Darkwing Duck #2

Writer: Amanda Deibert Artist: Carlo Lauro Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Release Date: February 22, 2023

QUACKERJACK! Nefarious ne'er-do-well, and bane of Darkwing Duck's existence! With his cadre of silly-yet-dangerous (but mostly silly) toy weapons, Q-Jack (as the kids call him) aims to reign terror upon the citizens of St. Canard! Normally, D-Wing (as no one calls him) is great at focusing on fending off the criminal element...but at the moment, he's particularly overprotective of his daughter Gosalyn. SO overprotective, in fact, that he's considering...RETIRING FROM BEING A SUPERHERO!?!?!?!

  • 8.5

    This comic keeps the wit and amusement of the original cartoon alive and well. The story was full of excitement and laughs. As I'd hoped Darkwing is once again one of the most amusing comics around today. They did a great job showing us how overprotective a parent Drake Mallard is. But it is understandable since not every father is a superhero, and not every child is as energetic and fearless as Gosalyn either. This issue left off with a great prelude to our next adventure. We've already seen Darkwing hang up his costume for Civilian life before in the Boom series (though that was under completely different circumstances), but I look forward to seeing how he deals with it this time.
    This issue brings up the interesting question few fans brought up in the '90s because they were too young to even consider it, but Gosalyn finally asked how drake supported them without a real job. He gave a humorous reply, but I read a while back that his main means of support was that he was actually paid by SHUSH for his services.
    As always with a Darkwing book I can't wait for the next issue. Not only is Drake going to have to fight the temptation to return to crime fighting, but Bushroot's going to return. Stories with him are usually fun, so I expect it to be, just like this issue was.

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