—Howard the DuckEvery night when I go to sleep I... I think about the prisoners I left behind on that planet. Yeah, I want to go home. But if I have a chance to... if I don't help these two make it right, I... what kind of duck would I be?
Appearing in "Deep Space Whine"
Featured Characters:
- Howard the Duck (Main story and flashforward)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Wizard
- Gatherers
- Gatherer 7-X9 (Appears on screen) (First appearance; dies)
- Skrull Empire
- Commander K'Rolf (Appears on screen) (First appearance; dies)
- The Stranger
Other Characters:
- The Collector (Taneleer Tivan) (Mentioned)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Mentioned)
- Thanos (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Locations:
- Multiverse (Appears on screen)
- Prime Marvel Universe
- Earth-791021 (Mentioned)
- Duckworld (Mentioned)
Items:
Vehicles:
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard (Only in flashforward)
- Thundertrek (Shocket and Linda's ship) (Destruction)
- C.I.T.T.
Synopsis for "Deep Space Whine"
One week earlier, at Citrusville, Florida, Linda and Shocket aimed weapons at Howard and demanded that he come with them. The Wizard intervened and grabbed Howard before Thundertrek arrived. Due to Howard being bonded with the Nexus of All Realities, the Wizard accidentally sent himself home due to saying that he wanted to go home while holding onto Howard. Then, Linda revealed that she and Shocket were clones of Howard and Rocket and that they needed his help to save everyone else trapped by the Collector. Howard agreed to go with them, as he felt guilty for previously leaving behind some prisoners with the Collector.
In space, Thundertrek was attacked by both the Gatherers and the Skrulls. While attempting to flee the two enemy parties, a giant ship destroyed the enemy parties' ships before teleporting Howard on it. Onboard the giant ship, Howard encountered the Stranger, who revealed to him that, as the Living Nexus, he could create an entirely new universe, one without Thanos or the Avengers. The Stranger planned to keep Howard and destroyed the Thundertek upon learning that its passengers were his "friends."
Elsewhere, five minutes earlier, Tara, Linda, and Shocket found themselves onboard the C.I.T.T. and encountered the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Appearing in "Ms. Poole if You're Nasty (Part Three of Three)"
Featured Characters:
- Howard T. Duck Private Investigations (Main story and flashback)
- Howard the Duck (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Gwenpool (Gwen Poole) ⏵ (Main story and flashback) (Impersonates a Doomsday Cultist)
Antagonists:
- Black Cat's Gang
- Hydra (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Madame Hydra (Ophelia Sarkissian) (Mentioned)
- Nick Fury (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Duckworldians (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Gwenpool's Reality (Mentioned)
- Earth-791021 (Mentioned)
Items:
- Doomsday Virus (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Ms. Poole if You're Nasty (Part Three of Three)"
At a cemetery, Howard returned to Black Cat with a box.
Earlier, Gwenpool used Howard as a parachute to land next to the Hydra base. Meanwhile, a woman from Hydra was studying the effects of the Doomsday Virus before ordering it to be portioned through the subway in order to start a pandemic and make demands in exchange for releasing the cure. Gwenpool and Howard came out of hiding and attacked the woman, who Gwenpool mistook for Madame Hydra, as they were both brunettes working for Hydra. Gwenpool grabbed a box containing the virus and ingested the virus. The woman subsequently attempted to escape before Howard pinned her down, using a table. Then, Gwenpool began experiencing the effects of the virus, so the woman from Hydra gave her the cure, so that she wouldn't infect them all. Before leaving, Howard gave the rest of the cure to a Hydra test subject and recalled that they were supposed to give the virus to Black Cat, so she wouldn't send him to jail.
In the present, Black Cat took the box from Howard, then a cloaked figure, who claimed to have sold the virus to her, bought the box for more than she bought the virus for. After Black Cat left with the money, the hooded figure revealed herself to be Gwenpool. Howard revealed to Gwenpool that he ended up in the Prime Marvel Universe through a reality Nexus, while Gwenpool would not reveal how she ended up there.
Solicit Synopsis
• The entire universe is after Howard! Is it because he’s very handsome? Charming? Yes!
• No, wait. Of course not. Sorry.
• Howard is actually very difficult to be around sometimes. Also, it’s hard to tell if he’s handsome since he’s a duck.
• Join Chip & Joe for … DUCK HUNT! The storyline created just so we could use that title!
• Plus the conclusion of the Howard/Gwenpool backup!Notes
- This issue was amongst those shipped early and without notice by Diamond Comic Distributors and thus was released a week earlier than previously scheduled.[1]