Howard the Duck. In the mid-1970s, something happened at the Marvel Bullpen. I’m not sure if it was residue from psychedelics of the '60s a la acid flashbacks or what, but animals became anthropomorphic. Not only once, but twice.
Enter: Howard the Duck. In 1973 the Marvel Universe was invaded by a smart talking crabby duck. He lived in a universe where comic strips were real life. He lived in New Stork City and gets abDUCKted by Thog the Overmaster. Thog drops our web-footed hero into the Florida everglades in our world and the rest…well, gets kind of whacky. He meets up with some of Marvel’s iconic heroes like Man-Thing (where Howie started his adventures), Spider Man and Bessie the Hellcow. It all comes down to him getting nominated by the “All-Night Party” as presidential candidate. To make matters worse, Howard the Duck was actually written in on the actual ballot of that presidential election in real life!
Howard has found himself in nearly everything Marvel has done, from Earth X to Marvel Zombies. He’s crossed over into the Image Universe, made appearances in animated television and even an ill-fated movie done by George Lucas.
