Disney Comics goin' out with a KaBoom!
 

Over a year ago, I was happy to hear that Disney was loaning out its famous 90s franchises to be published by Boom! Studios (now under the "Kaboom" logo) in new comics.

Darkwing Duck, Rescue Rangers, and Ducktales all got new incarnations but now they are sadly coming to an end within the next month.

I sat on the sidelines for most of their runs, but with the cancellation immanent, I decided it might be time for me to check out what I had been missing. I read the first issues of Darkwing and Rescue Rangers through this year's Free Comic Day issue and was really impressed with the overall quality. Once I picked up the TPB of "Crisis on Infinite Darkwings" a week ago, I was hooked on the series! I had to see how it was all going to end. Since then I have read "F.O.W.L. Disposition" and "The Ballot of Darkwing and Launchpad," both solid arcs that have incredible respect for the source material. This week saw the release of Ducktales #5 (DT 1-4 doesn't impress me at a cursory glance), the first part of the final epic Darkwing/Ducktales crossover that will close the door on the KaBoom! Disney-verse.

I just had to have a place to shower my adoration upon Ian Brill (writer), James Silvani (artist) and the rest of the good folks at Boom! who have brought the Disney Afternoon back to life for the past year or so. Hopefully, I'll get around to reading the Rescue Rangers TPBs in the not-too-distant future.

Anybody else been reading these issues?

I ought to give these a look. Duck Tales and Darkwing Duck are fond childhood memories, that I relived when I bought the (incomplete...booo Disney) series on DVD. That and the word of a trusted pal, don't hurt. :D

Waitwhat.

Since when were these ending? I don't remember reading this even in previews.

Amazon might be everybody's best bet for scoring some very well-priced TPBs(though some of them may not be out until 2012).

This Lame! Finally track down Rescue Rangers #2 and now the series is being cancelled.:x First the dvds are half released and now the comics to be shut down. in the immortal non words of Shatner. DDDDIIIIIISSSSSSNNNNNNEEEEYYYYY!!!:

I wonder if Huey, Dewy, and Louie will have aged...then again Gosayln and Honker didn't age...

Never mind.

Nope, they all look the same. Although, the Darkwing Duck continuity does establish that the first issue takes place about "one year" after DW had abruptly "retired." Similarly, Fenton Crackshell has been missing for about the same time.

I hadn't followed any of these books, but James Silvani is the man. All of his turtle work is cool as hell, and he is too.

Wasn't one of their ducktales issues called the worst Disney comic of all time?

That was last month's Ducktales #4, written by "Epic Mickey's" writer (boy, they pimped that resume out) who apparently isn't too well-read on his source material. I browsed through it and it didn't strike me as obviously one of the worst comics of all time, but I can see how the plot resolution would really frustrate people who had bought all four issues of the story arc. I only have the first issue of the series, which isn't bad but doesn't really impress me either. I'd be more interested in reading the previous Boom! DT series "Like a Hurricane."

Got a link? I didn't even know he did Turtles stuff!

It seemed that most people had problems with the art, not as much with the writing.

I don't know too much about the whole thing other than it being called "duckgate".

I think it's mostly commissions, though I wanna say he's responsible for a t-shirt or two...
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o...esteeshirt.jpg
http://www.truffleshuffle.co.uk/stor...lf_Shell-T.jpg
http://i.ebayimg.com/02/!B1wntjQ!Wk~...Z7g9w~~0_3.JPG
Are these his?

Well, it isn't on the level with Silvani and it has some inconsistencies, but as someone who owns the entire Donatello: Brain Thief mini-series, I can't really complain all that much. ;)

EDIT:
Yeah, I guess it does look pretty bad at points:
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/0...eries-preview/

#3 apparently has some art problems too:
http://newsandviewsbychrisbarat.blog...july-2011.html

I thought #1 looked fine though.

I actually do believe it was #3 I was reading about, but I couldn't be sure.

I had actually heard the designation used for #4, so I just assumed it was on account of the story. The art in #3 appears to look really bad though. Some fans have actually nicknamed Boom!'s Ducktales #1-4 as "DuckFail."

Fortunately, it appears the Darkwing Duck team has taken over the last two issues for the final crossover.

Jester, James did a lot more than a shirt or two, he's done like, 20+.
Not to mention he did lunchboxes and other assorted pieces of merch in the early 90's.

Some of it can be seen here- http://www.silvaniart.com/Pages/fapparel.html

Figured if I put my foot in my mouth someone would post better stuff...yeah that's it...works every time.
:D

Oh yeah, here's some nice ones!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cbCA1yTTMG...0/IMG_0414.JPG

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vFWFC8qAoY...asey-Jones.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S8j-kDBUKk...s1600/TMNT.jpg

Ha, that's mine. Commissioned at Heroes Con in June. I couldn't decide one what turtle to get, so I gave him creative license.
He ended up doing my favorite turtle in one of the raddest poses ever!

Is it sad I just realized I've been carrying James Silvani's Turtle art with me everyday on my TMNT charm keychain?

Yes! I'd love to see that keychain, he's one of my top turtle artists, a total favorite.

Nothing you ain't seen before. It's the Blimp picture with each turtle an individual charm...part of me wonders if it's for someone of the female persuasion.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...elo/Charms.jpg
I used to have a rubber Shredder keychain, but he broke, and I made him a fridge magnet. My parents still have him on the fridge.

IS IT SAD THAT UPON SEEING YOUR PICTURE I REALIZED I OWN THAT SAME KEYCHAIN SET & DIDN'T REALIZE IT EITHER?!?!

Goodness.

The fact that this somehow turned back into another TMNT thread gives me humorous satisfaction.

I have the first two Darkwing trades, but have only read the first so far. It was really good though! I hadn't heard the series' were actually being canceled though, that's a shame. I was holding out hope that they would transfer over to Marvel somehow. I'm gonna pick up the rest of the trades eventually or as they're released. I love me some Disney-Afternoon.

That's also a shame about the DuckTales book too. I'll check it out for myself when the trades release, but one of the main draws for me was that Warren Spector was on board as the writer. I have that 'Like a Hurricane' TPB which was the first thing I bought from Boom!. I don't really think it's that good. I was kind of bored by it.

I guess that's still a possibility. It just depends on what Disney wants to do with it. I think they were really surprised Darkwing sold as well as it did.

Also, Crisis on Infinite Darkwings is a MUST READ (right now!) for any fan of the TV series. Soooo much continuity comes to the forefront, and it even attempts to reconcile those seemingly contradictory account of DW's origins that appeared in the TV show from time to time. Even the "original Negaduck" that Megavolt created gets referenced!

I actually contemplated asking a mod to split the thread, to create a TMNT thread out of our diversion.

I read through it and It was pretty good. Very cool series. I notice a lot of nods to other disney and even non-disney properties. I'm sure I'd catch more of the easter eggs if I was more up to snuff on my Darkwing lore. I watched the show passively as a child, but I've bought and watched all of the first dvd set. I'm still looking forward to the Ducktales crossover though to end it all. It SHOULD be awesome. Ducktales and Talespin were my two favorite Disney Afternoon shows.

Even speaking as a pretty die-hard Darkwing fan back in the day, it's hard for me to recall all the references as well. I own the first two DVD sets, yet sadly many of the most important episodes of the series (and for the Boom comics, i.e, Paddywhacker's introduction) would have been included on later sets that never got released. :ohwell:

The grande finale "Dangerous Currency" arc is now at its halfway point, and it's looking bleak for our Duck heroes! Ducktales #5 was a fine issue to set the stage, but Darkwing Duck #17 really took me for a thrill ride with the return of:


Anybody else been reading it?

It's good to hear that showed up. I wanna read this series so bad now (As I'm watching the episodes of DuckTales and Darkwing that aren't on DVD ATM. Though I seem to have also added episodes I do have on DVD to the folder...must be a release date/production # issue...maybe.).

Then this is gonna torture you!

*Possible Spoiler Warning!*


I believe the writers made a continuity error though.

I'm working on the DW episodes now...I'll let ya know. :D

The episode where Fenton goes to St. Canard was "Tiff of the Titans," which I don't believe was on the DVD releases. :ohwell:

It's so frustrating that there are quite a few episodes that are key to really understanding the comic series' backstory that have yet to be available to own on DVD, like "Steerminator," "The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain," "The Quiverwing Quack," and "Negaduck."

If only Disney would release them because of the comic...yeah like that's gonna happen.

Your right the episode is not on DVD, but was released on the VHS "Birth of Negaduck".

Here is a screencap from the episode

http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/...ondarkwing.jpg

Tonemaster: King of ALL Screencaps.

Nice work.

Hey, cool info! So that tape's got two of the series' "key" episodes on it (The "Negaduck" episode features an event referred to by Darkwing in the comic as "the incident with Megavolt, me, the Original Negaduck, and the Tronsplitter.)"

So the KaBoom! series actually references the 2 different Negaducks? Interesting.