Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #90

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:14:12 +0000

I’ve never been fortunate enough to actually read a Dr Bong story, but I always loved the name. Did they ever make any references to the weed-connotations of his name, or did that obvious angle get ignored completely?
(I don’t know. I’ve always felt that if you’re going to use a cannabis-related name it should be something subtle and ordinary-sounding, that many people wouldn’t even notice.)

By: J To The AAP

J To The AAP — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:16:41 +0000

Why wasnâ€™t Dr Bong ever used in Nextwave?

That could be one for the Hicksville library right there.

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:41:27 +0000

Badger enough and thou shalt receive

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:13:40 +0000

Ahhh… ThanX for the BONG hit.

~P~
P-TOR

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:43:19 +0000

The link about his past says he and Beverly never consumated their marriage.

I thought they did and Beverly didnâ€™t mind staying with him after that.
(Been a few years since I read the essentials though).

Gerber and Colan clearly indicated that Bev and Bong had grown to like one another, and wrote in a not-too-subtle scene in whicht hey did indeed con summate the marriage. Gerber’s intention was to write Bev out of the book this way, reversing the usual “girlfriend kidnapped by the lovestruck villain” plot.

However, Bill Mantlo took over Howard when Gerber left over creative control disputes, and Mantlo wanted Bev in the book. He effectively retconned the (Code-friendly, and thus ambiguous) consummation scene and had Bev scheming to outwit and escape Bong all along.

By: Adam Jones

Adam Jones — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:34:43 +0000

Why wasn’t Dr Bong ever used in Nextwave?

By: The Kirbydotter

The Kirbydotter — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:15:09 +0000

Considering your tatses, I guess this one (Doctor Bong) was inevitable.

But where is DR ANTHONY KING, HOLLYWOOD LOVE DOCTOR ???

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:20:02 +0000

Howard the Duck was pretty much the best comic Marvel’s ever put out. And this proves it.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:17:11 +0000

The link about his past says he and Beverly never consumated their marriage.

I thought they did and Beverly didn’t mind staying with him after that.
(Been a few years since I read the essentials though).

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:15:23 +0000

He also showed up near the end of Joe Kelley’s (sp?) run on Deadpool…. as a psychiatrist that Deadpool saw to get rid of the crazies… it didn’t take

By: stephen cade

stephen cade — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:59:53 +0000

I have those two comics posted above–Howard’s series was inconsistent–but those 2 issues were classics (Those 2 & Star Wauuugh! anyways)

Dr Bong is a cool idea, and nicely parodies a lot.

So good to see him…

Now to see if the extra days bring me Dr Forklift…
(But I doubt it.)

By: Jack Norris

Jack Norris — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:26:53 +0000

Neez!

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:10:38 +0000

Summary of Deadpool #27. This, along with the previous issue, has been my only exposure to the Doctor. And yeah, the story -- featuring a gratutious cameo from Wolverine as shown on the cover -- was freakin' awesome. One day, Marvel has to collect Joe Kelly's run on the title. Great times.

By: Tom Russell

Tom Russell — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:08:04 +0000

I dunno if we forced him into it, oh funky one. I think Dr. Bong was a gimmee for Doctors Week, kind of like Dr. Strange.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:24:09 +0000

Did we force you into this one?

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:49:26 +0000

A-whoops! Mildred was slaughtered by the minions of a prior villain in Howard’s comic, the Supreme Soofi (herself a satire of Anita Bryant). I got him confused with Eugene “Star” Spangler, a different glam rocker that Gerber killed off in Man-Thing.

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:42:59 +0000

Actually, that’s one of the brillaint things about Bong — his origin is that he was a creepy little jerk who used slander to get the things he wanted as a child and an adolescent, who later became a rock musician. While touring with an Alice Cooper style band*, secretly planning to write a book accusing them all of corrupting America’s youth, he lost his hand to a prop guillotine.

And that’s as far as he ever gets in explaining how he became a gigantic, bell-helmeted, genetic engineer who can alter reality by hitting himself in the head. It’s gloriously insane stuff, really.

* The bandleader, Mildred Horowitz, was later killed off by a different nutcase in Gerber’s Man-Thing around the same time.

By: km

km — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:31:49 +0000

OK, we *totally* need an origin from somebody, here. Because, in many months of lurking, this is easily the craziest thing I’ve ever seen on this blog. Including Giant Turtle Jimmy Olsen.

By: Elijah

Elijah — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:15:18 +0000

Yes! I love Doctor Bong, very good call! I haven’t read Howard the Duck in so long, but I read them all so much as a kid. I remember Doctor Bong’s origin being really funny, but I can’t for the life of me recall it.