PETER PARKER'S STUFFED ANIMAL
Classification: Stuffed animal
Creator: Unrevealed
User/Possessors: 'Len Wein'; formerly Peter Parker; formerly unrevealed
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man I#163 (December, 1976)
Powers/Abilities/Functions: The stuffed animal has
no superhuman abilities, though it is remarkably big compared to most
teddy bears. Its head undeniably resembles that of a dog with a sad and
simple face, it seemed capable of engendering instant sympathy in most
people.
History:
(Amazing Spider-Man I#163 - BTS) - Shocked by the fact
his apartment barely had any furniture, Peter's neighbor Glory Grant
got his friends together for a special
'please-provide-for-Peter-Parker's-pad-party. They all brought some of
their spare home accessories including five toasters, an easy chair, a
mounted sail fish, a wooden 'cigar store indian' statue and
the giant plushy toy 'Doug Bear' (see comments).
(Amazing Spider-Man I#163) - Peter was more than surprised when he
came home to find his place was now fully decorated. He had a look
around to appreciate his spruced up living quarters.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#48 (fb) - BTS) - Peter didn't care for Doug
Bear, feeling it was silly for a grown man to have big stuffed bear.
But because it was a gift from a friend, he didn't feel he could dump
it.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#169) - Peter caught flack from J. Jonah Jameson
when the Bugle publisher visited his apartment, describing it as
"decorated in early disgusting" while looking at Doug Bear who had an
almost guilty look on its stitched face.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#27 - BTS) - The villain Carrion came to
Peter's apartment to confront him. When he realized no one was home,
he trashed the place and even threw Doug Bear around.
(Spectacular
Spider-Man I#27) - Peter's landlady Mamie Muggins was horrified when
she came up to check on the ruckus caused by Carrion's rampage. When
she opened the door, she shrieked as she discovered the piled up
furniture and the message Carrion had carved in the wall: 'The dead
walk, Parker'.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#28) - In the wake of Muggins' discovery,
police detective Jimmy D'Angelo arrived at Peter's apartment to take
her statement. Flash Thompson and Mary Jane Watson also showed up, but
they were too concerned with the unrevealed whereabouts of their
friend to care for Doug Bear who was still in a corner on his back
with the telephone on top of him.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#29) - Peter's friends Mary Jane Watson,
Betty Brant, Hector, Holly, Flash Thompson, Sha-Shan, Harry and Liz
Osborn decided to clean up his apartment in the wake of Carrion's
attack. They put Doug Bear back where he belonged near the
mantelpiece.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#32) - When Peter Parker returned home from
his prolonged conflict with Carrion, he was pleasantly surprised to
find Doug Bear and the rest of his apartment had already been cleaned
up.
(Amazing Spider-Man 202) - Peter was unpleasantly surprised when he
came home and found the Punisher waiting for him, gun in hand. He had
already combed through the apartment looking for clues, even Doug Bear
had been moved and strip-searched.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#207) - With Dog-Bear looking on contentedly in
the background, Peter called his ladyfriend Debra Whitman to invite
her to a 19.00 Broadway performance of A Chorus Line.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#210) - Doug Bear was seen near Peter's couch
as he read the news about the arrest of Rupert Dockery and the fact
his downfall caused The Globe to suspend publication.
(Spectacular Spider-Man
I#48) - Doug Bear accidentally caught fire when the floor lamp Peter
had just fixed short-circuited when he switched it on. Alarmed at the
sight, Debra told him to put it out by throwing it in the bathtub.
Peter decided against it, claiming he had photo-chemicals in the
bathroom (in reality, he didn't want her to see his Spider-Man
suit hanging in there). Instead, he tried to smother the fire
with his living room curtains, not realizing those were made of
plastic. The curtains instantly melted and clung to the stuffed
animal's fur.
(Spectacular Spider-Man I#48 - BTS) - Peter and Debra couldn't help
but laugh at the situation and Doug Bear's misfortune.
(Spectacular
Spider-Man I#48) - Later that night Peter took Debra for coffee, but
not before dumping Doug Bear in the trash. He assured Debra he could
easily get along without 'old smokey' and that the fire was an excuse
to finally get rid of it. Some time later, a teddy bear aficionado
spotted the poor toy stuffed in a trash can. Immediately taking a
shine to it, he picked it up thinking: "What a neat bear! It's amazing
what some people will throw out!"
Comments: Created by Len Wein, Ross Andru, Mike
Esposito.
The stuffed animal was never named, but seeing as it's clearly a bear
that resembles a big dog... Why not Doug Bear? Or Dougie if you're
feeling cute about it.
Doug Bear was a gift from one of Peter's friends, but we never learned
who he had to thank for it. It definitely wasn't Mamie Muggins, she
and her husband donated the stuffed sailfish.
Profile by Norvo.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Peter Parker's teddy bear should not be confused with
Shortly after Peter Parker tossed the fire-damaged Doug
Bear in the trash can near his Chelsea apartment, the stuffed animal
was spotted by a teddy bear enthusiast who was instantly taken by it.
The collector took the bear out of the trash, convinced that with a
little work he'd be good as new.
- Spectacular Spider-Man I#48
images: (without ads)
Amazing Spider-Man I#163, p8, pan1 (main image)
Amazing Spider-Man I#169, p7, pan4 (decorated in early disgusting)
Spectacular Spider-Man I#29, p8, pan4 (picked up again)
Spectacular Spider-Man I#48, p7 pans3&4 (burns)
Spectacular Spider-Man I#48, p8, pans4&5 (and melted curtains)
Spectacular Spider-Man I#48, p9, pans 5&6 (Len Wein new owner)
Appearances:
Amazing Spider-Man I#163 (December, 1976) - Len Wein (writer/editor),
Ross Andru (pencils), Mike Esposito (inks)
Amazing Spider-Man I#169 (June, 1977) - Len Wein (writer/editor), Ross
Andru (pencils), Mike Esposito (inks)
Spectacular Spider-Man I#27 (February, 1979) - Bill Mantlo (writer),
Frank Miller (pencils), Frank Springer (inks), Mary-Jo Duffy (editor)
Spectacular Spider-Man I#28 (March, 1979) - Bill Mantlo (writer),
Frank Miller (pencils), Frank Springer (inks), Al Milgrom (editor)
Spectacular Spider-Man I#32 (June, 1979) - Bill Mantlo (writer), Jim
Mooney (pencils), Frank Springer (inks), Allen Milgrom (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man I#202 (March, 1980) - Marv Wolfman (writer/editor),
Keith Pollard (pencils), Jim Mooney (inks)
Amazing Spider-Man I#207 (August, 1980) - Dennis O'Neil
(writer/editor), Jim Mooney (pencils), Pablo Marcos (inks)
Amazing Spider-Man I#210 (November, 1980) - Dennis O'Neil (writer),
John Romita Jr. (pencils), Joe Sinnott (inks), Allen Milgrom (editor)
Spectacular Spider-Man I#48 (November, 1980) - Roger Stern (writer),
Marie Severin (pencils), Bruce D. Patterson (inks), Dennis O'Neil
(editor)
First Posted: 04/25/2024
Last updated: 04/25/2024
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