The Marvel multiverse is a little bit too much. Sure, it’s spawned some of the most thrilling arcs in the last decade, but with so many plot threads, characters, and dimensions involved, the multiverse now reads less like an ensemble storyline and more like a tangled mess that has long overstayed its welcome.Enter Howard “the Duck” Duckson, Private Eye. He and his friend Tara Tam are in the middle of a multiversal mess themselves, and Howard, for his part, is pretty fed up with all the fighting, chaos, and nonsense. Lucky for him, with the help of an all-seeing cosmic being known as the Peeper, he’s about to get a glimpse into the multiverse to see his own alternate selves in the ultimate “What If?”–or, as he would say, “Whagh If?” In honor of his fiftieth anniversary, this compilation one-shot issue, Howard the Duck #1, sends Marvel’s unluckiest duck on his wildest journey yet!Throughout the issue, Howard comments on the absurdity and oversaturation of the multiverse, all while traversing it. Howard works best when he plays the role of the flat-footed, wisecracking straight-man in situations that are as absurd as he is — a surprisingly easy feat for a talking duck! Like a fourth-wall-abiding Deadpool, Howard deconstructs Marvel writing conventions by pointing out tired tropes, foibles, and overused plot devices, only to turn them on their heads and somehow make them work again. He’s the ultimate deconstructionist and, at the same time, gives voice to the opinions of readers, who have no doubt noticed the current trajectory of the modern Marvel canon.
The Marvel multiverse is a little bit too much. Sure, it’s spawned some of the most thrilling arcs in the last decade, but with so many plot threads, characters, and dimensions involved, the multiverse now reads less like an ensemble storyline and more like a tangled mess that has long overstayed its welcome.
Enter Howard “the Duck” Duckson, Private Eye. He and his friend Tara Tam are in the middle of a multiversal mess themselves, and Howard, for his part, is pretty fed up with all the fighting, chaos, and nonsense. Lucky for him, with the help of an all-seeing cosmic being known as the Peeper, he’s about to get a glimpse into the multiverse to see his own alternate selves in the ultimate “What If?”–or, as he would say, “Whagh If?” In honor of his fiftieth anniversary, this compilation one-shot issue, Howard the Duck #1, sends Marvel’s unluckiest duck on his wildest journey yet!
Throughout the issue, Howard comments on the absurdity and oversaturation of the multiverse, all while traversing it. Howard works best when he plays the role of the flat-footed, wisecracking straight-man in situations that are as absurd as he is — a surprisingly easy feat for a talking duck! Like a fourth-wall-abiding Deadpool, Howard deconstructs Marvel writing conventions by pointing out tired tropes, foibles, and overused plot devices, only to turn them on their heads and somehow make them work again. He’s the ultimate deconstructionist and, at the same time, gives voice to the opinions of readers, who have no doubt noticed the current trajectory of the modern Marvel canon.
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