Darkwing Duck #1 Review

Writer: Aaaron Sparrow/ Artist: James Silvani / Joe Books (Disney) If you’re not a comic book reader or if you find yourself stuck in that comic book limbo that we’ve all been in, then allow me to forcibly yank you out of it. Allow me to show you the Terror that Flaps In the Night. The surprise in your cereal box… Darkwing Duck! If you couldn’t tell by that shimmering soliloquy I’m talking about the new Darkwing Duck comic book which had its first issue in April, entitled “Orange is the New Purple.” This comic book obviously follows everyone’s favorite crime fighting duck, Drake Mallard (Darkwing Duck) as he defends the city of St. Canard from devious, devilish… uh, delinquents. Here’s the synopsis: “The Terror that Flaps in the Night is back in this all-new, ongoing comic series! Megavolt, Darkwing Duck’s most electrifying nemesis, has been defeated once again, and is now locked up in St. Canard’s new ‘escape-proof’ prison. But is this all just part of a much more dastardly plan?”

This comic book has the feeling of the already amazing TV show, and if you remember everyone’s voices like I do then you’ll have an even better time. All of the characters we grew to love (or hate, depending on how you feel) are back. You know like Launchpad McQuack, who still doesn’t have his drivers license, Gosalyn Mallard who is his adopted daughter (a VERY good story of how he adopted her is in the show and you should try to find it) and all of the villains that you remember and even some…