With a costume reminiscent of the original dark avenger —The Shadow — the 1991 animated series Darkwing Duck was a bold mix of throwback pulp heroics and goofy cartoon fare for young children. As a kind of intergenerational cipher, Darkwing Duck was instantly the Batman of the Disney animated univesre, which was made even better since, technically, Darkwing Duck was a spinoff of DuckTales; a series that was, in and of itself, a kind of reboot of various Uncle Scrooge mythology that had been floating around for decades. But unlike Scrooge, Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck was created from whole cloth by Tad Stones, and now, 35 years after his debut, a clever new animated reboot is coming — and the cast and creative team behind this new Darkwing Duck is fantastic.
Here’s what to know about the new Darkwing Duck series, including the cast, the creatives, and the alternate-universe premise.
