Darkwing Duck: The Duck Knight Returns
The classic nineties Disney hero, Darkwing Duck, is back! Well, at least in comic book form. News over at the website Inside the Magic.net reveals that Darkwing Duck will once again return to comics via Disney’s BOOM! Studios in a series called The Duck Knight Returns.
Darkwing Duck was always one of my favorite Disney characters. Mostly because of the not so clever take off on a bumbling Batman clone. However, I always thought the villains were extremely cool looking and the stories had a neat comic book spin. Of course, it’s been awhile since I’ve taken a look at them. Nevertheless, it’s cool to see Disney taking some time to revisit some of their classic cartoon franchises in this day an age of Hannah Montana and whatever other drek they happen to be peddling to kids these days.
It’s been almost 20 years, if you can believe that, since Darkwing Duck made any sort of appearance. Be that as it may, a quick scan of YouTube will net you a bunch of episodes from the half hour cartoon that used to run in the 1990′s. For those that don’t remember this character from the old Disney Afternoon days, here’s a look at the first part of Episode 1:
For those of you who do remember this classic character, you should be happy to know that you can check out a preview of the first five pages by clicking here. There is also an interview with the comic’s writer and cover artist here.
Thanks to Justin for the link!
