old mask, the wearer becomes endowed with superpowers capable of bending reality, and behaves dangerously violent as the mask brings out the wearer's dark personality. The wearer has the power to do nearly anything he or she wants to, to the point he or she becomes a living killer cartoon.

Different characters wear the mask throughout the story, each with a different outcome driven by their ambitions and emotions. The only constant is a large, green and bald head, large teeth and mouth, and a bizarre voice. For this reason, police and newspapers always refer to him or her as "Big Head".

Stanley Ipkiss as Big Head
The story starts in the fictitious metropolis of Edge City. Stanley Ipkiss is looking for a gift to give to 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 the same night to scare his girlfriend, he turns into the green-faced anti-hero that will be later dubbed "Big-Head" by police and reporters. Stanley goes on a rampage, getting revenge on all the people he has ever had a grudge against, including his first grade teacher and some bullies from his old school. When Stanley takes off the mask, he begins to experience changes emotionally and becomes abusive toward Kathy. Kathy kicks Stanley out, but keeps the mask, as it was a gift. Stanley feels that he needs to steal the mask back but he is caught by police while breaking into Kathy's apartment. He thinks the only way out is as "Big Head" and for the first time the mask is shown as an item you cannot live without. During his attempt to escape, Stanley nearly destroys an entire neighborhood and kills everyone (including police men) in a deathly rampage. When Stanley gets back to his home, he is shot in the back by Kathy, who then realizes that Stanley is Big Head.

Description
Name: Stanley Ipkiss
Group: -
First Appearance: Dark Horse Presents #10 - Concrete; The Masque; Sole Survivors

Pity whoever finds this ancient mask, for whoever puts it on will gain miraculous powers, at the cost of their self control and sanity.

The Mask is not a fixed character but an entity with no name trapped inside an old jade mask. Once donning the old mask, the wearer becomes endowed with superpowers capable of bending reality, and behaves dangerously violent as the mask brings out the wearer's dark personality. The wearer has the power to do nearly anything he or she wants to, to the point he or she becomes a living killer cartoon.

Different characters wear the mask throughout the story, each with a different outcome driven by their ambitions and emotions. The only constant is a large, green and bald head, large teeth and mouth, and a bizarre voice. For this reason, police and newspapers always refer to him or her as "Big Head".

Stanley Ipkiss as Big Head
The story starts in the fictitious metropolis of Edge City. Stanley Ipkiss is looking for a gift to give to 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 the same night to scare his girlfriend, he turns into the green-faced anti-hero that will be later dubbed "Big-Head" by police and reporters. Stanley goes on a rampage, getting revenge on all the people he has ever had a grudge against, including his first grade teacher and some bullies from his old school. When Stanley takes off the mask, he begins to experience changes emotionally and becomes abusive toward Kathy. Kathy kicks Stanley out, but keeps the mask, as it was a gift. Stanley feels that he needs to steal the mask back but he is caught by police while breaking into Kathy's apartment. He thinks the only way out is as "Big Head" and for the first time the mask is shown as an item you cannot live without. During his attempt to escape, Stanley nearly destroys an entire neighborhood and kills everyone (including police men) in a deathly rampage. When Stanley gets back to his home, he is shot in the back by Kathy, who then realizes that Stanley is Big Head.