History ComicBook / DarkwingDuck

** Arc 1: Quackerjack
*** BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Taurus Bulba]]

* ShoutOut: James Silvani is having ''way'' too much fun with this trope.
** Issue #1: Darkwing's arm turns into [[Disney/TheJungleBook Kaa]].
** Issue #2: Flounder appears on a computer screen
*** Pics of Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Chip and Dale, and Monstro are on Gosalyn's schoolrooms' walls.
*** A single panel contains shout outs to, among others: ''{{Pinocchio}}'' (his leg), ''StarWars'' (Jabba the Hutt), TheNightmareBeforeChristmas (The Mayor), and ''FamilyGuy'' (the angry monkey.) Granted, they're all toys strewn haphazardly on the floor.
** Issue #3:
** Issue #4: In the near-final pages when [[spoiler:Scrooge McDuck is explaining how he plans to restructure Quackwerks and help rebuild the economic and law-enforcement aspects of St. Canard,]] there are portraits in the meeting room that show crude caricatures of Mickey, Donald, Pluto, the three nephews, and Scrooge during past adventures.
** Issue #5: In the prison, with Bushroot, Megavolt, and Quackerjack (who seems to have a scowl permanently replacing his toothy grin so far), is a single [[DuckTales Beagle Boy]], and off-panel with just his ear and stubbly cheek, is none other than [[ClassicDisneyShorts Big Bad Pete]]. Later, in a flashback, there's a bear-skin rug that resembles old-timey character Br'er Bear.
** In issue #6: Gosalyn can be seen carrying a [[TheIncredibles The Incredibles]] lunchbox if you look closely. One of the plant sculptures is Pinocchio.
*** Not to mention that Negaduck is standing on top of Goliath from ''{{Gargoyles}}'' on the very first page. And one of the protester's signs was "Bring back {{Bonkers}}!"
*** When DW presents himself to the crowd, a group of Darkwing Duck fangirls looks up at him. They're all dressed like the DisneyPrincesses (and [[AliceInWonderland Alice]].) Two pages later, another female character is wearing a T-shirt with [[TheMuppetShow Animal]] on it.
*** Continuing the two-page splash panel with all the Darkwings, aside from the aforementioned CaptainErsatz, there's also a [[WallE Wall-E Darkwing]], a Tinkerbell Darkwing, a [[StarWars TIE Advanced-shaped]] Thunderquack, a "homemade Gizmoduck suit" Darkwing (to reference that particular episode), [[TheWizardOfOz Flying Monkey]] Darkwings, [[SilverSurfer Gold Surfer]] Darkwing, BatmanAndRobin Darkwings, a [[TheMuppets Fozzie Bear]] Darkwing... The artist threw everything in there, including the Kitchen Sink Darkwing.
*** A later page has {{Disney/Tarzan}} Darkwing.
*** Then, there's a set of [[SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Seven Dwarfs]] that gets smashed, and you can see Queen Grimhilde's "heart chest" on the last page.
** Issue #7: There's has a squad of Herobots wearing bandannas and equipped with the weapons of the TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles.
*** [[spoiler:Magica De Spell's]] powered armor during Issues 7 and 8 have skulls that bare the details of past Disney villains, including [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], [[Disney/PeterPan Captain Hook]], [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hades]], [[Disney/TheSwordInTheStone Madame Mim]], and [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] to name a few. Not to mention the Source Absorber (picked up from Hot Topic, no doubt!) which has [[TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington and Oogie-Boogie on it.]]
*** And when [[spoiler: Paddywhack rises]] you seen [[TheLittleMermaid Sebastien]], [[{{Pinocchio}} Clio]], and [[FindingNemo Dory]] running scared.
** Issue #8: Another prison scene features background cameos by [[ThreeLittlePigs Zeke "Big Bad" Wolf]], [[{{Pinocchio}} Foulfellow and Gideon]], and [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit a weasel.]]
*** The list of alternate Darkwings continues with Darkwings resembling: DoctorWho, [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]], [[TheLionKing Simba]], TheBeatles, ChipAndDale, [[StarWars Darth Vader]], HarryPotter, IndianaJones, [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit RogerRabbit]], [[ABugsLife Flik]], [[{{Peanuts}} Linus]], [[TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]], TheFlash, [[{{Watchmen}} Rorshach]], [[WheresWaldo Waldo]], [[TreasurePlanet Jim Hawkins]], [[LazyTown Sporticus]], Bozzo the Clown, IronMan, SherlockHolmes, {{Tron}}, {{Popeye}}, LadyGaga, {{Aladdin}}, [[TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]], [[{{Avatar}} a Na'vi]], AbrahamLincoln, {{Robocop}}, [[TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]], SailorMoon, CalvinAndHobbes, BluesBrothers, Lawn Gnome, [[TheWizardOfOz Tin Man from Oz]], {{Kiss}}, [[AliceInWonderland Mad Hatter]], [[FantasticFour Thing]], [[StarTrek Spock]], [[MarioBros Mario]], [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]], and [[SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Seven Dwarves]].
*** One page includes a blatant This American Life parody, including an {{Expy}} of Ira Glass.
** Annual, 2011: [[http://www.boom-kids.com/darkwing-duck-annual-cover-a.html One of the covers]], which bears a very noticeable similarity to that of a certain [[TheKillingJoke Batman story written by Alan Moore]].
*** [[spoiler: In a daydream,]] Gosalyn wields [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar's staff]].
*** And in the pet shop, we see [[FindingNemo Gill, Nemo, Crush, Chum, and Anchor]], [[TheLittleMermaid Flotsam and Jetsam]], [[TheRescuersDownUnder Joanna]], [[{{Mulan}} Mushu]], [[JamesAndTheGiantPeach Ms. Spider and Mr. Centipede]], [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Iago]], [[Disney/RobinHood Sir Hiss]], [[{{Bambi}} Thumper]], [[{{Dumbo}} Timothy Mouse]], [[TheRescuers Bernard and Bianca]], [[{{Disney/Cinderella}} Jacque and Gus]], [[TheBlackCauldron Gurgi]], [[{{Fantasia}} the Dancing Fish]], [[{{Tangled}} Pascal]], [[LadyAndTheTramp Si and Am]], [[{{Disney/Cinderella}} Lucifer]], and [[TheAristocats Scat Cat]].
*** As Darkwing rushes off to stop another caper, we spot a miscolored [[OliverAndCompany Dodger and Oliver]], and later, we see [[TheGreatMouseDetective Basil, Dawson, and Ratigan]] amongst the gears of a clock tower.
** Issue #9: The opening is a shot for shot homage to MadMen.
*** Goofy can be seen sitting on a rooftop
*** There's a [[{{Cars}} car with eyes]].
*** [[TheRescuers Wilber]] and [[LadyAndTheTramp Tramp]] can be seen as [[spoiler: Darkwing and Steelbeak]] fly over the city.
*** Gosalyn's wall is plaster with posters of [[{{Disney/Hercules}} Pain and Panic]], [[Disney/PeterPan Smee]], [[OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Horace and Jasper]], [[Disney/TheJungleBook King Louie]], [[{{Pinocchio}} Lampwick]], [[LiloAndStitch Jumba]], [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Iago]], [[TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh a Hephalump]], [[TheBlackCauldron Gurgi]], [[{{Dumbo}} a Pink Elephant]], and a [[{{Fantasia}} Dancing Crocodile]]. She also has a [[ToyStory Hamm]] piggy bank.
*** You can see {{Mulan}}'s sword in Darkwing's umbrella stand.
** Issue #10: Darkwing manages to activate a cloaking a device that turns his [[ItMakesSenseInContext flying car into a llama]] that looks a lot like [[TheEmperorsNewGroove Kuzco]].
*** As Darkwing's [[ItMakesSenseInContext dragging Steelbeak through F.O.W.L. headquarters]], they pass a [[BackToTheFuture flux capacitor on the wall]].
*** A pile of part includes [[StarWars R2D2's head]].
*** New character, and F.O.W.L. agent Femme Appeal, bears a striking resemblance to [[Disney/RobinHood Maid Marian]].
*** What is F.O.W.L.'s super-secret giant robot Mook experiment? Well, "[[TheBeatles There are the Eggmen... and]] [[IncrediblyLamePun this is the Walrus!]]"
** Issue #11: Duckthulu's altar has carvings of [[PetesDragon Elliot]], TheReluctantDragon, and [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] in her dragon form.

* NotBrainwashed: [[spoiler:Darkwarrior Duck told Quivering Darkwing it was so in his case. While the rest of the Darkwings had been hexed by Magica De Spell in part of her and Negaduck's plan to attack St. Canard, he had voluntarily allied with them so he would has a chance to "clean up St. Canard".]]

* NotBrainwashed: [[spoiler:Darkwarrior Duck told Quivering Darkwing it was so in his case. While the rest of the Darkwings made been hexed by Magica De Spell in part of her and Negaduck's plan to attack St. Canard, he had voluntarily allied with them so he would has a chance to "clean up St. Canard".]]

* TheWarHasJustBegun: [[spoiler:Darkwarrior Duck almost said the exact words in issue 6 just as the army of the Darkwings attacked St. Canard.]]

* TheWarHasJustBegun: [[spoiler:Darkwarrior Duck almost said the exact words in issue 7 just as the army of the Darkwings attacked St. Canard.]]

* TheWarHasJustBegun: [[Spoiler:Darkwarrior Duck almost said the exact words in issue 7 just as the army of the Darkwings attacked St. Canard.]]

In 2010, years after ''DarkwingDuck'' went off the air, Disney revived the franchise with the announcement of a brand-new [[strike:four-issue comic miniseries]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced ongoing monthly comic series]], published by BoomStudios. This page covers arcs and tropes associated with the comic.

* BadassFamily: If they weren't before "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings", the Mallard clan definitely qualifies now. [[spoiler: In addition to Morgana's magic and Darkwing's Badassary, Gosalyn now has the [=GizmoDuck=] suit, and, as Quackwerk's CEO, Launchpad has an army of [[strike: Crime]] Herobots as his beck and call.]]

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: As of the first issue, [[spoiler:Quackerjack seems to be doing this with the Fearsome [[strike:Five]] Four, even using the exact phrase.]]

** Issue #7: There's has a squad of [[strike: Crimebots]] Herobots wearing bandannas and equipped with the weapons of the TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles.

** Issue #2 of "The Duck Knight Returns" has a [[TheLittleMermaid Flounder]] cameo, as well as a visual shout-out from ''{{Up}}''. A single panel of issue #2 contains shout outs to, among others: ''{{Pinocchio}}'' (his leg), ''StarWars'' (Jabba the Hutt), TheNightmareBeforeChristmas (The Mayor), and ''FamilyGuy'' (the angry monkey.) Granted, they're all toys strewn haphazardly on the floor.
** Issue #4: In the near-final pages when [[spoiler:Scrooge McDuck is explaining how he plans to restructure Quackwerks and help rebuild the economic and law-enforcement aspects of St. Canard, there are portraits in the meeting room that show crude caricatures of Mickey, Donald, Pluto, the three nephews, and Scrooge during past adventures. Speculation: Mickey's world, Donald's world/Ducktales, and Darkwing Duck's worlds are all one and the same.]]

** In issue #6, Gosalyn can be seen carrying a [[TheIncredibles The Incredibles]] lunchbox if you look closely. One of the plant sculptures is Pinocchio. And one of the Darkwings is a WALL-E Darkwing.

** Another prison scene in issue #8 features background cameos by [[ThreeLittlePigs Zeke "Big Bad" Wolf]], [[{{Pinocchio}} Foulfellow and Gideon]], and [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit a weasel.]]
** When DW presents himself to the crowd, a group of Darkwing Duck fangirls looks up at him. They're all dressed like the DisneyPrincesses (and [[AliceInWonderland Alice]].) Two pages later, another female character is wearing a T-shirt with [[TheMuppetShow Animal]] on it.
** Issue #7 has a squad of [[strike: Crimebots]] Herobots wearing bandannas and equipped with the weapons of the TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles.
** [[spoiler:Magica De Spell's]] powered armor during Issues 7 and 8 have skulls that bare the details of past Disney villains, including [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], [[Disney/PeterPan Captain Hook]], [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hades]], [[Disney/TheSwordInTheStone Madame Mim]], and [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] to name a few. Not to mention the Source Absorber (picked up from Hot Topic, no doubt!) which has [[TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington and Oogie-Boogie on it.]]
*** Continuing the two-page splash panel with all the Darkwings, aside from the aforementioned CaptainErsatz, there's also a [[WallE Wall-E Darkwing]], a Tinkerbell Darkwing, a [[StarWars TIE Advanced-shaped]] Thunderquack, a "homemade Gizmoduck suit" Darkwing (to reference that particular episode), [[TheWizardOfOz Flying Monkey]] Darkwings, [[SilverSurfer Gold Surfer]] Darkwing, BatmanAndRobin Darkwings, a [[TheMuppets Fozzie Bear]] Darkwing... The artist threw everything in there, including the Kitchen Sink Darkwing. The list of shoutouts continues in issue #8, which features alternate [=DWs=] referencing [[DrWho The Doctor]] (complete with TARDIS), HarryPotter, IndianaJones, [[StarWars Darth Vader]], [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]], SuperMario, and [[{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]], among others.

*** Not to mention [[http://www.boom-kids.com/darkwing-duck-annual-cover-a.html one of the covers]] for Darkwing Duck Annual 2011, which bears a very noticeable similarity to that of a certain [[TheKillingJoke Batman story written by Alan Moore]].

** Issue nine's opening is a shot for shot homage to MadMen.

* CaptainErsatz: Most of DW's RoguesGallery were obvious villain archetypes, but Dr. Reginald Bushroot's name and powers both evoke Dr. Jason Woodrue, the "Floronic Man" from TheDCU. Darkwing himself heavily resembles {{Batman}}, up to the point of having a gender-flipped Robin.
** In the comic, the Chief of Police is [[{{Expy}} a canine version of]] Jim Gordon.

-->[[spoiler: But now I my hold on the Darkwings! It is cliche, but...NOOOOO!]]

* {{Civillain}}: Tuskernini has pulled this off a few times, most notably in "Adopt-a-Con". In the first issue of the new comic series, one of Drake Mallard's co-workers is [[spoiler: his old classmate Elmo Sputterspark, aka Megavolt.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: In the 2011 Darkwing Annual, we discover Quackerjack enjoyed his work in Quakwerks Toy Department, at least at first. Eventually the pressure and paranoia started to get to him, and he ... well, snapped. At the end of the comic, after a long and extremely strange battle between the old and new Mr. Banana Brain, he goes back to his girlfriend's house. He looks longingly at the door for a while, then sighs, and pulls out a miniature version of the device he had been using , which turned people into toys. We see a flash from inside the house, and the girlfriend rushes out to find a sad, little Quackerjack doll, with a little note leaning against it. It reads "This is the best I'll ever be. -Jacky"]]

** [[spoiler:With Magica and Negaduck done with, Darkwing has a new crisis to deal with: his plummeting approval ratings amongst St. Canard residents. On top of that, there's an bigger problem waiting for him: the Fiendish Organization of World Larceny, in an attempt to outdo the evil carried out by Quackwerks Industries during Bulba's reign, summoned [[{{Homage}} Quackthulu]]. Now Darkwing must team up with the only person who knows about the plan - F.O.W.L. agent Steelbeak - and is willing to stop the rise of Quackthulu...]]

In 2010, years after ''DarkwingDuck'' went off the air, Disney revived the franchise with the announcement of a brand-new [[strike:four-issue comic miniseries]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced ongoing monthly comic series]], published by Boom Studios. This page covers arcs and tropes associated with the comic.

:: With automated patrol robots circulating around St. Canard, Darkwing Duck has disappeared and Drake Mallard has spent the past year being just Drake Mallard. But when the robots start going out of control and old nemesis Quackerjack starts planning a reunion of "old friends", can the return of the "Duck Knight" be far behind? And is Drake even ready to become Darkwing again?

:: [[spoiler:After successfully saving St. Canard from Taurus Bulba - and, in the process, removing him as Quackwerks Industries' CEO - Darkwing is back on top, Gosalyn is the new Gizmoduck, Launchpad is the new Quackwerks CEO thanks to Scrooge McDuck, and all is well and good... until Negaduck, who has teamed up with Scrooge's old nemesis Magica [=DeSpell=], returns to Darkwing's dimension with a number of alternate dimension Darkwings, all under his and Magica's control. While Darkwing is busy trying to get an out-of-her-senses Morgana back to normal, the Infinite Darkwings wreak havoc on St. Canard, leaving the "real" Darkwing to take the fall...]]

:: [[spoiler:With Magica and Negaduck done with, Darkwing has a new crisis to deal with: his plummeting approval ratings amongst St. Canard residents. On top of that, there's an bigger problem waiting for him: the Fiendish Organization of World Larceny, in an attempt to outdo the evil carried out by Quackwerks Industries during Bulba's reign, summoned [[{{Homage}} Quackthulu]]. Now Darkwing must team up with the only person who knows about the plan - F.O.W.L. agent Steelbeak - and is willing to stop the rise of Quackthulu...]]

::With automated patrol robots circulating around St. Canard, Darkwing Duck has disappeared and Drake Mallard has spent the past year being just Drake Mallard. But when the robots start going out of control and old nemesis Quackerjack starts planning a reunion of "old friends", can the return of the "Duck Knight" be far behind? And is Drake even ready to become Darkwing again?
* '''Arc 2:''' ''[[{{Homage}} Crisis on Infinite Darkwings]]'' (Issues 5-8) [[spoiler:After successfully saving St. Canard from Taurus Bulba - and, in the process, removing him as Quackwerks Industries' CEO - Darkwing is back on top, Gosalyn is the new Gizmoduck, Launchpad is the new Quackwerks CEO thanks to Scrooge McDuck, and all is well and good... until Negaduck, who has teamed up with Scrooge's old nemesis Magica [=DeSpell=], returns to Darkwing's dimension with a number of alternate dimension Darkwings, all under his and Magica's control. While Darkwing is busy trying to get an out-of-her-senses Morgana back to normal, the Infinite Darkwings wreak havoc on St. Canard, leaving the "real" Darkwing to take the fall...]]
* '''Arc 3: F.O.W.L. Disposition'''

* TookALevelInBadass: In the 2nd issue of the 2010 comic, we see that Quackerjack is starting to go down this road (carrying Joker-level insanity with him) at the very mention of [=NegaDuck=]'s name.

** Launchpad has scored himself some badass points after [[spoiler: becoming the head of Quackwerks. When the alternate reality Darkwings start showing up, he immediately activates all the robots to combat mode and flies into the fray taking out superheroes left and right.]]

* {{Crossover}}: ''Crisis On Infinite Darkwings'' involves Negaduck teaming up with one of ScroogeMcDuck's villains, Magica DeSpell.