The 1957 liquidation of the American News Company, then the primary distributor of pulp magazines, has sometimes been taken as marking the end of the " pulp era "; by that date, many of the famous pulps of the previous generation, including Black Mask, The Shadow, Doc Savage, and Weird Tales, were defunct.

He keeps himself busy by fighting powerful warriors throughout the universe, and has even fought a number of assorted Earth superheroes, including The Thing, both the Incredible Hulk and the She-Hulk, Colossus, Sasquatch, Thor, Doc Samson, and Wonder Man.

Doc relates the news to Tony, who has been dreaming of heading to the countryside to have children with Maria.

So Spidey decides to slack off again, by claiming he has a " really important battle to fight " ( later claiming that his opponent is Doc Ock on three separate occasions ).

Doc remains unaware of the Fraggles ' existence, but his dog Sprocket ( performed by Steve Whitmire while the right hand and wagging tail were done by Karen Prell ) has seen them and tries in vain to prove their existence to his master.

Sprocket has a crush on her pet Airedale Terrier named Marigold just as Doc has a crush on Betty.

Klickitat is located in Washington's 4th congressional district, which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R + 13 and has been represented by Republican Doc Hastings since 1995.

He also has many eccentric relatives including slightly-addled Uncle Herman, or " Doc Jones ", a daffy and slightly pompous inventor whose creations usually wreak havoc on Jughead and / or his friends and his lookalike younger cousin, Souphead.

Micanopy has been used as a location for several major motion pictures including Cross Creek ( 1983 ) and Doc Hollywood ( 1991 ).

She has also made many single television appearances, including playing Jill, the receptionist from Pear Tree Productions, in one episode of the first series of I'm Alan Partridge, a rural dominatrix in Doc Martin as well as roles in Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street.

His mill was built on the point of land that looked south towards a small island ( Denny's Island, part of his land purchase from Doc Maynard ) that has since been filled in around and is the heart of today's Pioneer Square.

Her father is Doc Dedham, whom she has never met, but who now has inherited a large block of stock in the family company, making him the majority stockholder.

She travels to Haleakaloha in hope of finding proof that Doc has violated an outdated ( but still in effect ) morality clause in the will which would enable her to keep him from inheriting the stock and retain control.

Doc Velie admits that something terrible happened four years ago and that Smith has everyone too terrified to speak up.

Doc has a lack of understanding of today's modern world, and believes Monty and Moondog are ' savages.

Doc has one.

Shiels has said that he has always been unhappy at the group ' stealing their name ', and said of their manager Doc McGhee, " he could be Doc Marten for all I know ... but he's going to get a kick up the arse ".

The Piedmont style of guitar playing has also influenced other popular musicians such as Doc Watson, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Ralph McTell, and Mark Knopfler.

After Jon Bon Jovi claimed he wanted a group name, a friend of Richard Fischer and an employee of Doc McGhee, suggested they call themselves Bon Jovi, following the example of the other famous last name bands such as Van Halen and Dokken.

Doc Holliday, who had saved Wyatt Earp's life at one time and was a very close friend, had been living in Prescott and making a living as a gambler since late 1879, where he first met future Tombstone Sheriff and sometimes gambler Johnny Behan.

After his graduation from Walden, Zonker eventually enrolled in " The Baby Doc College of Physicians " ( which was run by Uncle Duke, an old family friend ).

“ Doc Lansing ”, as he became known, and his friend John C. Schmidt became co-owners of of land that was platted into town lots in 1878 ; they named the area “ Town of Lansing ”.

* The song " Doc ’ s Blues " was written as a tribute to Pomus by his close friend, Andrew Vachss.

When Milburn Stone left the series for health reasons for several episodes in 1971, Pat Hingle played his temporary replacement physician, Dr. John Chapman, whose presence was at first roundly resisted by Festus, a bickersome but close friend of Doc Adams.

While stranded in 1955, Marty McFly discovers that his friend Dr. Emmett " Doc " Brown was killed by Biff Tannen's great-grandfather Buford.

Doc Maynard was known as a friend to the Indians ; when Washington became a territory in 1853 Doc Maynard was appointed as the man in charge of Indian relations.

His secondary entourage consists of girlfriend Jennifer Parker and best friend Emmett Brown, a scientist whom Marty and Jennifer call " Doc.

He played every Monday night with his Madison band, The Clyde Stubblefield Band, featuring his long time friend and keyboard / organ player Steve " Doc " Scaggs, along with soulful vocalists Charlie Brooks, and Kari Daley, as well as a powerful five-piece horn section and supporting band.

There they encounter Wyatt's friend Doc Holliday ( Kilmer ), a Southern gambler and expert gunslinger, who seeks relief from his tuberculosis in Arizona's drier climate.

Jonah puts Hickok down again by beating him on the draw, then avenges his friend by leaving the Doc to die a slow brutal death at the hands of Apache raiders.

Doc Daneeka is the squadron physician and a friend of the novel's protagonist, Yossarian.

Doc Daneeka is regularly explaining to his good friend Yossarian why he cannot ground him, even though Yossarian helps him collect his flight pay without having to fly.

Yossarian is Doc Daneeka's only friend on the base.

Billy, Doc Scurlock ( Kiefer Sutherland ), Jose Chavez y Chavez ( Lou Diamond Phillips ), Richard M. " Dick " Brewer ( Charlie Sheen ), " Dirty " Steve Stephens ( Dermot Mulroney ), and Charlie Bowdre ( Casey Siemaszko ), consult their lawyer friend Alex McSween ( Terry O ' Quinn ), who manages to get them deputized and given warrants for the arrest of Murphy's murderous henchmen.

At first local town folks are intrigued and amused by George's new abilities, but as they increase, community members gradually become afraid of him, with the only exceptions being love interest Lace Pennamin ( Kyra Sedgwick ), town physician Doc Brunder ( Robert Duvall ), and best friend Nate Pope ( Forest Whitaker ).

Sheriff Pat Garrett ( Thomas Mitchell ) welcomes his old friend Doc Holliday ( Walter Huston ) to Lincoln, New Mexico.

However, as they await the signal ( the end of a cuckoo clock signalling eight o ' clock ), Billy realizes that Doc is a true friend, and moves his hands away from his guns.

Doc makes no attempt to shoot his friend and is himself fatally wounded.

* Doc Brown ( portrayed by Christopher Lloyd in live action segments, voiced by Dan Castellaneta in the animated segments ) – Marty's best friend and the inventor of the time machine, which he built out of a DeLorean sports car.

Bruce was a friend and contemporary of Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck and Ed “ Doc ” Ricketts.

Among the guests are Dinah's brother ( Bill ), her best friend ( Susie ), her psychoanalyst, her family doctor and his wife ( Doc and Mrs. Doc ), and eventually her children ( Dede and Junior ).