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So, Gyro Gearloose Turned Donald Duck Into Wolverine…

The Patch reference in What If Donald Duck Was Wolverine surprised me more than in... a certain movie out recently.

Published Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:04:09 -0500

Article Summary

Marvel Italia's What If Donald Duck Was Wolverine? is a wild comic mashup by Luca Barbieri and Giada Perissinotto.
Experience Mickey as Hawkeye and Wolverine Donald teaming up with Goofy Hulk in his Grey Hulk form.
Donald Duck's Wolverine origin is linked to Gyro Gearloose, echoing Professor Cornelius's role in Wolverine's tale.
Avoids dark turns, creating a family-friendly story while celebrating Donald Duck's and Wolverine's anniversaries.

Today sees the publication of what may be Marvel Comics' maddest comic book since Obnoxio The Clown. What If… Donald Duck Was Wolverine? From the Marvel Italia team (who really know their Disney) of Luca Barbieri and Giada Perissinotto. And they certainly know their Marvel as well. Which is how we not only begin with Mickey Mouse as the comic book Hawkeye recruiting Wolverine from the farm… and somehow making those ears work with the mask…

We also get Wolverine Donald Duck teamed up with the Goofy Hulk. WHo just happens to be in the grey Hulk form. And why?

Bevasue it pulls from the time when the Grey Hulk was a bouncer in a Las Vegas nightclub, before running an organised crime ring. And when Wolverine was Patch, working in the casinos of Madripoor around the same time, both wearing white suits, and drawing a line between both eighties continuities for this current mashup with Disney thirty-to-thirty-five years later.

Impressive whichever way you cut it. And also giving us a rather different version of the Fastball special as well. Man, they just had Colossus and Wolverine in the same film and didn't do this… they didn't even talk when they were together, Wasted opportunity, not one that What If Donald Duck Was Wolverine is going to pass by.

But when it comes to origins, it turns out that in this world Gyro Gearloose was playing the role of Professor Cornelius when it comes to Donald Duck…

Just be glad that they didn't go the whole hog and have Peter Red Skull's lair covered with swastikas. Disney really doesn't like those… not anymore.

And no one actually gets chopped up either, or it could have been very messy…. for the characters, parents, and Disney as a whole. I don't think that's actually a decapitated Iron Man there…

WHAT IF DONALD DUCK BECAME WOLVERINE #1
MARVEL COMICS
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(W) Luca Barbieri (A/CA) Giada Perissinotto
CELEBRATING THE 90th ANNIVERSARY OF DONALD DUCK AND THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF…WOLVERINE?
In the most unexpected mashup of our time, we travel to the near future where chaos rules as PETE-SKULL has turned DUCKBURG into a super-hero-less WASTELAND. Only OLD DUCK DONALD can turn the tide but he's given up his battling' days and prefers naps and GRANDMA's apple pie over fighting villains. But when MICKEY-HAWKEYE comes knocking at the door with GOOFY-HULK at his side, WOLVERINE-DONALD has to make a choice! Will a trip down memory lane change his mind to save the world or will the lure of the backyard hammock and a long nap keep him from popping his claws one last time? Featuring some of DONALD-WOLVERINE'S greatest moments!
Kids to AdultsIn Shops: Jul 31, 2024
SRP: $4.99

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