Hey, remember “Darkwing Duck”? “Let’s get dangerous”? Duck who dressed like the Shadow and did a lot of pratfalls? OK, yeah, I was watching “Animaniacs” too, but I did see a few episodes and remember the show fondly, if dimly.
Boom! Studios is hoping you’ll remember it a lot more than just dimly, as they have a comic coming out starring the duck in a fedora. The art itself looks good, and we’re sure the comic will cater to fans and be perfectly acceptable comics, but can we just declare jokes about “The Dark Knight Returns” dead now, guys? Seriously. It’s been more than twenty years. This was a joke the short-lived and sorely missed “Mighty Mouse” comic used for its first cover, and that was, God help me, nearly fifteen years ago.
Anyway, the comic hits stores later this month. Here, have a preview!
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Totally late, but…
Dan, unlike Mighty Mouse, Darkwing Duck is supposed to be Batman. So, I think we can give this cover a little bit of leeway. Plus, I don’t have time to go get my copy of Dark Knight Returns (NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD!) and check, but I think the number of Batman is retired in that is about as long as Darkwing Duck has been off the air. So, it’d work on that level too.
Plus, when something’s good, it’s good. It’s ok to reference back to the most famous Superhero comic ever.