Howard the Duck

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Cinematic and Comics and Howard the Duck (1986)

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Modern, Comics: Recruited into A.R.M.O.R., he is sent by Morbius to collect samples across zombie universes and recruits Machine Man.

Cinematic

Anthropomorphic duck kept as a specimen in the Collector's museum until its 2014 destruction. He later partied on Contraxia with the Ravagers, survived the Snap, was portaled to Earth in 2023 to join the final battle against Thanos's army, and by 2026 lived on Knowhere among the Guardians' circle.

Comics

Howard Duckson is a cigar-smoking, sarcastic talking duck from Duckworld, a parallel Earth, who was knocked into the Florida swamp on Earth-616 and has been stuck there since. He drifts between odd jobs and misadventures in Cleveland and New York with Beverly Switzler, and is repeatedly pulled across dimensions through the Nexus of All Realities. He later becomes a private investigator and a short-lived Living Nexus.

Howard the Duck (1986)

Howard is an anthropomorphic duck from Duckworld, pulled to Cleveland on Earth when a lab laser hits his apartment. He befriends Beverly Switzler and Phil Blumburtt, defeats a Dark Overlord of the Universe, and loses his way home by destroying the laser to keep Earth safe.

Timeline 20 events

  1. Bronze · Comics: Hell-Lord Thog shifts the Cosmic Axis and drops Howard from Duckworld into the Florida Everglades on Earth-616, where he joins the Man-Thing's circle against Thog.
  2. Bronze · Comics: He lands in Cleveland, Ohio, and faces Garko the Man-Frog and Bessie the Hellcow.
  3. Bronze · Comics: He meets Beverly Switzler in Cleveland and later runs for president on a minor ticket.
  4. Bronze · Comics: Dakimh and the Man-Thing take him to the Castle in the Sky, and the group travels by spaceship to destroy the demon Bzzk'joh and his Death Store.
  5. Bronze · Comics: He and Beverly visit Duckworld on Earth-791021, then are sent back to the Nexus in Florida by Ducktor Strange.
  6. Modern · Comics: A cosmic wormhole opened by She-Hulk pulls him into an unusual multiversal incident.
  7. Modern · Comics: He gives Generation X a lift in California, and the group later escapes Black Tom Cassidy through the Man-Thing and the Nexus.
  8. Modern · Comics: As one of the Daydreamers he drifts through the Nexus with Franklin Richards, passes Nevernever-Narnozbia, and reaches Duckworld, then returns to Florida.
  9. Modern · Comics: During the Civil War, government records conclude that he does not officially exist, relieving him of registration duties.
  10. Modern · Comics: Recruited into A.R.M.O.R., he is sent by Morbius to collect samples across zombie universes and recruits Machine Man.
  11. Modern · Comics: During Fear Itself he leads the Fearsome Four to calm a rampaging Man-Thing.
  12. Modern · Comics: He leads the Ducky Dozen into Earth-12591 against zombie Nazis and Asgardians, and few of the team survive.
  13. Secret Wars · Comics: As a private investigator in Brooklyn he is kidnapped by the Collector and ends up fighting Talos the Untamed over the Abundant Gems.
  14. Secret Wars · Comics: A bid to use the Compassion Gem to go home merges him with the Nexus of All Realities, making him a Living Nexus.
  15. Secret Wars · Comics: The Sparkitect Chipp stabs him fatally while he exposes Mojo's reality show, and Doctor Strange restores him through Jho's efforts.
  16. 2014 · Cinematic: Howard is held in the Collector's museum when the Orb is brought there and the museum is largely wrecked.
  17. 2014 · Cinematic: Some months later Howard leaves the museum and goes on a date with the Ravager Molly in Contraxia.
  18. 2018 · Cinematic: Howard survives the Snap.
  19. 2023 · Cinematic: Howard, with the Ravagers on Contraxia, is recruited by the Masters of the Mystic Arts and portaled to the destroyed Avengers Compound on Earth to fight an alternate Thanos.
  20. 2026 · Cinematic: Howard is living on Knowhere and plays cards with Kraglin, Cosmo and other residents.

enemy of

Talos, Thanos, Mojo, Dark Overlord of the Universe, Lieutenant Welker

allied with

Taneleer Tivan (Collector), Cosmo the Spacedog, Kraglin Obfonteri, Man-Thing, Beverly Switzler, She-Hulk, Phil Blumburtt, Walter Jenning

travels to

Contraxia, Earth, Knowhere

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Last checked 22 Oct 2026