Duck Carter of Mars (Reality-63748)

carter-duck-63748 DUCK CARTER
of MARS

Real Name: Possibly Duck Carter

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-63748) anatine-humanoid

Occupation: Unrevealed; presumably an adventurer and warrior;
possibly a former soldier, or who knows what?

Group Membership: None known

Affiliations: Unrevealed

Enemies: Unrevealed

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Mars, fourth planet from the sun in the Sol(ar) system, Milky Way Galaxy, Reality-63748

First Appearance: Crazy Magazine#36 "Other Versions of Howard the Duck" (April, 1978)

Powers/Abilities: Duck Carter carried and presumably could use some sort of pistol and a rapier

He also apparently likes to smoke cigars.

Height: Unrevealed (perhaps 2'7"; see comments)
Weight: Unrevealed (perhaps 40 lbs.; see comments)
Eyes: Unrevealed (perhaps brown; see comments)
Feathers: Unrevealed (perhaps yellow; see comments)
Unusual Features: Duck Carter is a humanoid duck, possessing characteristics of both humans and ducks. He has webbed feet and a bill (with upper and lower teeth), but doesn't have wings.

History:
(Crazy Magazine#36 "Other Versions of Howard the Duck") - Duck Carter adventured on Mars.

Comments: Created by Jim Newsome.

Duck Carter appears in a single panel with the name "Duck Carter of Mars" as one of a number of Howard counterparts in the "Other Versions of Howard the Duck" in two-page feature in Crazy Magazine#36.

Clearly, Duck Carter was something of a mash-up of Howard the Duck and John Carter of Mars, a Virginia soldier/veteran of the Civil War who was transported to Mars (called Barsoom by its inhabitants) where he had numerous adventures and encountered various "mythological beasts, alien armies and malevolent foes" (just ask his Wikipedia entry).

No further context is available, but it makes me wonder:

Presumably the world is similar to Barsoom, but we only see some sort of dwelling(?) structure and some rocky mountainous terrain...what were Mars and the Martians like?
Did Howard travel from his anthropomorphic animals world (or Duckworld, depending on the version) to Earth, arriving in the Civil War era before being transported to Barsoom?
Did he travel directly from his native world to Barsoom?
Did he originate on Barsoom?
Was he immortal?
What was his fate?

Perhaps someday, someone will flesh out the stories of Duck Carter of Mars and the seven other characters from this featurette: Duckey Crockett, Batduck, Sherlock Duck, Duckula, Duc Savage, Duck Fury: Agent of Q.U.A.C.K. and Drake Vader.

Physical features were estimated based on the Howard active on Earth-616.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Duck Carter is an homage and apparent counterpart to:

CARTER, JOHN - Virginia soldier/veteran of the Civil War, transported to Mars (called Barsoom by its inhabitants)--Under the Moons of Mars, serialized in All-Story Magazine (February, 1912); (Marvel) John Carter: Warlord of Mars#1

and an alternate reality counterpart of :
HOWARD the DUCK - native of Earth-47920, trapped on Earth-616 after fell through Nexus of Realities into Man-Thing’s swamp, reality overlapped with Reality-791021--Adventures into Fear#19
and numerous other Howard the Duck counterparts

images: (without ads)
Crazy Magazine#36, page number 43, "Other Versions of Howard the Duck": Duck Carter of Mars

Appearances:
Crazy Magazine#36 "Other Versions of Howard the Duck" (April, 1978) - Jim Newsome (artist/concept design), Paul Laikin (editor emeritus), Eden Norah (art directress demeritus), Gary Brodsky (consulting editor), Aron Mayer (assistant editor)

First posted: 03/01/2025
Last updated: 01/10/2025

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