The great and mighty Konga began his troublesome life as a gentle, lovable monkey in the care of Bob and Sandra. Carrying on the research of the deceased Dr. Decker (creator of a serum that produced the first Konga, who appeared and was killed in the premiere issue of the series), the couple cared for little Konga like he was their own child. The bond between Sandra and Konga was strong (enough to bother Bob somewhat, who found Konga to be jealous of his intimacy with the blonde beauty), but when the serum transformed the friendly chimp into a gargantuan ape, the researchers had to take him to a prehistoric island where he could be amongst creatures his own size.

  "Konga grieved his fate...an outcast, denied the love of man, the only one of his kind, doomed to loneliness...and he chose to live in far and remote places where man would not be alarmed...and where man would not turn his increasingly powerful and hence painful weapons on Konga"