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Warning : control spoilers forHoward the Duck#1 !
There is a newStar - Lordin the Marvel Universe , and he stole the title from Peter Quill . Star - Lord , the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy , is one of the premier submarine of the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe . Yet inHoward the Duck#1,readers find out the titular fowl has usurped the form of address from Quill , and the rest of the Guardians are not thrilled .
The action extend in the story “ Waugh If ? Howard the Duck Became the New Star - Lord , ” by Merritt K and Will Robson , appearing inHoward the Duck#1 . Howard the Duck is the new Star - Lord , having incur the deed through less than honorable means , he chafe Kitty Pryde , who hold in the Mickey Charles Mantle when Howard signed onto the Guardians . Pryde left the Guardians , and Howard began promise himself the raw Star - Lord .
The remaining Guardians are not happy with their new loss leader , who has read them on mostly pet rescue jobs , while Rocket feels they should be doing much more .
There is a Precedent for Howard the Duck Meeting the Guardians of the Galaxy
Howard the Duck Is a Drifter
While most associate Peter Quill with Star - Lord , the effect Howard mentioned in “ Waugh If ? ” actually did take place in the comics … sort of . During Brian Michael Bendis ’ incumbency onGuardians of the Galaxy , Kitty Pryde fall in the squad , and when Quill left , she in brief took on the title Star - Lord . This did not last , and Pryde would return to Earth in clip for the source of the Krakoa Era . Peter Quill would also once again call himself Star - Lord , and render to the Guardians . It was during Pryde ’s reign as Star - Lord that the Guardians met Howard the Duck .
“ Waugh If ? ” alludes to this meeting , but events unfold differently . Howard pesters Pryde until she quits the team and then he moves to take her place . Doing so continues the discharge of Howard ’s spirit . Thrust famously into “ a earth he never create , ” Howard the Duck has been a fad icon in the Marvel Universe for 50 class . Howard ’s serial publication in the 1970s , written by Steve Gerber , was groundbreaking , bringing antagonistic - cultural musical theme to the Marvel mainstream . However , after Gerber impress on from the character , Howard began to drift through the Marvel Universe , never really finding a place to call his own .
Cult hero Howard the Duck celebrates his fiftieth day of remembrance and Marvel has used the social occasion to call out a harsh truth about him .
The Guardians Have Been Accepting to Many…Except Howard the Duck
Will Howard the Duck Ever Fit In?
And lead the Guardians of the Galaxy may not be in the cards for Howard either . Under Gerber ’s direction , Howard want to be leave aloneto live his lifespan , but fate kept throwing curveballs at him in the pattern of kooky villains and outlandish situations . Howard emerge from these dilemmas looking like the Heron , but it was never intentional . This is mirrored in Howard ’s hesitation to take on high profile cases for the Guardians : he simply require to come up a place to call his own , not lay aside the population . alas , this puts the newStar - Lordat odds with the Guardians .
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Howard the Duck#1 ( 2023 )
