Destroyer Duck was an anthology comic book published by Eclipse Enterprises in 1982, as well as the title of its primary story, written by Steve Gerber and featuring artwork by Jack Kirby. Anthology may also mean a Alien Ant Farm album ANThology, see Anthology (AAF Album) An anthology is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Steve Gerber (born 20 September 1947) is an American writer of comic books. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Fantastic Four, one of Kirbys most famous co-creations. ...

The book was published as a way to help Gerber raise funds for a lawsuit he was embroiled with at the time, in which he was battling industry giant Marvel Comics over the ownership of the character Howard the Duck, which Gerber created for the company in 1973. Jump to: navigation, search Marvel Comics, NYSE: MVL (AKA Marvel Entertainment Group, Marvel Characters, Inc. ... Howard the Duck #8 (January 1977), art by Gene Colan Howard the Duck is a comic book fictional character created by Steve Gerber for Marvel Comics and featured in several comic book series of the same name. ...

The main story of the comic told the story of Duke "Destroyer" Duck, a resident of a typical anthropomorphic comic-book world, who had witnessed his best friend, identified only as "The Little Guy" or "T.L.G.," vanish into thin air before his eyes. Some years later, T.L.G. reappeared only to die at Destroyer's feet - but not before telling the tale of how he was exploited and destroyed by a thoughtless conglomeration, "Godcorp." Swearing revenge, Destroyer vowed to take down Godcorp no matter the cost. The strong implication, of course, is that The Little Guy was in fact Howard the Duck himself (though the character was never depicted clearly enough for a positive identification), which would make Godcorp the stand-in for Marvel. Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification or prosopopeia, is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature, and others. ...

Subsequent Destroyer Duck tales would reveal that the Little Guy who died at Destroyer's feet was in fact a clone, and the original was still held captive by Godcorp; eventually, Gerber (by that point on better terms with Marvel, the lawsuit having long since been settled) would reveal that The Little Guy's real name was actually "Leonard" - a new duck character that, for all intents and purposes, was identical in every way (except in name and character ownership) to Howard.

The original Destroyer Duck comic was also notable in that it contained the first appearence of Sergio Aragones's character Groo the Wanderer. Destroyer Duck and The Savage Dragon both made cameo appearances in an issue of Marvel Team-Up, which brought together, Howard, Peter Paker (the original Spider-Man), and Parker's clone, Ben Reilly, who was at the time using the Spider-Man identity. Destroyer Duck and Savage Dragon do not appear directly, and are thuse never identified by name, however, Destroyer Duck is clearly obvious to those who remember the character as is Dragon. Destroyer met Howard in a brief panel of the book, in which only their faces were partialy shown in darkness. Sergio Aragonés (born 1937) is a cartoonist and writer. ... Jump to: navigation, search Groo the Wanderer is a fantasy/comedy comic book series written and drawn by Sergio Aragonés, rewritten, coplotted and edited by Mark Evanier, lettered by Stan Sakai, and colored by Tom Luth. ...

Reference

1. Toonopedia article on Destroyer Duck.