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Howard the Duck, Volume 0: What the Duck?
by Chip Zdarsky
Poor Howard the Duck. He's just trying to solve a simple case to find a necklace, but nothing seems to go right. He's jailed twice, gets mugged by an old lady, and has to deal with both an old nemesis and a new one. And poor Spider-man can't catch a break in this volume.
There was actually a pretty star-studded cast in this volume. We saw She-Hulk, Spider-man, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Dr. Strange, Johnny Storm (and the Fantastic Four), and several other heroes in the final battle. There were also a few supervillains such as Black Cat, Ringmaster, and a skrull on a rampage. The storyline was a lot of fun if a little scattered. Howard was thrown into one random adventure after another just to have them all come together in one epic (yet still kind of random) final battle.
There were quite a few things I loved about this volume. Tara is a tough but tender tattoo artist who has a penchant for getting into trouble (enough so that she and Howard meet in jail). She enjoys joining Howard on his investigation and coordinating with him and Aunt May to solve the recent rash of geriatric muggings going on in NYC. I also love how much this volume messes with Spider-man. It takes the overdramatic brooding part of his personality and amplifies it. Watching Spider-man get overly emotional about things was funny as all get out. My favorite aspect of this comic book was all of the 70s and 80s references. Given that Howard the Duck has been around since 1973, those references make sense. However, the writer went to the max even to the point of including a full-on 80s training montage when Howard and Tara were preparing to face their first enemy. It was amazeballs.
I'm looking forward to more weird and sarcastic adventures with this anthropomorphic duck and his new friend, Tara.
There was actually a pretty star-studded cast in this volume. We saw She-Hulk, Spider-man, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Dr. Strange, Johnny Storm (and the Fantastic Four), and several other heroes in the final battle. There were also a few supervillains such as Black Cat, Ringmaster, and a skrull on a rampage. The storyline was a lot of fun if a little scattered. Howard was thrown into one random adventure after another just to have them all come together in one epic (yet still kind of random) final battle.
There were quite a few things I loved about this volume. Tara is a tough but tender tattoo artist who has a penchant for getting into trouble (enough so that she and Howard meet in jail). She enjoys joining Howard on his investigation and coordinating with him and Aunt May to solve the recent rash of geriatric muggings going on in NYC. I also love how much this volume messes with Spider-man. It takes the overdramatic brooding part of his personality and amplifies it. Watching Spider-man get overly emotional about things was funny as all get out. My favorite aspect of this comic book was all of the 70s and 80s references. Given that Howard the Duck has been around since 1973, those references make sense. However, the writer went to the max even to the point of including a full-on 80s training montage when Howard and Tara were preparing to face their first enemy. It was amazeballs.
I'm looking forward to more weird and sarcastic adventures with this anthropomorphic duck and his new friend, Tara.