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Howard the Duck is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Steve Gerber, based very loosely on his college friend Howard Tockman, [1] and artist Val Mayerik.
Plot. Howard the Duck lives on Duckworld, a planet similar to Earth but inhabited by anthropomorphic ducks. One night, his armchair propels him out of his apartment building and into outer space; Howard lands on Earth, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Howard the Duck: Directed by Willard Huyck. With Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale. A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invasion with the help of a nerdy scientist and a struggling female rock singer.
- (51K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Willard Huyck
- 1986-08-01
Born on Duckworld, Howard the semi-humanoid duck grows up a mediocre loner. Then, he’s forcibly pulled to Earth-616 by mystical means! Cynical and argumentative, this furious fowl tries to fit in, eventually finding work as a peevish private eye.
George Lucas presents Howard the Duck - the comedy adventure about a fast-talking, cigar-chomping, beer-loving duck from a parallel universe who somehow wind...
- 9 min
- 90.1K
- Universal Pictures All-Access
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to...
- 2 min
- 815.6K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
Howard, a duck the size of a human child, is accidentally brought to Earth through a laser beam in an experiment being performed by a Cleveland physicist Dr. Walter Jenning, and his assistant Phil Blumburtt. Howard ends up in Cleveland, where he rescues singer Beverly Switzer from a group of thugs.
