Who Is Howard the Duck? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Howard the Duck is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Howard Duckson, with over 583 comic issue appearances. Howard is a cigar-smoking anthropomorphic duck who lived in New Stork City on the planet Duckworld (in a parallel dimension). He was transported to and became trapped on our world, where he became close friends with Beverly Switzler. Most people of Earth simply do not believe that he is a talking duck.

Who is Howard the Duck?

Origin Howard was a resident of a parallel universe to that of the 616 Marvel Universe. He was a citizen of Duckworld , in which he lived an ordinary, yet quiet life. However, things soon changed dramatically for Howard when a demon named Thog the Overmaster sought to unite all realities into one reality, which he would then control. In this event, Howard was taken from his world and transported to Earth, in the Florida everglades (which is the site of Earth's nexus of all realities ). Dakimh the Enchanter , a sorcerer who was a nemesis of Thog, recruited Howard and the others who were taken from their home realities to fight Thog, a battle which they ultimately won. On his way back to his own world, Howard fell off of the Stepping Stones of Oblivion and fell to Cleveland, Ohio . This event left him stranded on this Earth, far away from his own reality. Creation Howard the Duck was created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik and first appeared in Adventure into Fear #19 (1973).

Key facts

Howard the Duck is of alien origin and first appeared in "The Enchanter's Apprentice!". The character is published by Marvel. With 583 recorded issue appearances, Howard the Duck ranks among the most featured characters in comics.