Ambush Bug #3 is an issue of the series Ambush Bug (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1985. It was published on May 30, 1985.
Synopsis for "The Ambush Bug History of the DC Universe"
Ambush Bug decides to take this issue to give the reader his own tour of the DC Comics Universe, taking time to point out some of the more forgettable character of Pre-Crisis DC Universe. He reminds us of Egg Fu's appearances in Wonder Woman, and the forgettable Wonder Tot character. He then begins a detective mystery trying to find out where certain characters in the DC Universe had gone, starting with Binky. He interrogates some of his friends and colleagues and learns that he possibly ran off with a girl from Earth-Two. He later reminds us of Super-Turtle and the very annoying Aquaman back-up character Quisp and informs us of their mysterious disappearances.
We're next shown two actors pretending to be readers of Ambush Bug hoping to learn Ambush Bug's secret origin in this issue, however Ambush Bug calls them on their true roles and goes back to his investigation. He writes an ode to the Super-Pets Krypto and Streaky to the tune of popular songs, and then takes a moment to have a laugh about Super-Monkey and Comet's convoluted storyline. After meeting with the Green Team, Ambush Bug then writes a report about Cheeks and Itty, the Green Lantern's embarrassing and thankfully short lived animal side kick. Ambush Bug next meets with Bat-Mite who complains about the sudden changes in Batman's character from the campy caped crusader to the gritty dark knight with a reaaaalllly long cape. Ambush Bug is surprised that Bat-Mite has shacked up with Star-Mite instead of Batgirl-Mite.
The story is interrupted with an intermission where we are given a science lesson about Superman's powers, a feature called "Ambush Bug Around the World" and a "How to Draw Ambush Bug" with a great teriyaki burger recipe, A "What If" wondering about if the deadline couldn't be met how the story would go if another writer took over (such as Jack Kirby, Ernie Colon, Frank Miller, Steve Ditko and Gil Kane), and an order form from the Ambush Bug Mart.
Continuing his quest to find missing DC characters, he wonders about what happened to Cyrll and Doodles Duck, and learns that the House of Mystery has been put up for sale. After his search is interrupted by the Inferior Five calling Ambush Bug on the fact that he ripped off their concept, the Bug laughs about Ace the Bat-Hound, and makes a comment about Julius Schwartz, and when Schwartz wants a fight scene, Ambush Bug is only happy to comply and give people instruction on how to draw comics in a grid.
Back to the story, we learn that Mopee, an obscure Flash character who claimed to be responsible for the Flash getting his powers, is also taking credit for having a hand in every popular DC character's origin and even some Marvel. After a visit to Bizarro World where Bizarro Ambush Bug is tormented, Ambush Bug muses about the Glop and finally learns the culprit to all these disappearances: Jonni DC, whose job it is to clean up DC continuity, however she is incinerated by.... Darkseid!!!!
Appearing in "The Ambush Bug History of the DC Universe"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Egg Fu
- Wonder Tot
- Super Turtle
- Quisp
- Krypto
- Streaky
- Super Monkey
- Comet the Super Horse
- Cheeks the Toy Wonder
- Itty
- Cryll
- Doodles Duck
- Cain
- Inferior Five
- Ace the Bat-Hound
- Julius Schwartz
- Mopee
- Jonni DC
- Darkseid
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Binky
- Green Team
- Bat-Mite
- Batman (Cameo)
- Star-Mite (First appearance)
- Superman (Cameo)
- Mitsu-Bishi (First appearance)
- Proty (Cameo)
- Bizarro Ambush Bug
- Bizarro
- The Glop
- Cindy Glover (Single appearance)
- Christopher Van Vliet (Single appearance)
- Sidney (Single appearance)
Locations:
- House of Mystery
- Htrae
- Comic Book Limbo (Mentioned only)
Items:
Vehicles: