Welcome to the reboot of our regular 100 Word Hits column, in association with comics retailer The Unreality Store, in which Matthew De Monti brings us short, sharp reviews of the Retro comic books in one hundred words. Comics from all eras and all publishers, including Marvel, DC, indies, superheroes, sci-fi, fantasy, westerns and much more!
In this special episode, Matt reviews a gaggle of Marvel Comics releases, including Darkweb #1 by Zeb Wells & Adam Kubert; Spider-Man: Legacy of Evil #1 by Kurt Busiek & Mark Texeira; Iron Man #232 by David Michelinie & Barry Windsor-Smith; The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe by Garth Ennis & Doug Braithwaite; Rom #17 & #18 by Bill Mantlo & Sal Buscema; and Howard the Duck: King-Sized Annual #1 by Steve Gerber & Val Mayerik.
In this special episode, Matt reviews a gaggle of Marvel Comics releases, including Darkweb #1 by Zeb Wells & Adam Kubert; Spider-Man: Legacy of Evil #1 by Kurt Busiek & Mark Texeira; Iron Man #232 by David Michelinie & Barry Windsor-Smith; The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe by Garth Ennis & Doug Braithwaite; Rom #17 & #18 by Bill Mantlo & Sal Buscema; and Howard the Duck: King-Sized Annual #1 by Steve Gerber & Val Mayerik.
- 1/10/2024
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Marvel Studios is reportedly exploring a new project titled ‘Adventure into Fear’, bringing the classic horror comic series to television. This news comes from DanielRPK, a well-known industry insider. The comic series, which ran from November 1970 through December 1975, spanned 31 issues under the title ‘Adventure into Fear’. Its unique blend of horror and fantasy captivated readers for years.
An ‘Adventure Into Fear’ TV project is reportedly in the works at Marvel Studios.
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— The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) December 3, 2023
Initially, the first nine issues, simply titled ‘Fear,’ were reprints of stories from Marvel’s pre-superhero era. These included tales from ‘Journey into Mystery,’ ‘Strange Tales,’ ‘Tales to Astonish,’ and ‘Tales of Suspense.’ Most of these early stories were penned by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, featuring artwork from legends like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck.
The comic took a new direction with issue...
An ‘Adventure Into Fear’ TV project is reportedly in the works at Marvel Studios.
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— The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) December 3, 2023
Initially, the first nine issues, simply titled ‘Fear,’ were reprints of stories from Marvel’s pre-superhero era. These included tales from ‘Journey into Mystery,’ ‘Strange Tales,’ ‘Tales to Astonish,’ and ‘Tales of Suspense.’ Most of these early stories were penned by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, featuring artwork from legends like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck.
The comic took a new direction with issue...
- 12/4/2023
- by Hrvoje Milakovic
- Fiction Horizon
Following the TV movie "Werewolf By Night", Marvel Studios continue to prep more live-action versions of their comic book 'Monsterverse' characters, separate from traditional superheroes, including the 'Zombie', aka 'Simon William Garth', debuting in the black-and-white, Marvel magazine "Tales of the Zombie" (1973-1975) from writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Pablo Marcos, based on a short story by Stan Lee, first appearing in the 1953 comic book "Menace":
"...'Simon Garth' was a highly successful businessman and well known public figure who was notorious for treating his employees ruthlessly. Garth's gardener, 'Gyps', vowed to get revenge upon his employer for his years of mistreatment and recent firing. Kidnapping Garth, Gyps stabbed him to death with a pair of garden shears in the bayou near New Orleans.
"But Gyps was not satisfied by Garth's relatively quick death, however, and so he turned the corpse over to a nearby Voodoo cult...
"...'Simon Garth' was a highly successful businessman and well known public figure who was notorious for treating his employees ruthlessly. Garth's gardener, 'Gyps', vowed to get revenge upon his employer for his years of mistreatment and recent firing. Kidnapping Garth, Gyps stabbed him to death with a pair of garden shears in the bayou near New Orleans.
"But Gyps was not satisfied by Garth's relatively quick death, however, and so he turned the corpse over to a nearby Voodoo cult...
- 11/19/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Welcome to the reboot of our regular 100 Word Hits column, in association with comics retailer The Unreality Store, in which Matthew De Monti brings us short, sharp reviews of the Retro comic books in one hundred words. Comics from all eras and all publishers, including Marvel, DC, indies, superheroes, sci-fi, fantasy, westerns and much more!
In this episode, Matt discusses Marvel Comics’ Howard The Duck Annual #1 from writer Steve Gerber and penciller Val Mayerik.
Howard the Duck is the ultimate hero in his first annual issue! Howard must save his roommates and friends from an evil plot by Roxxon Oil. Set in the mystical world of Arabia, this comic is chock full of genies, magic carpets, sultans…and thieves!
In this episode, Matt discusses Marvel Comics’ Howard The Duck Annual #1 from writer Steve Gerber and penciller Val Mayerik.
Howard the Duck is the ultimate hero in his first annual issue! Howard must save his roommates and friends from an evil plot by Roxxon Oil. Set in the mystical world of Arabia, this comic is chock full of genies, magic carpets, sultans…and thieves!
- 11/10/2023
- by Guest
- Nerdly
It took a very long time for Hollywood to take Marvel Comics seriously, and "Howard the Duck" gets a lot of the blame for that. By the mid-1980s, films like "Star Wars" and "Superman: The Movie" had incited a proper revolution in the film industry. Genres that previously weren't big hits — financially or critically — didn't just make lots of money, but they made movie stars out of actors nobody had previously heard of, and even won awards. All of a sudden, sci-fi/fantasy and pulp heroes weren't just "kids' stuff." They were surefire recipes for four-quadrant success.
But even though Marvel was churning out superhero TV shows like nobody's business — not just Saturday morning cartoons but primetime hits like "The Incredible Hulk" and "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" — Marvel's first big budget foray into live-action theatrical features wasn't based on one of their most iconic costumed crimefighters. Instead it was "Howard the Duck,...
But even though Marvel was churning out superhero TV shows like nobody's business — not just Saturday morning cartoons but primetime hits like "The Incredible Hulk" and "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" — Marvel's first big budget foray into live-action theatrical features wasn't based on one of their most iconic costumed crimefighters. Instead it was "Howard the Duck,...
- 11/7/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
Despite its cast of modern stars, including Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez, the movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves throws back to the game’s heyday in the 1980s. In addition to cameo appearances by a gelatinous cube and the green-flame blade, Pine’s bard Edgin Darvis and Rodriguez’s barbarian Holga Kilgore pass by a notable sextet.
Viewers of a certain age might recognize the six fellow adventurers as Hank the ranger, Eric the cavalier, Diana the acrobat, Presto the magician, Sheila the thief, and Bobby the barbarian. Fans first met these six heroes in 1983, when the cartoon show Dungeons & Dragons premiered on CBS. Produced by Marvel and Tsr, publishers of the game guidebook, Dungeons & Dragons ran for 27 episodes across three seasons.
As shown in the opening that ran with each episode, the six heroes were regular teens in the real world who boarded a Dungeons & Dragons roller coaster,...
Viewers of a certain age might recognize the six fellow adventurers as Hank the ranger, Eric the cavalier, Diana the acrobat, Presto the magician, Sheila the thief, and Bobby the barbarian. Fans first met these six heroes in 1983, when the cartoon show Dungeons & Dragons premiered on CBS. Produced by Marvel and Tsr, publishers of the game guidebook, Dungeons & Dragons ran for 27 episodes across three seasons.
As shown in the opening that ran with each episode, the six heroes were regular teens in the real world who boarded a Dungeons & Dragons roller coaster,...
- 8/25/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Welcome to the latest instalment of a brand-new feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and dissects Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft.
Up Front & Credits
Joining the ranks this issue we have Klaus Janson, Lou Mougin, Bob Saland, Charlie Santino and Barry Kleggerman. A very short Up Front from Dak this month as he uses the space to outline one of two new features debuting in Comics Interview this issue. The first is ‘Out of Context’ which is to ask several interview subjects the same question to get a varied response. The question for the first instalment is “People are very concerned about the recent spate of deaths of superheroes – Why do you suppose that is?” This time round the responses come from Steve Oliff, Steve Gerber and Terry Austin. I thought it...
Up Front & Credits
Joining the ranks this issue we have Klaus Janson, Lou Mougin, Bob Saland, Charlie Santino and Barry Kleggerman. A very short Up Front from Dak this month as he uses the space to outline one of two new features debuting in Comics Interview this issue. The first is ‘Out of Context’ which is to ask several interview subjects the same question to get a varied response. The question for the first instalment is “People are very concerned about the recent spate of deaths of superheroes – Why do you suppose that is?” This time round the responses come from Steve Oliff, Steve Gerber and Terry Austin. I thought it...
- 5/23/2023
- by Ian Wells
- Nerdly
Clockwise from top left: Spider-Man 2 (Sony), Blade (New Line Cinema), Howard The Duck (Universal), Fantastic Four (20th Century Fox), Elektra (20th Century Fox)Graphic: AVClub
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has dominated the superhero film landscape for 15 years and changed the blockbuster business for better and for worse. With Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has dominated the superhero film landscape for 15 years and changed the blockbuster business for better and for worse. With Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3...
- 5/10/2023
- by Richard Newby
- avclub.com
When walking out of James Gunn's 2014 film "Guardians of the Galaxy," the 10th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this author heard several other audiences members talking about the film's post-credits stinger. In the epilogue, the vaguely villainous Collector (Benicio Del Toro) sat destitute among the ruins of his collection or rare cosmic antiquities. Only a few of his beloved baubles has survived a cosmic blast, including a dog from Earth. The dog, wearing a Soviet space suit, was clearly salvaged from the 1960s Russian space program wherein canines were sent up in rockets to test their safety. The dog in "Guardians" is not Laika, but a fictional dog named Cosmo. The Collector had been keeping it in a cage on a distant planet for decades.
As Cosmo gives the Collector a sympathetic lick, a voice from off-screen (Seth Green) immediately points out how gross the dog is. A...
As Cosmo gives the Collector a sympathetic lick, a voice from off-screen (Seth Green) immediately points out how gross the dog is. A...
- 3/15/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Welcome to this brand-new feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and dissects Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft.
Up Front With Dak
From this point forward I will be referring to David Anthony Kraft as Dak. He kicks things up this month by saying how well-received the first issue was. So well received in fact that starting with this very issue Comics Interview will be going monthly! The new monthly schedule will result in some fine-tuning issue by issue for what articles appear. One idea he has already is to have colourists and letters rotate month to month. In this issue the Mark Evanier interview doubles up as writer and editor feature, also an inker interview is absent. Dak makes the point to say everyone working on Ci with him is doing so...
Up Front With Dak
From this point forward I will be referring to David Anthony Kraft as Dak. He kicks things up this month by saying how well-received the first issue was. So well received in fact that starting with this very issue Comics Interview will be going monthly! The new monthly schedule will result in some fine-tuning issue by issue for what articles appear. One idea he has already is to have colourists and letters rotate month to month. In this issue the Mark Evanier interview doubles up as writer and editor feature, also an inker interview is absent. Dak makes the point to say everyone working on Ci with him is doing so...
- 3/14/2023
- by Ian Wells
- Nerdly
February 2023 marks 50 years of "Howard the Duck", with Marvel Comics paying tribute to the 'social satirist' with a year-long series of variant comic book covers:
"...'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, debuting in Marvel's 'Adventure into Fear' #19 (Dec. 1973), as a 'Man-Thing' back up story.
"Marvel's 'Howard the Duck #1 was published in 2015.
"He is abruptly abducted from his home planet by an unseen force and randomly dropped into the Florida Everglades by the demon-lord 'Thog the Nether-Spawn'.
"He meets the 'Man-Thing', who had been attacked by 'Korrek of Katharta' and the three of them are confronted by warriors of the 'Congress of Realities'.
"He then meets 'Dakimh the Enchanter' who banishes the warriors and transports Howard, Man-Thing, and Korrek to his castle, where they are joined by 'Jennifer Kale'. They then travel to the realm of 'Therea' and destroy Thog.
"...'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, debuting in Marvel's 'Adventure into Fear' #19 (Dec. 1973), as a 'Man-Thing' back up story.
"Marvel's 'Howard the Duck #1 was published in 2015.
"He is abruptly abducted from his home planet by an unseen force and randomly dropped into the Florida Everglades by the demon-lord 'Thog the Nether-Spawn'.
"He meets the 'Man-Thing', who had been attacked by 'Korrek of Katharta' and the three of them are confronted by warriors of the 'Congress of Realities'.
"He then meets 'Dakimh the Enchanter' who banishes the warriors and transports Howard, Man-Thing, and Korrek to his castle, where they are joined by 'Jennifer Kale'. They then travel to the realm of 'Therea' and destroy Thog.
- 2/24/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Early previews for "Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur" teased the introduction of a classic villain to the Marvel Cinematic Universe: the Beyonder, an all-powerful being able to warp space and time with a thought. As played by Laurence Fishburne, the Beyonder performs musical numbers, changes shape, and threatens to end the universe for kicks. It's a quirky introduction to a character some have theorized might be the McU's next big bad after Thanos, assuming Kang the Conqueror doesn't steal his thunder. Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of "Avengers: Endgame," have said that "Secret Wars" is a favorite of theirs, and you can't have "Secret Wars" without The Beyonder.
There are smarter, crueler, and more dangerous foes in Marvel's archives than the Beyonder. Just look at Doctor Doom, who briefly usurped the Beyonder's power in the very first "Secret Wars." But the secret to the Beyonder's strength is that he...
There are smarter, crueler, and more dangerous foes in Marvel's archives than the Beyonder. Just look at Doctor Doom, who briefly usurped the Beyonder's power in the very first "Secret Wars." But the secret to the Beyonder's strength is that he...
- 2/17/2023
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
Marvel Comics have always been innovative in their character creation. The sky really is the limit and the combination of Inhuman origins, Mutant DNA, cosmic connections, mystical, mythical and monstrous transformations, have all led to the invention of some truly bizarre individuals. Of course, the Marvel Cinematic Universe might have adapted some oddities, from Rocket and Groot to Leapfrog, but the source material is home to countless more truly weird ideas that have somehow managed to stand the test of time.
Many of these figures have made multiple appearances throughout comic book history. Most of them aren’t exactly leading figures and it’s unlikely that a titular run will be awarded to them anytime soon. But whether they are comedy characters or messed-up menaces, these heroes and villains continue to be entertaining every time they show up. Many have carried over from a bygone age of a team-up/antagonist...
Many of these figures have made multiple appearances throughout comic book history. Most of them aren’t exactly leading figures and it’s unlikely that a titular run will be awarded to them anytime soon. But whether they are comedy characters or messed-up menaces, these heroes and villains continue to be entertaining every time they show up. Many have carried over from a bygone age of a team-up/antagonist...
- 2/10/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Next year marks 50 years of Marvel's "Howard the Duck", with Marvel Comics paying tribute to the 'social satirist' with a year-long series of variant comic book covers, starting February 2023:
"...'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, debuting in Marvel's 'Adventure into Fear' #19 (Dec. 1973), as a 'Man-Thing' back up story.
"Marvel's 'Howard the Duck #1 was published in 2015.
"He is abruptly abducted from his home planet by an unseen force and randomly dropped into the Florida Everglades by the demon-lord 'Thog the Nether-Spawn'. He meets the 'Man-Thing', who had been attacked by 'Korrek of Katharta' and the three of them are confronted by warriors of the 'Congress of Realities'.
"He then meets 'Dakimh the Enchanter' who banishes the warriors and transports Howard, Man-Thing, and Korrek to his castle, where they are joined by 'Jennifer Kale'. They then travel...
"...'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, debuting in Marvel's 'Adventure into Fear' #19 (Dec. 1973), as a 'Man-Thing' back up story.
"Marvel's 'Howard the Duck #1 was published in 2015.
"He is abruptly abducted from his home planet by an unseen force and randomly dropped into the Florida Everglades by the demon-lord 'Thog the Nether-Spawn'. He meets the 'Man-Thing', who had been attacked by 'Korrek of Katharta' and the three of them are confronted by warriors of the 'Congress of Realities'.
"He then meets 'Dakimh the Enchanter' who banishes the warriors and transports Howard, Man-Thing, and Korrek to his castle, where they are joined by 'Jennifer Kale'. They then travel...
- 12/20/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"Werewolf By Night" has arrived on Disney+ just in time for the spooky season and luckily, it rules/ The Marvel special stars Gael Garcia Bernal as Jack Russell, a man who transforms into the titular beast under the light of the full moon. Other notable Marvel characters appearing in the special are Elsa Bloodstone (Laura Donnelly) and Ted Sallis (Carey Jones), aka Man-Thing — who looks amazing by the way. The special is a bold swing for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, something that has felt increasingly rare as of late, and director/composer Michael Giacchino has brought this formerly unexplored corner of Marvel Comics to brilliant life.
Comics got increasingly weird throughout the '50s and '60s as creators struggled to work around the harsh restrictions imposed by the Comics Code Authority — seriously, some of those stories are wild! By the '70s, the Cca had relaxed a bit and...
Comics got increasingly weird throughout the '50s and '60s as creators struggled to work around the harsh restrictions imposed by the Comics Code Authority — seriously, some of those stories are wild! By the '70s, the Cca had relaxed a bit and...
- 10/10/2022
- by Jamie Gerber
- Slash Film
“Werewolf by Night,” Marvel Studios’ Halloween-themed mini-movie, has just hit Disney+. And it’s something to howl about.
A black-and-white creature feature directed by frequent Marvel Studios collaborator Michael Giacchino and styled after similar movies from the 1940s, it introduces us to the title character, whose human name is Jack Russell (get it?) and who, in the film, is played by the great Gael Garcia Bernal. Jack is brought to a remote estate with fellow monster hunters, where he is tasked with bagging the biggest, most fearsome beast yet. But can he accomplish his goal while also concealing his true identity?
That’s the big question. But today we are here to talk about an even bigger question: who is that big monster that everybody is after? What is his deal and where could he fit into the MCU going forward?
Major spoilers for “Werewolf by Night” follow. If you haven’t watched yet,...
A black-and-white creature feature directed by frequent Marvel Studios collaborator Michael Giacchino and styled after similar movies from the 1940s, it introduces us to the title character, whose human name is Jack Russell (get it?) and who, in the film, is played by the great Gael Garcia Bernal. Jack is brought to a remote estate with fellow monster hunters, where he is tasked with bagging the biggest, most fearsome beast yet. But can he accomplish his goal while also concealing his true identity?
That’s the big question. But today we are here to talk about an even bigger question: who is that big monster that everybody is after? What is his deal and where could he fit into the MCU going forward?
Major spoilers for “Werewolf by Night” follow. If you haven’t watched yet,...
- 10/8/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
It’s hard to believe now, but just a few decades ago, Marvel movies did not dominate cinemas. In fact, the very first big-screen adaptation of a Marvel property is one of cinema’s best-known flops, 1986’s Howard the Duck. Based on the satirical character created by Steve Gerber, Howard the Duck baffled audiences with its surprising amount of duck nudity and off-key jokes. Not even the intervention of executive producer George Lucas, who planned to make a Howard the Duck before even starting Star Wars.
Obviously, Marvel and Lucasfilm have both recovered from the experience. The same is true for stars Tim Robbins and Lea Thompson, although it took a lot longer to bounce back. In a recent interview with the podcast Celebrity Catchup: Life After That Thing I Did, Thompson called the response to the movie “devastating.” It even overwhelmed Thompson’s breakout as Lorraine Baines in Back to the Future.
Obviously, Marvel and Lucasfilm have both recovered from the experience. The same is true for stars Tim Robbins and Lea Thompson, although it took a lot longer to bounce back. In a recent interview with the podcast Celebrity Catchup: Life After That Thing I Did, Thompson called the response to the movie “devastating.” It even overwhelmed Thompson’s breakout as Lorraine Baines in Back to the Future.
- 6/9/2022
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Few creative personalities dominated the popular sensibilities of the '80's like George Lucas. From "Star Wars" to the "Indiana Jones" series, Lucas built his brand on a particular synthesis of nostalgic properties and modern effects work. So it only makes sense that "Howard the Duck," a Marvel comics series that originated in the early '70's naturally appealed to him as a property just as Lucas' career was picking up steam with "American Graffiti."
Written by Steve Gerber and drawn by Val Mayerik, the comic contained an absurd satire on modern life and parodies of the pulpy noir films that Lucas grew up with, and...
The post How George Lucas' Howard the Duck Led to Toy Story appeared first on /Film.
Written by Steve Gerber and drawn by Val Mayerik, the comic contained an absurd satire on modern life and parodies of the pulpy noir films that Lucas grew up with, and...
The post How George Lucas' Howard the Duck Led to Toy Story appeared first on /Film.
- 3/16/2022
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
On this date, 35 years ago, the world was changed forever.
Howard The Duck, the first feature film to be adapted from a Marvel comic was unleashed upon the world on August 1st, 1986, leading to decades of beloved blockbusters that would —
Oh wait, just kidding. It took a few more decades, and some much better movies, until the MCU engulfed the industry.
One of the craziest non-blockbusters ever produced, Howard The Duck was optioned and developed with mega-franchise aspirations. Howard The Duck is a film so uncomfortably weird that, even now, it must be seen to be believed, though I’ll do my best to discuss its relative non-charms here.
Written, directed and produced by the creative team behind the much-better American Graffiti (1974), Howard The Duck landed with a thud at the domestic box office in the summer of 1986. Critics weren’t much kinder. The film currently sits at a 14% “Tomatometer...
Howard The Duck, the first feature film to be adapted from a Marvel comic was unleashed upon the world on August 1st, 1986, leading to decades of beloved blockbusters that would —
Oh wait, just kidding. It took a few more decades, and some much better movies, until the MCU engulfed the industry.
One of the craziest non-blockbusters ever produced, Howard The Duck was optioned and developed with mega-franchise aspirations. Howard The Duck is a film so uncomfortably weird that, even now, it must be seen to be believed, though I’ll do my best to discuss its relative non-charms here.
Written, directed and produced by the creative team behind the much-better American Graffiti (1974), Howard The Duck landed with a thud at the domestic box office in the summer of 1986. Critics weren’t much kinder. The film currently sits at a 14% “Tomatometer...
- 8/2/2021
- by Alex Kirschenbaum
- Trailers from Hell
The very first Marvel movie, 1986’s Howard the Duck turns 35 on August 1. That’s 35 years since the notorious, George Lucas produced movie featuring Steve Gerber’s iconoclastic and subversive Marvel Comics character flopped hard at the box office, marking the first of several difficult films to bear the Marvel brand.
Howard the Duck certainly has its charms (we’re big fans of it here), it’s undoubtedly something of a mess. And a good chunk of its reputation comes from how awkward the title character looks. Long before the days of the kinds of mo-cap CGI wizardry that is now commonplace in blockbusters, Howard the Duck relied on putting someone in a duck suit with animatronic eyes and bill.
And while a similar technique was used effectively by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in 1990’s excellent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Lucasfilm’s Howard suit isn’t a particularly great cinematic achievement.
Howard the Duck certainly has its charms (we’re big fans of it here), it’s undoubtedly something of a mess. And a good chunk of its reputation comes from how awkward the title character looks. Long before the days of the kinds of mo-cap CGI wizardry that is now commonplace in blockbusters, Howard the Duck relied on putting someone in a duck suit with animatronic eyes and bill.
And while a similar technique was used effectively by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in 1990’s excellent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Lucasfilm’s Howard suit isn’t a particularly great cinematic achievement.
- 7/26/2021
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Chris Cummins Sep 26, 2019
Everything's just ducky now that a 3-cd re-release of the excellent score and songs from Howard the Duck is on the way.
We all have grudges that we hold onto throughout our lives. Some are valid, like family disputes or relationship betrayals, while others are about trivial things that have taken on a conflated importance in our minds as time passes. I'm not sure which category this falls into, but I'm still pissed at my brother for taping over my Howard the Duck soundtrack in the early '90s. You see, I was on board with the film version of Marvel Comics' maladjusted mallard from the start. Seeing the movie with my father is one of my prized childhood memories. I loved the weird tonal shifts and how bizarre the events unfolding on screen were. But more than anything, I was obsessed with the film's music.
Everything's just ducky now that a 3-cd re-release of the excellent score and songs from Howard the Duck is on the way.
We all have grudges that we hold onto throughout our lives. Some are valid, like family disputes or relationship betrayals, while others are about trivial things that have taken on a conflated importance in our minds as time passes. I'm not sure which category this falls into, but I'm still pissed at my brother for taping over my Howard the Duck soundtrack in the early '90s. You see, I was on board with the film version of Marvel Comics' maladjusted mallard from the start. Seeing the movie with my father is one of my prized childhood memories. I loved the weird tonal shifts and how bizarre the events unfolding on screen were. But more than anything, I was obsessed with the film's music.
- 9/26/2019
- Den of Geek
Gavin Jasper Jun 14, 2019
Jessica Jones Season 3 puts our hard-drinking hero up against a disturbed new villain, and Gregory Sallinger has roots in Marvel Comics.
The release of Jessica Jones Season 3 is pretty monumental because this is the end of the line for the long-running Netflix/Marvel relationship. When you add it all up, it’s the 13th season of The Defenders corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and between that and the actual movie part of the McU trying to get ready for the likes of the Eternals and Shang-Chi, well, we’re a long way from the A-list Marvel characters. For her final season, Jessica Jones’ big villain is Jeremy Bobb (Russian Doll) playing Gregory Salinger, who appears to be a garden-variety serial killer, but who Marvel fans will recognize as Foolkiller.
Foolkiller was never in any Marvel cartoon. I’m fairly certain he has never made a video game appearance.
Jessica Jones Season 3 puts our hard-drinking hero up against a disturbed new villain, and Gregory Sallinger has roots in Marvel Comics.
The release of Jessica Jones Season 3 is pretty monumental because this is the end of the line for the long-running Netflix/Marvel relationship. When you add it all up, it’s the 13th season of The Defenders corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and between that and the actual movie part of the McU trying to get ready for the likes of the Eternals and Shang-Chi, well, we’re a long way from the A-list Marvel characters. For her final season, Jessica Jones’ big villain is Jeremy Bobb (Russian Doll) playing Gregory Salinger, who appears to be a garden-variety serial killer, but who Marvel fans will recognize as Foolkiller.
Foolkiller was never in any Marvel cartoon. I’m fairly certain he has never made a video game appearance.
- 6/14/2019
- Den of Geek
Kevin Smith is obviously excited about working on Marvel and Hulu’s Howard The Duck animated series; he can’t stop talking about it! He already talked about getting to “do fowl things” with series. Now he continues to gush about what is being done with these shows and also reveals that he’s already asked original Howard The Duck movie star Lea Thompson to be a part of the show and voice one of the characters, so that’s cool! Here’s what he says:
“Last week Huli announced a deal to carry four new Marvel animated shows: Modok, Hit Monkey, Tigra and Dazzler and Howard The Duck!” Smith shared on Instagram. “This is fantastic news to me as a fan, but as a professional, it’s quacking me up because They Hired Me To Write It! Mercifully, they hired the great Dave Willis to write it too, so...
“Last week Huli announced a deal to carry four new Marvel animated shows: Modok, Hit Monkey, Tigra and Dazzler and Howard The Duck!” Smith shared on Instagram. “This is fantastic news to me as a fan, but as a professional, it’s quacking me up because They Hired Me To Write It! Mercifully, they hired the great Dave Willis to write it too, so...
- 2/20/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Mike Cecchini Feb 11, 2019
Howard the Duck is only one of a series of new adult animated series coming from Marvel and Hulu!
Hulu and Marvel Television have launched a partnership to kick off a series of irreverent adult animated series, all focusing on some of the lesser known characters in the Marvel Universe. Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K, Marvel’s Hit-Monkey, Marvel’s Tigra & Dazzler Show and Marvel’s Howard The Duck will all follow the original Marvel Netflix model, with each series premiering before culiminating in a special event... Marvel’s The Offenders.
The biggest of these, and perhaps the one that it's hardest to believe hasn't happened in some form or another is Howard the Duck, from Kevin Smith and Dave Willis, who will both write and executive produce. Here's the official synopsis for the Howard the Duck animated series...
Marvel’s Howard The Duck is...
Howard the Duck is only one of a series of new adult animated series coming from Marvel and Hulu!
Hulu and Marvel Television have launched a partnership to kick off a series of irreverent adult animated series, all focusing on some of the lesser known characters in the Marvel Universe. Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K, Marvel’s Hit-Monkey, Marvel’s Tigra & Dazzler Show and Marvel’s Howard The Duck will all follow the original Marvel Netflix model, with each series premiering before culiminating in a special event... Marvel’s The Offenders.
The biggest of these, and perhaps the one that it's hardest to believe hasn't happened in some form or another is Howard the Duck, from Kevin Smith and Dave Willis, who will both write and executive produce. Here's the official synopsis for the Howard the Duck animated series...
Marvel’s Howard The Duck is...
- 2/11/2019
- Den of Geek
Take another look @ Marvel Comics' booze-guzzling three-foot-tall anthropomorphic 'Howard The Duck', as Disney continues developing the character, originally a parody of 'Donald Duck', for new live-action opportunities:
'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, as an 'existentialist' expression, with its main joke, according to Gerber, is that there is no joke: "that life's most serious moments and most incredibly dumb moments are often distinguishable only by a momentary point of view..."
Howard found himself on Earth due to a shift in the 'Cosmic Axis' from a world similar to Earth.
Howard's near-constant companion and occasional girlfriend is former art model and Cleveland native 'Beverly Switzler'.
"Howard the Duck" debuted in Marvel's "Adventure into Fear" #19 in 1973, and by 1976 was given his own title.
George Lucas then produced a live-action version in 1986.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Howard The Duck...
'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, as an 'existentialist' expression, with its main joke, according to Gerber, is that there is no joke: "that life's most serious moments and most incredibly dumb moments are often distinguishable only by a momentary point of view..."
Howard found himself on Earth due to a shift in the 'Cosmic Axis' from a world similar to Earth.
Howard's near-constant companion and occasional girlfriend is former art model and Cleveland native 'Beverly Switzler'.
"Howard the Duck" debuted in Marvel's "Adventure into Fear" #19 in 1973, and by 1976 was given his own title.
George Lucas then produced a live-action version in 1986.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Howard The Duck...
- 8/28/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"Before you tap that shoulder, sugar – identify yourself."
"The name's Daredevil – horn-head for short. And you?"
"Depends. If you're spendin' money, it's Power Man – Hero for Hire. Otherwise, Cage'll do – Luke Cage."
Thus began the not entirely auspicious teaming of Luke Cage and Daredevil in the pages of the 24th issue of The Defenders, from 1975. It was, in fact, the only story in that comic's 15-year existence in which any of the characters on Netflix's identically titled series would meet. The 2017 incarnation – Daredevil and Luke Cage, plus Jessica Jones and...
"The name's Daredevil – horn-head for short. And you?"
"Depends. If you're spendin' money, it's Power Man – Hero for Hire. Otherwise, Cage'll do – Luke Cage."
Thus began the not entirely auspicious teaming of Luke Cage and Daredevil in the pages of the 24th issue of The Defenders, from 1975. It was, in fact, the only story in that comic's 15-year existence in which any of the characters on Netflix's identically titled series would meet. The 2017 incarnation – Daredevil and Luke Cage, plus Jessica Jones and...
- 8/23/2017
- Rollingstone.com
As we look back at what came before ‘Iron Man,’ we marvel at the miracle that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Earlier this week, the Fsr team brainstormed the plot of Avengers 4 based on the idea that its mysterious subtitle was a potential spoiler for the still unseen Avengers: Infinity War. It was a fun exercise that briefly allowed me to nerd out over a few spandex epics penned by personal favorites, Brian Michael Bendis and Jonathan Hickman. The resulting conversation spawned some excitement, and a good heap of cynicism as well…or better yet, apathy. How much further can the Marvel Cinematic Universe expand? Will Thanos ever sit up from his chair, and prove he’s the big bad Mad Titan comic book fanboys claim him to be? Next week, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will mark the 15th entry in Marvel’s unprecedented shared universe machine, and by the time we get to Avengers...
Earlier this week, the Fsr team brainstormed the plot of Avengers 4 based on the idea that its mysterious subtitle was a potential spoiler for the still unseen Avengers: Infinity War. It was a fun exercise that briefly allowed me to nerd out over a few spandex epics penned by personal favorites, Brian Michael Bendis and Jonathan Hickman. The resulting conversation spawned some excitement, and a good heap of cynicism as well…or better yet, apathy. How much further can the Marvel Cinematic Universe expand? Will Thanos ever sit up from his chair, and prove he’s the big bad Mad Titan comic book fanboys claim him to be? Next week, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will mark the 15th entry in Marvel’s unprecedented shared universe machine, and by the time we get to Avengers...
- 4/26/2017
- by Brad Gullickson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Sneak Peek more new footage, plus images from director James Gunn's "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2", on the news that "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone portrays Marvel Comics character 'Starhawk' aka 'Stakar of the House of Ogord', a high-ranking member of the 'Ravagers', in the new Marvel Studios feature:
Starhawk was created by writer Steve Gerber of "Howard The Duck" fame and illustrator Sal Buscema, as an anti-hero in the 'Earth-691' timeline of the Marvel Comics universe.
"...'Stakar' was fated to eventually re-inhabit his infant body, reliving his life over countless times. Because of the knowledge of things to come, he manipulated events to affect what he felt would be the best outcome, referring to himself as 'One Who Knows'.
"He made many enemies in doing so, but his tampering and guidance also led to the formation of the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' in the 31st Century.
Starhawk was created by writer Steve Gerber of "Howard The Duck" fame and illustrator Sal Buscema, as an anti-hero in the 'Earth-691' timeline of the Marvel Comics universe.
"...'Stakar' was fated to eventually re-inhabit his infant body, reliving his life over countless times. Because of the knowledge of things to come, he manipulated events to affect what he felt would be the best outcome, referring to himself as 'One Who Knows'.
"He made many enemies in doing so, but his tampering and guidance also led to the formation of the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' in the 31st Century.
- 4/21/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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Man-Thing #1, the comic book debut of Goosebumps author R.L. Stine, proved to be a one of a kind book for Marvel. Much less interested in fitting in with the house style, it was largely a homage to the horror comics of decades gone by. This second issue follows on in much the same spirit, with all Stine’s usual black humour and love of pulpy horror. Somehow, though, it ends up being even weirder than the opening issue.
After coming face to face with himself on the streets of Burbank, Man-Thing is teleported away back to his swamp in the Everglades. But with vulture, bat and snake attacks coming from all around, and a reunion with his lost love Lily-Ann Millard, something is very amiss. Could it be that the whole of reality is threatened and that...
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Man-Thing #1, the comic book debut of Goosebumps author R.L. Stine, proved to be a one of a kind book for Marvel. Much less interested in fitting in with the house style, it was largely a homage to the horror comics of decades gone by. This second issue follows on in much the same spirit, with all Stine’s usual black humour and love of pulpy horror. Somehow, though, it ends up being even weirder than the opening issue.
After coming face to face with himself on the streets of Burbank, Man-Thing is teleported away back to his swamp in the Everglades. But with vulture, bat and snake attacks coming from all around, and a reunion with his lost love Lily-Ann Millard, something is very amiss. Could it be that the whole of reality is threatened and that...
- 3/29/2017
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
One day in the early 80s, I was with my girlfriend in a shopping mall. Somehow I had been relegated to the role of sidekick while she shopped. I liked to do a lot of things with her, but shopping wasn’t high on that list. I was bored so I decided to buy a comic book to read while she shopped.
Back then I was enjoying a lot of comics and purchasing them every week at Kim’s Collectible Comics and Records. But one store in that mall had a spinner rack filled with comics, and I knew I could snag an issue that I had missed.
I evaluated the comics available on that rack and hoped that one would be my salvation from the dreariness of shopping. I reached out for Swamp Thing #21, and was surprised to find an unfamiliar writer wrote it. I decided to give it a try nonetheless.
Back then I was enjoying a lot of comics and purchasing them every week at Kim’s Collectible Comics and Records. But one store in that mall had a spinner rack filled with comics, and I knew I could snag an issue that I had missed.
I evaluated the comics available on that rack and hoped that one would be my salvation from the dreariness of shopping. I reached out for Swamp Thing #21, and was surprised to find an unfamiliar writer wrote it. I decided to give it a try nonetheless.
- 9/5/2016
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
Not every anniversary is a celebration.
It’s been a long, strange trip for Howard The Duck. Created by Steve Gerber in 1973 for Marvel Comics, the anthropomorphic fowl was a source for social satire and various misadventures, even running for president in 1976 (and allegedly receiving thousands of write-in votes). He’s disappeared and reappeared many times in Marvel comics throughout the decades, most recently in a series written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Joe Quinones. But in between his various escapades in the panels of Marvel comics, the character has made a brief stop over in Hollywood with 1986’s film, Howard The Duck, which was released 30 years ago today.
The film was directed by William Huyck, who also cowrote with Gloria Katz, a man best known for his work writing on American Graffiti and Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, and produced by George ...
It’s been a long, strange trip for Howard The Duck. Created by Steve Gerber in 1973 for Marvel Comics, the anthropomorphic fowl was a source for social satire and various misadventures, even running for president in 1976 (and allegedly receiving thousands of write-in votes). He’s disappeared and reappeared many times in Marvel comics throughout the decades, most recently in a series written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Joe Quinones. But in between his various escapades in the panels of Marvel comics, the character has made a brief stop over in Hollywood with 1986’s film, Howard The Duck, which was released 30 years ago today.
The film was directed by William Huyck, who also cowrote with Gloria Katz, a man best known for his work writing on American Graffiti and Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, and produced by George ...
- 8/1/2016
- by Rob Dean
- avclub.com
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30 years after appearing in the Howard The Duck film, Lea Thompson is making a return appearance to his world...
"I can make it here in Hunger City, nothing's gonna stop me. I'll know I'll survive."
Those lyrics from Cherry Bomb's "Hunger City" from the Howard The Duck soundtrack have proven to be quite prophetic in the three decades since the infamous megabomb first hit theaters. As someone who was there on opening day and has enjoyed seeing the transition that the movie has made from cliched punchline to cult hit, there's more than a little bit of vindication that I, an outsider, feel about the flick's reversal of fortune. So I can only imagine the daffy trip that Lea Thompson must look back at the Howard The Duck experience as.
Over the years, Thompson has regularly discussed the film without any real shame or snark. It was a bomb for sure,...
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30 years after appearing in the Howard The Duck film, Lea Thompson is making a return appearance to his world...
"I can make it here in Hunger City, nothing's gonna stop me. I'll know I'll survive."
Those lyrics from Cherry Bomb's "Hunger City" from the Howard The Duck soundtrack have proven to be quite prophetic in the three decades since the infamous megabomb first hit theaters. As someone who was there on opening day and has enjoyed seeing the transition that the movie has made from cliched punchline to cult hit, there's more than a little bit of vindication that I, an outsider, feel about the flick's reversal of fortune. So I can only imagine the daffy trip that Lea Thompson must look back at the Howard The Duck experience as.
Over the years, Thompson has regularly discussed the film without any real shame or snark. It was a bomb for sure,...
- 6/8/2016
- Den of Geek
Gavin Jasper Oct 26, 2019
Watch Freddy Krueger kill his way through several different companies in our weird history of Nightmare on Elm Street comics.
As a concept, the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise is something I both love and hate at the same time. On one hand, it’s a killer idea with a charismatic villain, awesome set pieces, dark humor, and over-the-top violence. On the other hand, it’s a completely broken idea. The fact that it’s a franchise makes it completely hollow. As great a villain as Freddy can be – and it says a lot that a child murderer was somehow celebrated as an '80s icon – he inherently breaks the story.
Freddy Krueger has what I’d call, for the lack of a better term, “bullshit invulnerability.” See, every Nightmare on Elm Street movie is based on the idea of him being this unstoppable boogeyman that our cast has to survive.
Watch Freddy Krueger kill his way through several different companies in our weird history of Nightmare on Elm Street comics.
As a concept, the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise is something I both love and hate at the same time. On one hand, it’s a killer idea with a charismatic villain, awesome set pieces, dark humor, and over-the-top violence. On the other hand, it’s a completely broken idea. The fact that it’s a franchise makes it completely hollow. As great a villain as Freddy can be – and it says a lot that a child murderer was somehow celebrated as an '80s icon – he inherently breaks the story.
Freddy Krueger has what I’d call, for the lack of a better term, “bullshit invulnerability.” See, every Nightmare on Elm Street movie is based on the idea of him being this unstoppable boogeyman that our cast has to survive.
- 10/26/2015
- Den of Geek
Take another look @ Marvel Comics' cigar-smoking, three-foot-tall anthropomorphic 'Howard The Duck', including his post-credits scene in Marvel Studios "Guardians Of The Galaxy", on the news that Disney is developing the character for further opportunities:
'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, as an 'existentialist' expression, with its main joke, according to Gerber, is that there is no joke: "that life's most serious moments and most incredibly dumb moments are often distinguishable only by a momentary point of view..."
Howard found himself on Earth due to a shift in the 'Cosmic Axis' from a world similar to Earth.
Howard's near-constant companion and occasional girlfriend is former art model and Cleveland native 'Beverly Switzler'.
"Howard the Duck" debuted in Marvel's "Adventure into Fear" #19 in 1973, and by 1976 was given his own title.
George Lucas then produced a live-action version in 1986.
Click the...
'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, as an 'existentialist' expression, with its main joke, according to Gerber, is that there is no joke: "that life's most serious moments and most incredibly dumb moments are often distinguishable only by a momentary point of view..."
Howard found himself on Earth due to a shift in the 'Cosmic Axis' from a world similar to Earth.
Howard's near-constant companion and occasional girlfriend is former art model and Cleveland native 'Beverly Switzler'.
"Howard the Duck" debuted in Marvel's "Adventure into Fear" #19 in 1973, and by 1976 was given his own title.
George Lucas then produced a live-action version in 1986.
Click the...
- 1/4/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Guardians of the Galaxy was great and all, but how about that post-credits scene? You know, the one with the anthropomorphic duck? What's his deal? Glad you asked. Created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerick, Howard the Duck is one of the strangest and most subversive characters in the Marvel canon—that unfortunately is mostly known from a terrible film in the 1980s. But, as the old saying goes, the road to redemption starts after the credits of a blockbuster movie—and Marvel is bringing Howard back in a big way. This Spring, the publisher will launch Howard the Duck,...
- 11/21/2014
- by Joshua Rivera
- EW.com - PopWatch
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is currently the number-one movie in America — a development largely viewed like it's a plot by the evil Shredder himself. Technically directed by Jonathan Liebesman, this blockbuster reboot bears the stamp of its superstar producer, Transformers maestro Michael Bay: a sturdy children's-toy concept sits uncomfortably alongside destructive urban combat and awkward double entendres about turtle erections. Garnering bad reviews from both film critics and nostalgic fans, it nonetheless displaced its direct competitor, the much, much better-liked Guardians of the Galaxy, to seize control of the box office.
- 8/14/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik in 1973, Howard the Duck would go on to become a staple of the Marvel comics of that era. Born on a planet populated by talking waterfowl, Howard the Duck found himself trapped on a world he never made: ours! The archetypal outsider, Howard waddled his way through the Marvel Universe for years armed with nothing but his razor sharp wit. Now, explore every one of these groundbreaking original stories this October in a new printing of the Howard the Duck Omnibus Hardcover.
Get down, America! From the far reaches of Duckworld – he has returned! That’s right, the Master of Quack Fu takes center stage when the Howard The Duck Omnibus Hardcover returns for a brand new printing! Experience the groundbreaking adventures of this wild waterfowl all over again, or for the first time ever when these iconic Marvel stories return to print this October!
Get down, America! From the far reaches of Duckworld – he has returned! That’s right, the Master of Quack Fu takes center stage when the Howard The Duck Omnibus Hardcover returns for a brand new printing! Experience the groundbreaking adventures of this wild waterfowl all over again, or for the first time ever when these iconic Marvel stories return to print this October!
- 8/6/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Has James Gunn's Guardians Of The Galaxy movie whetted your appetite for more? Here's a suggested bit of further reading...
If anything's true of the Guardians Of The Galaxy movie, it's that you come out and instantly want more. Director James Gunn has already promised he'll have a sequel out in three years' time, but until that happens there's at least one other place you can look: the source material. Marvel's comics.
And rather than leave you to navigate the choppy waters of Marvel's continuity alone, we've put together this quick list of comics you might want to read to try and sate those Guardian cravings. Be warned. There are spoilers here…
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cosmic Avengers
Collects: Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) #0.1, #1-3 & Guardians Of The Galaxy: Tomorrow's Avengers #1
A relaunch of the team starring the movie cast, this book features a full retelling of Star...
If anything's true of the Guardians Of The Galaxy movie, it's that you come out and instantly want more. Director James Gunn has already promised he'll have a sequel out in three years' time, but until that happens there's at least one other place you can look: the source material. Marvel's comics.
And rather than leave you to navigate the choppy waters of Marvel's continuity alone, we've put together this quick list of comics you might want to read to try and sate those Guardian cravings. Be warned. There are spoilers here…
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cosmic Avengers
Collects: Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) #0.1, #1-3 & Guardians Of The Galaxy: Tomorrow's Avengers #1
A relaunch of the team starring the movie cast, this book features a full retelling of Star...
- 8/6/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Sneak Peek footage from the "Guardians Of The Galaxy" 'post-credits' scene revealing a cameo from Marvel Comics' cigar-smoking, three-foot-tall anthropomorphic 'Howard The Duck', previously adapted to the big screen by Lucasfilm and currently in development @ Disney for further opportunities:
'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, as an 'existentialist' expression, with its main joke, according to Gerber, is that there is no joke: "that life's most serious moments and most incredibly dumb moments are often distinguishable only by a momentary point of view..."
Howard found himself on Earth due to a shift in the 'Cosmic Axis' from a world similar to Earth.
Howard's near-constant companion and occasional girlfriend is former art model and Cleveland native 'Beverly Switzler'.
"Howard the Duck" debuted in Marvel's "Adventure into Fear" #19 in 1973, and by 1976 was given his own title. George Lucas then produced a...
'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, as an 'existentialist' expression, with its main joke, according to Gerber, is that there is no joke: "that life's most serious moments and most incredibly dumb moments are often distinguishable only by a momentary point of view..."
Howard found himself on Earth due to a shift in the 'Cosmic Axis' from a world similar to Earth.
Howard's near-constant companion and occasional girlfriend is former art model and Cleveland native 'Beverly Switzler'.
"Howard the Duck" debuted in Marvel's "Adventure into Fear" #19 in 1973, and by 1976 was given his own title. George Lucas then produced a...
- 8/4/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Guardians of the Galaxy opened Friday, August 1, and many young fans were puzzled by the film’s odd post-credits sequence.
Spoiler Alert!
Marvel has a habit of featuring mid-credit or post-credit scenes that give hints as to what is to come in the Marvel cannon. For example, The Avengers (2012) introduced the villain Thanos in a mid-credits sequence. Thanos, of course, ended up being a somewhat prominent dark presence in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Similarly, the post-credits sequence of Thor: The Dark World (2013) introduced the character of the Collector (Benicio Del Toro), who also plays a part in Guardians of the Galaxy. However, fans hoping for a look at Marvel’s next big screen film, The Avengers: Age of Ultron were left scratching their heads after the post-credits scene in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Who Is Howard the Duck?
A defeated Collector, sitting sadly among the rubble of Knowhere. Cosmo the spacedog,...
Spoiler Alert!
Marvel has a habit of featuring mid-credit or post-credit scenes that give hints as to what is to come in the Marvel cannon. For example, The Avengers (2012) introduced the villain Thanos in a mid-credits sequence. Thanos, of course, ended up being a somewhat prominent dark presence in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Similarly, the post-credits sequence of Thor: The Dark World (2013) introduced the character of the Collector (Benicio Del Toro), who also plays a part in Guardians of the Galaxy. However, fans hoping for a look at Marvel’s next big screen film, The Avengers: Age of Ultron were left scratching their heads after the post-credits scene in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Who Is Howard the Duck?
A defeated Collector, sitting sadly among the rubble of Knowhere. Cosmo the spacedog,...
- 8/4/2014
- Uinterview
Warning: This article contains Guardians of the Galaxy spoilers some readers may wish to avoid.
Guardians of the Galaxy's post-credits scene has been revealed after being kept under wraps at the film's premieres and advance screenings.
The stinger sequence for James Gunn's Marvel blockbuster features Benicio Del Toro's disheveled The Collector sat inside the remains of his destroyed laboratory.
After getting licked in the face by Cosmo, a dog who was part of the Soviet space programme in Marvel Comics, he then hears a jibe from Howard the Duck. Both Cosmo and Howard appeared briefly in the body of the movie when The Collector first introduces his menagerie.
Howard the Duck was created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik and made his first appearance in Marvel's Adventure into Fear #19 in December 1973.
The talking duck was famously turned into a feature film in 1986 by George Lucas.
Guardians of the Galaxy's post-credits scene has been revealed after being kept under wraps at the film's premieres and advance screenings.
The stinger sequence for James Gunn's Marvel blockbuster features Benicio Del Toro's disheveled The Collector sat inside the remains of his destroyed laboratory.
After getting licked in the face by Cosmo, a dog who was part of the Soviet space programme in Marvel Comics, he then hears a jibe from Howard the Duck. Both Cosmo and Howard appeared briefly in the body of the movie when The Collector first introduces his menagerie.
Howard the Duck was created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik and made his first appearance in Marvel's Adventure into Fear #19 in December 1973.
The talking duck was famously turned into a feature film in 1986 by George Lucas.
- 8/2/2014
- Digital Spy
The superhero movies released by Marvel Studios tend to downplay the more outré elements of their source material. Even the Thor films have mostly held back on the elaborate space-god architecture of the comic book’s mythology, defaulting to a few familiar fantasy-genre elements (evil elves, shining cities, magic-as-plot-shortcut). Not so with Guardians of the Galaxy, a movie which dives deep into a few different deep-space cultures. Perhaps fearful of scaring people off, the movie’s first act drops a lot of exposition grenades about the key points of Galaxy’s Galaxy. Even if you can’t tell the Kree from the Xandarians,...
- 8/1/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Major spoilers below. Read with caution. If you saw Guardians of the Galaxy and you're a savvy blockbuster-viewer, then you probably stayed all the way through the credits in eager anticipation of the obligatory bonus-scene stinger. And what a weird stinger it was!Here's what you got: As Benicio del Toro's Collector character consoles himself amid the wreckage of his outpost, a surprising character from the Marvel universe speaks to him: Howard the Duck! For those who don't know, Howard the Duck was created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik in 1973. He first appeared to readers in an issue of Adventure Into Fear, a horror series that sat outside Marvel's standard slate of superhero comics. Like most of Gerber's characters, Howard was a satirical, subversive figure with no supernatural powers (aside from being a human-size talking duck). He was a fan favorite and a surprise pop-culture phenomenon outside the...
- 8/1/2014
- by Brian Feldman
- Vulture
Spoilers: we dissect the extra goodies at the very end of Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy...
This article contains spoilers for Guardians Of The Galaxy.
When we interviewed director James Gunn prior to the release of Guardians Of The Galaxy, he assured us that the reason they left the stinger off preview screenings wasn't part of any wider conspiracy. They just wanted to leave something that would be a treat for the fans who paid to see it on opening night.
Now that we've seen the stinger, we can confirm that this was exactly what it was: a treat for Marvel fans. Not a trailer or advert for another film, but an easter egg that will baffle and amaze audiences in equal measure.
If you've already seen the stinger and want to know more, read on. And if you haven't, let us urge you one final time to save the surprise for yourself.
This article contains spoilers for Guardians Of The Galaxy.
When we interviewed director James Gunn prior to the release of Guardians Of The Galaxy, he assured us that the reason they left the stinger off preview screenings wasn't part of any wider conspiracy. They just wanted to leave something that would be a treat for the fans who paid to see it on opening night.
Now that we've seen the stinger, we can confirm that this was exactly what it was: a treat for Marvel fans. Not a trailer or advert for another film, but an easter egg that will baffle and amaze audiences in equal measure.
If you've already seen the stinger and want to know more, read on. And if you haven't, let us urge you one final time to save the surprise for yourself.
- 7/31/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Chris Cummins Aug 1, 2019
We take a look back at how Universal promoted one of the first Marvel movies...Howard the Duck.
One might say that Howard the Duck is one of the most (unfairly) maligned films of the 1980s. As something of a Duckologist myself, I'd like to point out that the film is definitely stranger and funnier than you probably remember.
So why was it such a bomb?
Well, its flirtation with beastiality aside, I think one of the main reasons Howard the Duck flopped when it was released back on August 1, 1986, was that the marketing campaign was terrible.
Let's take a look...
The first look audiences were given of the film is this bizarre teaser in which Lea Thompson's Beverly Switzler character coos about wanting to fornicate with a waterfowl. By judging the movie on this footage alone, you'd be forgiven if you thought that Howard the...
We take a look back at how Universal promoted one of the first Marvel movies...Howard the Duck.
One might say that Howard the Duck is one of the most (unfairly) maligned films of the 1980s. As something of a Duckologist myself, I'd like to point out that the film is definitely stranger and funnier than you probably remember.
So why was it such a bomb?
Well, its flirtation with beastiality aside, I think one of the main reasons Howard the Duck flopped when it was released back on August 1, 1986, was that the marketing campaign was terrible.
Let's take a look...
The first look audiences were given of the film is this bizarre teaser in which Lea Thompson's Beverly Switzler character coos about wanting to fornicate with a waterfowl. By judging the movie on this footage alone, you'd be forgiven if you thought that Howard the...
- 7/31/2014
- Den of Geek
We've been hearing a rumor that a certain character from the Marvel universe will appear in the upcoming "Guardians of the Galaxy." Today, a post-credits scene from the film leaked online, confirming the rumor. Spoilers Ahead: During one of the first screenings of "Guardians of the Galaxy," it was reported that the credits in the movie list Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik, the creators of Howard the Duck. At the time, it wasn't clear if Howard will actually appear in the film. But it now turns out that he's in the post-credits scene, which shows him escaping from The Collector (Benicio Del Toro). Watch the video below and see "Guardians of the Galaxy" in theaters on August 1st. Video:...
- 7/31/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
Whilst there's been advanced screenings all over the place, Marvel has opted out of showing the post-credits scene for "Guardians of the Galaxy" - saying they plan to keep the surprise under wraps until the general release. With the movie about to hit cinemas in the next day or so, it appears as if a bootleg copy of the post-credits sequence may have leaked online and is doing the rounds.
Spoilers Ahead
The scene, which briefly appeared over at Vulture before being yanked, is essentially a one-off joke. Yet it boasts a surprise - a character Marvel owns and that Gunn has previously indicated he's a big fan of. In a film that takes a lot of chances, the appearance is actually pretty daring.
The sequence opens on Benecio del Toro’s The Collector character, beaten up and exhausted, sitting in what remains of his collection following events in the film.
Spoilers Ahead
The scene, which briefly appeared over at Vulture before being yanked, is essentially a one-off joke. Yet it boasts a surprise - a character Marvel owns and that Gunn has previously indicated he's a big fan of. In a film that takes a lot of chances, the appearance is actually pretty daring.
The sequence opens on Benecio del Toro’s The Collector character, beaten up and exhausted, sitting in what remains of his collection following events in the film.
- 7/30/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
With a screen credit in director James Gunn's "Guardians Of The Galaxy" reportedly given to Marvel's "Howard The Duck" creators, writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, Sneak Peek the origins of the cigar-smoking, three-foot-tall anthropomorphic duck, previously adapted to the big screen by Lucasfilm and currently in development @ Disney for further opportunities:
In the 1970's, Disney originally threatened Marvel with legal action due to Howard's satiric resemblance to 'Donald Duck', forcing Marvel to redesign the character.
Howard's near-constant companion and occasional girlfriend is former art model and Cleveland native 'Beverly Switzler'. Howard found himself on Earth due to a shift in the 'Cosmic Axis' from a world similar to Earth.
"Howard the Duck" debuted in Marvel's "Adventure into Fear" #19 in 1973, and by 1976 was given his own title. George Lucas then produced a live-action version in 1986, with music by John Barry.
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In the 1970's, Disney originally threatened Marvel with legal action due to Howard's satiric resemblance to 'Donald Duck', forcing Marvel to redesign the character.
Howard's near-constant companion and occasional girlfriend is former art model and Cleveland native 'Beverly Switzler'. Howard found himself on Earth due to a shift in the 'Cosmic Axis' from a world similar to Earth.
"Howard the Duck" debuted in Marvel's "Adventure into Fear" #19 in 1973, and by 1976 was given his own title. George Lucas then produced a live-action version in 1986, with music by John Barry.
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- 7/20/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Update: Apparently the previous headline was a spoiler and people got angry on Twitter. So, I've changed it and you should know there are spoilers in this post. Marvel has released the press kit for Guardians of the Galaxy and Stitch Kingdom pored over the credits to notice Stan Lee will play a character named Xandarian Ladies' Man, Nathan Fillion cameos as Monstrous Inmate, Rob Zombie voices Ravager Navigator Voice and writer/director James Gunn cameos as Maskless Sakaaran. Then they reach a little deeper, noticing at the very end of the scroll it says "Howard the Duck created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik", which very well seems to suggest that yes, the Marvel character that appeared in the 1986 box-office bust directed by Willard Huyck very well may be seen walking around the world of the Guardians. Makes sense to me, you have a talking tree and raccoon, why...
- 7/18/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Marvel has released the press kit for Guardians of the Galaxy and Stitch Kingdom pored over the credits to notice Stan Lee will play a character named Xandarian Ladies' Man, Nathan Fillion cameos as Monstrous Inmate, Rob Zombie voices Ravager Navigator Voice and writer/director James Gunn cameos as Maskless Sakaaran. Then they reach a little deeper, noticing at the very end of the scroll it says "Howard the Duck created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik", which very well seems to suggest that yes, the Marvel character that appeared in the 1986 box-office bust directed by Willard Huyck very well may be seen walking around the world of the Guardians. Makes sense to me, you have a talking tree and raccoon, why not throw in a duck as wellc We'll know more soon enough as I'll be seeing the film this coming Wednesday and it hits theaters on August 1.
- 7/18/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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