2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Howard the Duck, and Marvel has announced that it will celebrate the special occasion by inviting fans to a birthday blowout courtesy of a giant-sized anniversary one-shot highlighting the character’s one-of-a-kind legacy.
The one-shot will reunite writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Joe Quinones, the creative team behind Howard’s smash hit critically acclaimed 2015 ongoing series, for a main story which promises to “get into the nitty-gritty of the private-eye’s hectic history with a feather-raising journey through the Howard-verse”.
Zdarsky and Quinones will be joined by a host of all-star talent, including:
- Emmy-nominated writer and comedian Daniel Kibblesmith and acclaimed artist Annie Wu put Howard in the Oval Office! Inspired by a classic tale from Steve Gerber and Gene Colan’s 70s’ run, Howard the Duck has been sworn in as President. Find out if how gutsy he is as Commander in Chief when the Earth is invaded by aliens in this startling political satire!
- Popular video game designer and writer Merritt K makes her Marvel Comics debut alongside artist Will Robson with a cosmic comedy that sees Howard the Duck leaving the chaos of Earth behind to take over as leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy! Playing Star-Lord is all fun and games for Howard until some of his most iconic classic villains band together to take him out once and for all!
Check out the main cover for Howard the Duck #1 from artist Ed McGuinness below, along with a variant from Ron Lim…
Meet Howard. He’s a hard-boiled P.I. with problems by the duckload. But a cosmic, all-seeing friend(?) known as the Peeper(!) is giving him a chance to see what his life COULD be! The joys he COULD have! All the ways his life COULD suck way less than it does now! In other words: “Whaugh If?”
Howard the Duck #1 will go on sale on November 29th.
