Howard the Duck #1

Marvel's favorite stranded waterfowl is back in this 2007 four-issue limited series, and Juan Bobillo's painted cover sets the tone perfectly — a wide-eyed Howard, wearing a purple "HOWARD" t-shirt, stands against a bullet-hole-riddled green wall with a target mounted behind his head, looking less than thrilled about his current situation. The darkly comedic imagery promises exactly the kind of existential absurdity that makes Howard such an endearing misfit, and with Ty Templeton at the helm, "The Most Dangerous Game Fowl" sounds like a story that leans gleefully into that tradition.