{"id":228,"date":"2005-01-20T21:59:06","date_gmt":"2005-01-20T21:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/2005\/01\/20\/destroyer-duck-2-mommie-noises\/"},"modified":"2005-01-20T21:59:06","modified_gmt":"2005-01-20T21:59:06","slug":"destroyer-duck-2-mommie-noises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/archives\/228","title":{"rendered":"Destroyer Duck #2 [1983]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year after the lawsuit benefit one-shot, DESTROYER DUCK returned for a regular series, with the Gerber\/Kirby\/Alcala team re-united up to #5. This issue features &#8220;Mommie Noises&#8221;, which begins with Duke building a device to get back to his Earth while Holmes is suing GodCorp. Duke is targeted for assassination, but defeats the would-be assassin (with some odd asides about Mariel Hemingway which I don&#8217;t get). Meanwhile, in one of my favourite scenes in the series (and setting up my absolute favourite in an upcoming issue), company man Booster Cogburn delivers some arms and a message to a General in Hoqoom, and gets uppity, only to get shot and have his spine crawl off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2005\/01\/Destroyer-Duck-2-1983.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3335\" alt=\"Destroyer Duck #2 [1983]\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2005\/01\/Destroyer-Duck-2-1983-703x1024.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2005\/01\/Destroyer-Duck-2-1983-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2005\/01\/Destroyer-Duck-2-1983-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2005\/01\/Destroyer-Duck-2-1983-624x908.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2005\/01\/Destroyer-Duck-2-1983.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We then catch up with the GodCorp executives and their plans for Hoqoom, including the exploitation of Vanilla Cupcake, and then we meet Medea, a rather strange but brilliant parody of the then-popular Elektra. While Duke has his battle with her, we find out more about Vanilla Cupcake and the Cogburn.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fun issue setting up the storylines for the next few issues, with some nicely wacky characters and some interesting art by Kirby in the fight scenes. I really like Alcala&#8217;s inks in here as well, especially with the very nice paper and printing that Eclipse had at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The cover is by Kirby\/Alcala, and this issue also has the first chapter of the Jerry Siegel\/Val Mayerik series &#8220;The Starling&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Published 1983<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year after the lawsuit benefit one-shot, DESTROYER DUCK returned for a regular series, with the Gerber\/Kirby\/Alcala team re-united up to #5. This issue features &#8220;Mommie Noises&#8221;, which begins with Duke building a device to get back to his Earth while Holmes is suing GodCorp. 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