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+ | '''''[[Darkwing Duck]]''''' has been adapted as a comic book series under at least four different publishers. |
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− | |issues =}}'''''Darkwing Duck''''' is a comic series based on [[Darkwing Duck|the television cartoon of the same name]], published by [[Joe Books]]. It continues from where issue #16 of the [[Darkwing Duck (Boom! Studios)|preceding series]] left off. |
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+ | ==Disney Comics== |
+ | The first '''''Darkwing Duck''''' comic book was a four-issue mini-series published by [[Disney Comics]] from September to December of [[1991]]. Coinciding with the show's premiere on [[the Disney Afternoon]] and [[ABC]], it featured "Brawl in the Family", a comic adaptation of the show's two-part series premiere, "[[Darkly Dawns the Duck]]". |
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⚫ | Artist [[James Silvani]] announced on his Twitter account in October [[2014]] that a new ongoing ''Darkwing Duck'' would begin publication in [[2015]]. Silvani said in his Tumblr post that "Aaron |
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+ | Like the ''[[TaleSpin (comic book)|TaleSpin]]'' mini-series before it, it was intended to serve as the beginning for a regular ''Darkwing Duck'' comic book. However, right when the mini-series came out, the Disney Comics Implosion occurred and resulted in the cancellation of most of the company's regular titles. As a result, plans for a regular ''Darkwing'' title were cancelled, and for the next three years, ''Darkwing Duck'' comics were featured only in ''[[Disney Adventures]]''. |
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+ | "Brawl in the Family" was fully reprinted in ''[[Disney's Colossal Comics Collection]]'' #4, and later reprinted again by [[Boom! Studios]] for the trade paperback ''Darkwing Duck Classics'', which also contained the first four ''Darkwing Duck'' stories from ''Disney Adventures''. |
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⚫ | In July 2015, it was stated that the comic was being delayed for the time being in consideration of other "duck projects."<ref>[http://dafradio.net/2015/07/31/jim-hill-on-the-future-of-disney-infinity/ DAF Radio.net: Jim Hill on the Future of Disney Infinity]</ref> In November, Aaron Sparrow confirmed that production had resumed and the series would be debuting in the spring of 2016. It was officially announced on January 18, 2016, that the new series would begin in April 2016.<ref>[http://diskingdom.com/2016/01/18/darkwing-duck-comic-book-coming-in-april/ Dis Kingdom: Darkwing Duck Comic Book Coming In April]</ref><ref>[http://silvaniart.tumblr.com/post/137576768469 Post on James Silvani's Tumblr]</ref> |
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+ | In July 2022, it was announced the Disney Comics series will be reprinted in trade collections by Dynamite Entertainment.<ref>https://www.cbr.com/disney-darkwing-duck-series-dynamite-entertainment/</ref> |
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− | + | Darkwing_Duck_mini-series_issue1.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Issue #1'''|September 1991}} |
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− | + | Darkwing_Duck_mini-series_issue2.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Issue #2'''|October 1991}} |
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− | + | Darkwing_Duck_mini-series_issue3.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Issue #3'''|November 1991}} |
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− | + | Darkwing_Duck_mini-series_issue4.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Issue #4'''|December 1991}} |
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+ | ==Boom! Studios== |
+ | The second ''Darkwing Duck'' comic series, published by [[Boom! Studios]], was originally announced as a four-issue miniseries, but then extended into an ongoing title due to positive fan reaction. It ultimately ran for 18 issues, with the addition of a special "annual issue", from June [[2010]] to October [[2011]]. The series was written by [[Aaron Sparrow]] (uncredited), Ian Brill, and drawn by [[James Silvani]], and was set one year after the end of the show. Each story arc in the comic was four issues long, as 88 total pages of story was the required length for Boom!'s trade paperbacks. |
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+ | Revised versions of all of this comic's first four story arcs, plus the stories from the annual, were printed in ''[[Darkwing Duck: The Definitively Dangerous Edition]]'' as a lead-in to [[Darkwing Duck (Joe Books)|the comic's continuation]] under [[Joe Books]]. The four revised arcs were also released digitally on {{WikipediaLink|Amazon Kindle}}. "[[Dangerous Currency]]", the comic's final arc, was not reprinted as it was not approved by [[the Walt Disney Company]] and is thus considered non-canon. (Aaron Sparrow had plans to write a new ''[[Darkwing Duck]]''/''[[DuckTales]]'' crossover for the Joe Books series, but the comic was cancelled before it happened.) |
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+ | In July [[2018]], it was announced that the Boom! Studios comic book series would be reprinted in ''Disney Afternoon Giant'' from [[IDW Publishing]].<ref>https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/07/25/idw-october-solicitations-2018-disney-afternoon-giant-darth-vader-castle-star-wars/</ref> "The Duck Knight Returns" arc was reprinted in issues #5-8, but it unfortunately used the original Ian Brill version rather than the ''Definitively Dangerous Edition'' rewrite. |
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+ | ===Story arcs=== |
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+ | Darkwing_Duck_The_Duck_Knight_Returns_TPB.jpg|{{Gallery note|"[[The Duck Knight Returns]]"|#1-4}} |
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+ | Crisis_on_Infinite_Darkwings_trade_paperback.jpg|{{Gallery note|"[[Crisis on Infinite Darkwings]]"|#5-8}} |
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+ | Darkwing Duck Annual A.jpg|{{Gallery note|"[[Toy With Me]]" and "[[The Untimely Terror of the Time Turtle]]"|''Darkwing Duck Annual'' #1}} |
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+ | Darkwing_Duck_FOWL_Disposition_TPB.jpg|{{Gallery note|"[[F.O.W.L. Disposition]]"|#9-12}} |
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+ | Darkwing_Duck_Campaign_Carnage_TPB.jpg|{{Gallery note|"[[Campaign Carnage]]"|#13-16}} |
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+ | Dangerous_Currency_trade_paperback.jpg|{{Gallery note|"[[Dangerous Currency]]"|#17-18 (plus ''DuckTales'' #5-6)}} |
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+ | ===Creator controversy=== |
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+ | Throughout the run of the ''Darkwing Duck'' comic series, there was controversy as to who was responsible for the series. Editor Aaron Sparrow is largely credited with the idea to relaunch the property and has claimed to have plotted the first year's arcs and come up with many of the concepts for following story arcs.<ref>[http://negaverse.net/oldhaunt/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1798 "Comic Q&A: Ask The Professionals", The Old Haunt: A Darkwing Duck forum]</ref> This has been publicly disputed by Boom! and credited series writer Ian Brill. However, artist James Silvani publicly credited Aaron Sparrow not only with the idea of bringing the series back, but assisting him in ghost-writing much of the series and changing a lot of the concepts Brill brought to the series following Sparrow's departure from Boom! Studios. This seems to be further corroborated by the fact that Sparrow and Silvani have both stated they did not write any of the final arc of the series, "Dangerous Currency", which was largely panned by fans for having many glaring character inconsistencies, particularly in the case of [[Fenton Crackshell|Gizmoduck]].<ref>[http://negaverse.net/oldhaunt/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1966 "Dangerous Currency: Crossover Talkback", The Old Haunt: A Darkwing Duck forum]</ref> |
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+ | ''Darkwing Duck'' creator Tad Stones also publicly credited Aaron Sparrow with bringing the character back in a [[2010]] Boom Kids! "Get A Sketch" panel at Comic-Con International. It may also be noted that Sparrow continues to make public appearances with Silvani and Stones, and Ian Brill does not. In a [[2011]] livestream interview, Tad Stones admits that he was unhappy with later issues of the series, and particularly criticized the election arc, of which he "tried to talk them out of". When questioned on whether he had read the entire comic series he stated: "Not the later stuff. I applaud what James tried to do. I hear he saved them, but I thought the central premises were wrong." <ref>[http://negaverse.net/ChatlogLivestreamwithTadandAaron.html#criticism "Chatlog: Livestream with Tad Stones and Aaron Sparrow", Negaverse.net]</ref> |
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+ | In [[2013]], Disney European publisher Egmont released a compendium of the first three story arcs from the comic. Aaron Sparrow's story credits were not only restored, but he and James Silvani created an all-new 3-page introduction, and Ian Brill's dialogue was replaced with original dialogue by Sparrow. |
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+ | When it was announced in [[2014]] that the comic was going to be continued under [[Joe Books]], it was stated that the ''Definitively Dangerous Edition'' omnibus leading in to the new series would contain revised art and a new epilogue, and that the scripts had been "painstakingly rewritten" by Aaron Sparrow to better match the cartoon. The omnibus also did not contain "Dangerous Currency", seeming to further call into question Ian Brill's claims of sole authorship. Brill subsequently stated on his Tumblr account that he and the comic's former editor, Christoper Burns, felt "this book will not reflect our intentions for the material, [so] we wish for our names to be removed from the book, and for our names not to be used in the promotion of the book."<ref>[http://ibrill.tumblr.com/post/103204046970/a-statement-about-the-darkwing-duck-omnibus "A statement about the Darkwing Duck omnibus" on Ian Brill's Tumblr]</ref> |
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⚫ | The third ''Darkwing Duck'' comic series, published by [[Joe Books]], continued from where issue #16 of the [[Darkwing Duck (Boom! Studios)|preceding series]] left off. Artist [[James Silvani]] announced the series on his Twitter account in October [[2014]], in that a new ongoing ''Darkwing Duck'' series would begin publication in [[2015]]. Silvani said in his Tumblr post that "Aaron and I have already begun and will give more details as soon as possible."<ref>[http://silvaniart.tumblr.com/post/100686063264 "The Duck Knight Returns... again!" post on James Silvani's Tumblr]</ref><ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id-56533 Comic Book Resources: Joe Books' "Darkwing Duck" Omnibus to Lead into New Ongoing]</ref> |
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⚫ | [[Aaron Sparrow]] stated that, unlike the previous series, the new comic would not be required to have every story be a four-issue arc.<ref>[http://www.negaverse.net/oldhaunt/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2655&sid=60710067adb24d299af14eb1166ba920&start=14#p48479 Post by Aaron Sparrow on The Old Haunt forum]</ref> He also stated that the new comic would have a few new crossovers with ''[[DuckTales]]''<ref>[http://www.negaverse.net/oldhaunt/viewtopic.php?f=25&p=49678 Mentioned in this post on The Old Haunt Forum]</ref> (replacing the no-longer-canon "Dangerous Currency" arc). |
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⚫ | In July 2015, it was stated that the comic was being delayed for the time being, in consideration of [[DuckTales (2017 series)|other "duck projects."]]<ref>[http://dafradio.net/2015/07/31/jim-hill-on-the-future-of-disney-infinity/ DAF Radio.net: Jim Hill on the Future of Disney Infinity]</ref> In November, Aaron Sparrow confirmed that production had resumed and that the series would be debuting in the spring of 2016. It was officially announced on [[January 18]], [[2016]], that the new series would begin in April 2016.<ref>[http://diskingdom.com/2016/01/18/darkwing-duck-comic-book-coming-in-april/ Dis Kingdom: Darkwing Duck Comic Book Coming In April]</ref><ref>[http://silvaniart.tumblr.com/post/137576768469 Post on James Silvani's Tumblr]</ref> |
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+ | Unfortunately, despite strong sales and positive reception from critics and fans, Disney never promoted the comic or allowed the creators to do interviews about it,<ref>[http://twitter.com/Aaron_Sparrow/status/1292535613187477505 Tweet by Aaron Sparrow]</ref><ref>[http://twitter.com/Aaron_Sparrow/status/162139518756914144 Tweet by Aaron Sparrow]</ref> resulting in only eight issues seeing print. |
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+ | <gallery widths=150 spacing=small position=center captionalign=center> |
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+ | Darkwing_Duck_JoeBooks_2_cover.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Issue #2'''|May 25, 2016}} |
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+ | Darkwing_Duck_JoeBooks_3_cover.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Issue #3'''|July 13, 2016}} |
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+ | Darkwing_Duck_JoeBooks_4_cover.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Issue #4'''|August 24, 2016}} |
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+ | Darkwing_Duck_JoeBooks_5_solicited_cover.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Issue #5'''|September 28, 2016}} |
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+ | Darkwing_Duck_JoeBooks_7_cover.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Issue #7'''|January 25, [[2017]]}} |
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+ | Darkwing_Duck_JoeBooks_8_cover.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Issue #8'''|March 8, 2017}} |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ===Reprint collections=== |
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+ | <gallery widths=150 spacing=small position=center captionalign=center> |
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+ | Darkwing_Duck_Comics_Collection_V2.jpg|{{Gallery note|'''Volume 2: Tales of the Duck Knight'''|March 25, 2017<br /><small>Collects issues #5-8.</small>}} |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==Dynamite Entertainment== |
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+ | [[File:DWD 1 Brenda Hickey cover.jpg|thumb|250px|Brenda Hickey's variant cover for issue #1.]] |
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+ | In July [[2022]], it was announced that a new ''Darkwing Duck'' comic will be published by [[Dynamite Entertainment]] in 2023.<ref>https://www.cbr.com/disney-darkwing-duck-series-dynamite-entertainment/</ref> Unfortunately, this new series does not continue the storyline from the Boom!/Joe Books titles,<ref>[https://twitter.com/Aaron_Sparrow/status/1577055638332375040 Tweet by Aaron Sparrow]</ref> instead being written by Amanda Deibert and drawn by Carlo Lauro. As such, many of the plot threads from the preceding series will likely never be resolved. For this reason, along with the comic contradicting numerous things from the actual cartoons and the previous comics, it is not considered canon. |
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+ | The series' first issue was released on [[January 25]], 2023, and ran for a total of ten issues. A spin-off mini-series starring [[Negaduck]] began on September 13th of the same year. A second mini-series, focusing on the [[Justice Ducks]] team, launched on [[January 24]], [[2024]]. |
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==References== |
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+ | ==External links== |
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+ | * {{Inducks publication|us|DAR|Darkwing Duck (Disney Comics)}} |
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+ | * {{Inducks publication|us|DARB|Darkwing Duck (Boom! Studios)}} |
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+ | * {{Inducks publication|us|DARJ|Darkwing Duck (Joe Books)}} |
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+ | * [[w:c:the-disney-afternoon: Darkwing Duck (Disney Comics)|The Disney Afternoon Wiki: Darkwing Duck (Disney Comics)]] |
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+ | * [[w:c:the-disney-afternoon: Darkwing Duck (Boom! Studios)|The Disney Afternoon Wiki: Darkwing Duck (Boom! Studios)]] |
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+ | * [[w:c:the-disney-afternoon: Darkwing Duck (Joe Books)|The Disney Afternoon Wiki: Darkwing Duck (Joe Books)]] |
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Darkwing Duck has been adapted as a comic book series under at least four different publishers.
Disney Comics
The first Darkwing Duck comic book was a four-issue mini-series published by Disney Comics from September to December of 1991. Coinciding with the show's premiere on the Disney Afternoon and ABC, it featured "Brawl in the Family", a comic adaptation of the show's two-part series premiere, "Darkly Dawns the Duck".
Like the TaleSpin mini-series before it, it was intended to serve as the beginning for a regular Darkwing Duck comic book. However, right when the mini-series came out, the Disney Comics Implosion occurred and resulted in the cancellation of most of the company's regular titles. As a result, plans for a regular Darkwing title were cancelled, and for the next three years, Darkwing Duck comics were featured only in Disney Adventures.
"Brawl in the Family" was fully reprinted in Disney's Colossal Comics Collection #4, and later reprinted again by Boom! Studios for the trade paperback Darkwing Duck Classics, which also contained the first four Darkwing Duck stories from Disney Adventures.
In July 2022, it was announced the Disney Comics series will be reprinted in trade collections by Dynamite Entertainment.[1]
Boom! Studios
The second Darkwing Duck comic series, published by Boom! Studios, was originally announced as a four-issue miniseries, but then extended into an ongoing title due to positive fan reaction. It ultimately ran for 18 issues, with the addition of a special "annual issue", from June 2010 to October 2011. The series was written by Aaron Sparrow (uncredited), Ian Brill, and drawn by James Silvani, and was set one year after the end of the show. Each story arc in the comic was four issues long, as 88 total pages of story was the required length for Boom!'s trade paperbacks.
Revised versions of all of this comic's first four story arcs, plus the stories from the annual, were printed in Darkwing Duck: The Definitively Dangerous Edition as a lead-in to the comic's continuation under Joe Books. The four revised arcs were also released digitally on Amazon Kindle. "Dangerous Currency", the comic's final arc, was not reprinted as it was not approved by the Walt Disney Company and is thus considered non-canon. (Aaron Sparrow had plans to write a new Darkwing Duck/DuckTales crossover for the Joe Books series, but the comic was cancelled before it happened.)
In July 2018, it was announced that the Boom! Studios comic book series would be reprinted in Disney Afternoon Giant from IDW Publishing.[2] "The Duck Knight Returns" arc was reprinted in issues #5-8, but it unfortunately used the original Ian Brill version rather than the Definitively Dangerous Edition rewrite.
Story arcs
Creator controversy
Throughout the run of the Darkwing Duck comic series, there was controversy as to who was responsible for the series. Editor Aaron Sparrow is largely credited with the idea to relaunch the property and has claimed to have plotted the first year's arcs and come up with many of the concepts for following story arcs.[3] This has been publicly disputed by Boom! and credited series writer Ian Brill. However, artist James Silvani publicly credited Aaron Sparrow not only with the idea of bringing the series back, but assisting him in ghost-writing much of the series and changing a lot of the concepts Brill brought to the series following Sparrow's departure from Boom! Studios. This seems to be further corroborated by the fact that Sparrow and Silvani have both stated they did not write any of the final arc of the series, "Dangerous Currency", which was largely panned by fans for having many glaring character inconsistencies, particularly in the case of Gizmoduck.[4]
Darkwing Duck creator Tad Stones also publicly credited Aaron Sparrow with bringing the character back in a 2010 Boom Kids! "Get A Sketch" panel at Comic-Con International. It may also be noted that Sparrow continues to make public appearances with Silvani and Stones, and Ian Brill does not. In a 2011 livestream interview, Tad Stones admits that he was unhappy with later issues of the series, and particularly criticized the election arc, of which he "tried to talk them out of". When questioned on whether he had read the entire comic series he stated: "Not the later stuff. I applaud what James tried to do. I hear he saved them, but I thought the central premises were wrong." [5]
In 2013, Disney European publisher Egmont released a compendium of the first three story arcs from the comic. Aaron Sparrow's story credits were not only restored, but he and James Silvani created an all-new 3-page introduction, and Ian Brill's dialogue was replaced with original dialogue by Sparrow.
When it was announced in 2014 that the comic was going to be continued under Joe Books, it was stated that the Definitively Dangerous Edition omnibus leading in to the new series would contain revised art and a new epilogue, and that the scripts had been "painstakingly rewritten" by Aaron Sparrow to better match the cartoon. The omnibus also did not contain "Dangerous Currency", seeming to further call into question Ian Brill's claims of sole authorship. Brill subsequently stated on his Tumblr account that he and the comic's former editor, Christoper Burns, felt "this book will not reflect our intentions for the material, [so] we wish for our names to be removed from the book, and for our names not to be used in the promotion of the book."[6]
Joe Books
The third Darkwing Duck comic series, published by Joe Books, continued from where issue #16 of the preceding series left off. Artist James Silvani announced the series on his Twitter account in October 2014, in that a new ongoing Darkwing Duck series would begin publication in 2015. Silvani said in his Tumblr post that "Aaron and I have already begun and will give more details as soon as possible."[7][8]
Aaron Sparrow stated that, unlike the previous series, the new comic would not be required to have every story be a four-issue arc.[9] He also stated that the new comic would have a few new crossovers with DuckTales[10] (replacing the no-longer-canon "Dangerous Currency" arc).
In July 2015, it was stated that the comic was being delayed for the time being, in consideration of other "duck projects."[11] In November, Aaron Sparrow confirmed that production had resumed and that the series would be debuting in the spring of 2016. It was officially announced on January 18, 2016, that the new series would begin in April 2016.[12][13]
Unfortunately, despite strong sales and positive reception from critics and fans, Disney never promoted the comic or allowed the creators to do interviews about it,[14][15] resulting in only eight issues seeing print.
Issues
Reprint collections
Dynamite Entertainment
In July 2022, it was announced that a new Darkwing Duck comic will be published by Dynamite Entertainment in 2023.[16] Unfortunately, this new series does not continue the storyline from the Boom!/Joe Books titles,[17] instead being written by Amanda Deibert and drawn by Carlo Lauro. As such, many of the plot threads from the preceding series will likely never be resolved. For this reason, along with the comic contradicting numerous things from the actual cartoons and the previous comics, it is not considered canon.
The series' first issue was released on January 25, 2023, and ran for a total of ten issues. A spin-off mini-series starring Negaduck began on September 13th of the same year. A second mini-series, focusing on the Justice Ducks team, launched on January 24, 2024.
References
- ↑ https://www.cbr.com/disney-darkwing-duck-series-dynamite-entertainment/
- ↑ https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/07/25/idw-october-solicitations-2018-disney-afternoon-giant-darth-vader-castle-star-wars/
- ↑ "Comic Q&A: Ask The Professionals", The Old Haunt: A Darkwing Duck forum
- ↑ "Dangerous Currency: Crossover Talkback", The Old Haunt: A Darkwing Duck forum
- ↑ "Chatlog: Livestream with Tad Stones and Aaron Sparrow", Negaverse.net
- ↑ "A statement about the Darkwing Duck omnibus" on Ian Brill's Tumblr
- ↑ "The Duck Knight Returns... again!" post on James Silvani's Tumblr
- ↑ Comic Book Resources: Joe Books' "Darkwing Duck" Omnibus to Lead into New Ongoing
- ↑ Post by Aaron Sparrow on The Old Haunt forum
- ↑ Mentioned in this post on The Old Haunt Forum
- ↑ DAF Radio.net: Jim Hill on the Future of Disney Infinity
- ↑ Dis Kingdom: Darkwing Duck Comic Book Coming In April
- ↑ Post on James Silvani's Tumblr
- ↑ Tweet by Aaron Sparrow
- ↑ Tweet by Aaron Sparrow
- ↑ https://www.cbr.com/disney-darkwing-duck-series-dynamite-entertainment/
- ↑ Tweet by Aaron Sparrow
External links
- The Disney Afternoon Wiki: Darkwing Duck (Disney Comics)
- The Disney Afternoon Wiki: Darkwing Duck (Boom! Studios)
- The Disney Afternoon Wiki: Darkwing Duck (Joe Books)
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