In the 1980s, writer Steve Gerber was embroiled in a lawsuit against
Marvel Comics over ownership of his creation Howard The Duck. To raise
funds for legal fees, Gerber asked Jack Kirby to contribute to a benefit
comic titled Destroyer Duck. Without hesitation, Kirby (who was in his
own dispute with Marvel at the time) donated his services for the first
issue, and the duo took aim at their former employer in an outrageous
five-issue run. With biting satire and guns blazing, Duke "Destroyer"
Duck battled the thinly veiled Godcorp (whose infamous credo was "Grab
it all! Own it all! Drain it all!"), its evil leader Ned Packer and the
(literally) spineless Booster Cogburn, Medea (a parody of Daredevil's
Elektra), and more! Now, all five Gerber/Kirby issues are collected--but
relettered and reproduced from JACK'S unbridled, uninked pencil art!
Also included are select examples of Alfredo Alcala's unique inking
style over Kirby on the original issues, Gerber's script pages, an
historical Introduction by Mark Evanier (co-editor of the original 1980s
issues), and an Afterword by Buzz Dixon (who continued the series after
Gerber)! Discover all the hidden jabs you missed when Destroyer Duck was
first published, and experience page after page of Kirby's raw pencil
art!
