<P> In 1996, after 39 years and 466 issues, Big Boy cancelled the comic book and hired Craig Yoe's Yoe! Studio to revamp the characters and produce a magazine styled replacement . </P> <P> The signature Big Boy hamburger is the original double deck hamburger . </P> <P> The novel hamburger started as a joke . In February 1937, members of an area big band, who were regular customers, visited Bob's Pantry, one asking, "How about something different, something special?" (emphasis added). Bob Wian improvised, creating the first (then unnamed) Big Boy, intending the thing "look ridiculous, like a leaning tower". Demand for "the special" soared but Wian sought a "snappy" name, which became Big Boy . In 1938 the Big Boy hamburger cost 15 ¢ . </P> <P> The Big Boy hamburger inspired and was the model for other double deck hamburgers . This includes McDonald's Big Mac, Burger Chef's Big Shef and Burger King's Big King . </P>

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