Some of the coolest things ever come from an accident. Like penicillin, the Hulk’s skin color, Jason’s hockey mask, or the fourth Doctor’s scarf. Cracked contributors Simon Bower and B.T. Doran look at five things that exist because the comic or show creators had no choice.
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Thanks for sharing the cool origin story of Donkey Kong. Also, I didn’t know there was a Candy Kong! Was that Donkey Kong’s girlfriend? Now I wonder how Q-Bert got his name????? Plus, I like that comic book cover of characters from Doctor Who and Star Trek together!
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Actual comic. It actually stars the 11th Doctor (or 12.5, the new show confused the issue) with the Next Generation crew but there’s a flashback with the Fourth Doctor showing up with the original crew.
As for Candy, she was introduced in the later Donkey Kong games (I want to say N64 but I never finished the SNES game when I played it) and also appeared in the Donkey Kong Country TV series. And she is DK’s girlfriend as far as I’m aware.
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My home video game knowledge is only on Atari 2600 (only one I ever had) and a little bit on the first Nintendo system from playing it at other peoples’ homes. So it looks like the Donkey Kong/Mario/Luigi universe expanded over the years!
I should check out that Dr. Who/Star Trek comic at my local comic shop: A Hero’s Legacy here in Manchester. Over the past few months, I’ve only purchased some back issues of Thundercats, Johnny Quest, and Robotech (comics I used to have but foolishly sold in 2002!). I’ll have to look at the new issues rack to see what’s going on in modern comicdom!
And any idea on the origins of Q-Bert’s name and other things related with the game and characters? That could be a neat article on this blog.
Thanks for the informative articles and bringing back the nostalgia of the 70s, 80s, and 90s! Those were great times for comic books, cartoons, movies, television, video games, and music!
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