Dark-Duck Reflections

Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck #1 by Tad Stones

"Dark-Duck Reflections" is the first issue of the Gargoyles Meets Darkwing Duck crossover by Dynamite Entertainment. [1] It was released on February 4th, 2026. [2][3]

Crew
Writer: Greg Weisman, Tad Stones Pencil Artist: Ciro Cangialosi Color Artist: Ciro Cangialosi, Agnese Eterno Letterer: Fabio Amelia Editor: Nate Cosby Main Cover Artist: Tad Stones Special Thanks: Kevin Pearl, Eugene Paraszczuk, Rodney Vallo, Benoosh Khalili, Julie Dorris, Kendall Tamer, Jeff Clark, Jeff Thomas, & Scott Tilley

Solicitation

JUSTICE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES! Worlds collide as two of the most beloved entries in the legendary Disney Afternoon lineup of animated shows meet for the first time ever in a brand-new title crafted by both series’ original authors!

Gargoyles creator GREG WEISMAN and Darkwing Duck creator TAD STONES join forces with acclaimed artist CIRO CANGIALOSI to bring the Defenders of St. Canard and the Manhattan Clan together for an adventure so epic that no single continuity could contain it!

After contacting a wary Morgana Macawber through her magic mirror, the scheming Demona whisks the uncooperative sorceress out of St. Canard and into her New York City lair, where she proceeds to grill Morgana for the location of a certain mystical tome with enough eldritch energy to allow Demona to finally conquer the world.

Darkwing Duck, of course, isn’t about to take this lying down. As soon as he learns about Morgana’s abduction, DW and his stalwart sidekick Launchpad McQuack are in the air, racing towards the Big Apple to rescue his avian amour. But will the Terror That Flaps in the Night be able to handle the City That Never Sleeps — not to mention the stone guardians who protect it?

Find out in the action-packed first issue of GARGOYLES/DARKWING DUCK, featuring tantalizingly transformative covers by STONES, CANGIALOSI, DECLAN SHALVEY, and IVAN BIGARELLA — as well as an exclusive BLIND BAG VARIANT! Please Note: The number of Blind Bags is limited, and allocations may occur.

Review

Disney and Dynamite followed up their two-issue crossover between Gargoyles and Fantastic Four with an even more bizarre crossover: one with Darkwing Duck, a fellow-series from the Disney Afternoon, and still fondly remembered by its viewers. What we got is another very entertaining blend of shows, if obviously not as deep as the best episodes of Gargoyles.

What this reviewer most wondered, when the crossover was announced, was how it would reconcile a major difference between the two series; Gargoyles was set in a world inhabited by humans (and living gargoyles), and Darkwing Duck in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals (particularly water-fowl). The mention of the magic mirror that Demona used to contact and abduct Morgana Macawber in the solicitation led me to wonder if this would be a "two worlds meet" kind of story, with the mirror serving as a sort of portal between Darkwing's world and that of the gargoyles. The story took a much simpler approach, however; the Manhattan of Gargoyles and Darkwing's home-town of St. Canard are in the same world here, with the opening caption summing it up as "In a world where anything can happen....", and nobody brings up the fact that humans and anthropomorphic ducks are co-existing. It's probably not more outlandish than the gargoyles living alongside the Marvel Universe in the previous crossover.

Appropriately, a couple of features of the first issue echo "Vendettas", the most "oddball comedy"-style episode of Gargoyles in its Disney Afternoon incarnation. The three bank robbers whom Darkwing battles in St. Canard near the beginning of the issue are armed with pie-throwing guns – these fire chocolate pies rather than banana cream ones, but Darkwing mentions banana cream as the flavor that they ought to be firing instead. Furthermore, Darkwing and Launchpad get into a discussion, on their way to New York, about what nickname St. Canard could bear to parallel New York's "Big Apple" nickname; "Vendettas" was the episode that most brought this same nickname of New York's to prominence when Hudson bewilderedly commented on it.

Of course, Darkwing encounters Goliath and Elisa (who come to his rescue after the three street thugs get the better of him – making a nice contrast to the clash with the St. Canard robbers earlier), and briefly suspects Goliath of being involved with Morgana's kidnapping - leading to a parallel now with the first issue of the crossover with the Fantastic Four, as Darkwing cries "I guess we're headed for a cliched comic book battle between well-meaning heroes!" The fight is called, though, on account of sunrise; fortunately, Darkwing is able to provide Elisa with enough information to work out that Morgana's abductor is Demona – who, at this moment is confronting Morgana, demanding her help in obtaining the dreaded Quackronomicon....

A very funny beginning to what might well be the most oddball Gargoyles story yet – and I look forward to seeing what will unfold in #2.

Featured Characters and First Appearances

Gargoyles	Humans	Oberon's Children	Others
Demona Goliath	Brendan Quarters (No Lines) Margot Yale (No Lines) Elisa Maza Street Thugs Morgan Morgan (Mentioned Only) Dominique Destine	Puck (Mentioned Only)	Morgana Macawber Eek Squeek Archie Abraham Norman Murray Darkwing Duck Gosalyn Mallard Launchpad McQuack Bushroot (Mentioned Only)

Places	Objects
Demona's Warehouse St. Canard First National Bank of St. Canard Audubon Bay Bridge First National Bank of Manhattan	Dromio's Mirror Darkwing Duck's Gas Gun Chocolate Cream Pie Thunderquack   Ratcatcher

Tidbits

Even a Gargoyles crossover with Darkwing Duck manages to work in a new piece of William Shakespeare; Demona makes contact with Morgana via "Dromio's Mirror" and its twin. To add to the allusion, Demona mentions that the potential battle between them would be a "comedy of errors".

Cover Gallery

See Also

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