In the 1980s, writer Steve Gerber was embroiled in a lawsuit against Marvel Comics over ownership of his creation Howard The Duck. To raise funds for legal fees, Gerber asked Jack Kirby to contribute to a benefit comic titled Destroyer Duck.
Without hesitation, Kirby (who was in his own dispute with Marvel at the time) donated his services for the first issue, and the duo took aim at their former employer in an outrageous five-issue run. With biting satire and guns blazing, Duke Destroyer Duck battled the thinly veiled Godcorp (whose infamous credo was Grab it all! Own it all! Drain it all!), its evil leader Ned Packer and the (literally) spineless Booster Cogburn, Medea (a parody of Daredevils Elektra), and more!
Now, all five Gerber/Kirby issues are collected but relettered and reproduced from Jacks unbridled, uninked pencil art! Also included are select examples of Alfredo Alcalas unique inking style over Kirby on the original issues, Gerbers script pages, an historical Introduction by Mark Evanier (co-editor of the original 1980s issues), and an Afterword by Buzz Dixon (who continued the series after Gerber)!
Discover all the hidden jabs you missed when Destroyer Duck was first published, and experience page after page of Kirbys raw pencil art!
Order now from our friends at TwoMorrows!
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