Drake Vader (Reality-83764)

drake_vader-83764 DRAKE VADER

Real Name: Unrevealed (see comments)

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Reality-83764) anatine-humanoid

Occupation: Unrevealed; presumably some sort of leader of an organization...probably evil

Group Membership: None known (see comments)

Affiliations: Unrevealed

Enemies: Unrevealed

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
it was likely long, long ago and/or far, far away...

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

Powers/Abilities: Drake Vader wielded some sort of light-saber-like weapon, with energy projecting out from a short hand-held device. It likely could cut through flesh and many forms of matter, and it was also useful in lighting cigars, which Drake Vader enjoyed smoking.

He walks atop a pair of giant platform shoes, perhaps increasing his height by 33-50%.

Height: Unrevealed (perhaps 2'7" (perhaps another 12-16" taller with lifts); see comments)
Weight: Unrevealed (perhaps 40 lbs.; see comments; a bit heavier in armor)
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, but doesn't have wings.

History:
(Crazy Magazine#36 "Other Versions of Howard the Duck") - Drake Vader...existed.

Comments: Created by Jim Newsome.

Drake Vader appears in a single panel with the name "Drake Vader" 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, Drake Vader was something of a mash-up of Howard the Duck and Darth Vader, aka Anakin Skywalker, the arch-villain of Stars Wars episodes IV-VI (A New Hope, The Empire Strike Back, Return of the Jedi).

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

Was his real name Anatine Skywalker? Anatine Pondwalker?
Did he use the Force or the Farce?
Was he the leader of the Empire? The Flock? The Brace? The Raft?
The Sith makes me want to make a lisp-type joke, but that's more suited for Daffy Duck...
I really thought I would be able to come up with more duck jokes about Star Waugh...I mean, Star Wars...
What was his fate?
From Helena Nash

Was his daughter Princess Layer?
Feel the Full Power of the Duck Side!
Maybe he was opposed by Eggs-Wing fighters
He also could have been Darth Wader, duck lord of the Sith

From Grendel Prime

A long time ago, in a pond far, far away...
Maybe his tie-fighter only flies south in the wintery cold of space
Did he use a wet-sabre?

From Loki

He may have been opposed by Honk Solo and Chewquacka

Perhaps someday, someone will flesh out the stories of Drake Vader and.or 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 Duck Carter of Mars.

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

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Drake Vader is an homage and apparent counterpart to:

DARTH VADER (Anakin Skywalker) - former leader of the Galactic Empire and servant of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious (aka Emperor Palpatine), father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa--Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
and
DARTH VADER of Reality-616 - associated with the Conquest--Uncanny X-Men I#245

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

but has no known connection to:
DEARTH VAPORS (Donnie+Torgua Dearth) - agents of Bzzk'joh--Howard the Duck I#23
or other Darth, Dearth, Vaders, Vapors characters, groups, items, events, races or places...

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: 01/10/2025
Last updated: 01/11/2025

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