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A comic book character who debuted in 1982 and was created by ''[[Howard the Duck (comics)|Howard the Duck]]'' creator [[Steve Gerber]] and industry legend [[Jack Kirby]] in order to raise funds for Gerber's lawsuit against [[Marvel Comics]] for the rights to Howard.
The series exploits the violent misadventures of Duke "Destroyer" Duck, an ordinary resident of a world where animals talk and behave like humans. While lamenting with his best and only friend (whose real name is never revealed and is just called "The Little Guy", though it is slightly implied he is Howard the Duck) that his girlfriend left him for a "wimp", Duke witnesseses Little Guy vanish in front of his eyes
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It is also noteworthy that ''Destroyer Duck'' was the first comic to feature [[Sergio Aragones]]' famous creation ''[[Groo the Wanderer]]''.
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** Also, never piss off Duke. You'll regret it a lot.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Henry Holmes, who is seen wearing a superhero costume in every appearance. It is later showed that he really ''is'' a superhero.
* [[Cool Chair]]: Godcorp executive Ned Packer has a
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Pretty much all the higher-ups of Godcorp.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Berly.
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* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: The Black Syph. See [[Our Zombies Are Different]] below.
* [[Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight]]: Opal when she is forced to become the child icon Vanilla Cupcake to Godcorp.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: The cover of issue
* [[Kick Chick]]: Woblina's main style of fighting.
* [[Knight Templar Big Brother]]: Beryl, who is prone to get rough to protect her younger sister Opal from anyone.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Paraquat, the main antagonist of issues
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate]]: Duke is not exactly the type of duck that you would like to have on your bad side.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: At the end of issue 5 Gerber and Kirby admitted that Cogburn was a parody of the comic book writer [[John Byrne]], who, at the time this comic was being published, described himself as a company man and had no problems in being a cog to Marvel.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: The Little Guy.
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: The zombies that Duke, Beryl and Pablo come across in issues
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Godcorp's assassins, particularly Medea and Uranus P. Chicago. And the Cogburns.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]
* [[Send in the Clones]]: The Cogburns, who are a group of clones
** Later, Duke suspects that
* [[Take That]]
* [[Talking Animal]]
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