Darkwing Duck is an American animated superhero comedy television series produced by Disney Television Animation that first ran from 1991 to 1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC.
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Darkwing Duck tells the adventures of the titular superhero, aided by his sidekick and pilot Launchpad McQuack.
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Darkwing Duck was the first Disney Afternoon property that was produced completely as a genre parody.
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Darkwing Duck was inspired by two specific episodes of DuckTales: "Double-O-Duck" starring Launchpad McQuack as a secret agent, and "The Masked Mallard" in which Scrooge McDuck becomes a masked vigilante superhero wearing a purple uniform and cape.
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Darkwing Duck first aired on The Disney Channel on March 31, 1991, as a "sneak preview", and then from April 6 into July 14 of that year as a regularly scheduled run on weekend mornings, as it was advertised to be "The newest animated TV series exclusively to The Disney Channel".
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On September 3, 1996, Darkwing Duck was dropped from the beginning of the block when Goof Troop was added to the end.
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Darkwing Duck was one of the first American animated TV series to be officially broadcast in syndication in the former Soviet Union.
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Darkwing Duck was Darkwing Duck, and he made a generation laugh and thrill with his crazy adventures.
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Darkwing Duck was named the 93rd Best Animated Series by IGN, calling it "one of the many reasons why after-school cartoons rule.
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However, Darkwing Duck stories were regularly printed in Disney Adventures magazine between the November 1991 and January 1996 issues.
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Additionally, Darkwing Duck stories were regularly featured in Marvel Comics' short-lived Disney Afternoon comic book.
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Darkwing Duck is wearing a purple necktie instead of his usual turtleneck.
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On October 22, 2014, comic news website Bleeding Cool announced that the first 16 issues of Darkwing Duck would be packaged together and published in an omnibus by Joe Books.
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On January 18, 2016, Joe Books Twitter feed reported that Darkwing Duck would be returning to monthly comics beginning in April 2016 with Sparrow and Silvani at the helm.
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In "Friendship Hates Magic", Launchpad and Mrs Beakley watch a Darkwing Duck episode based on an actual episode, "The Haunting of Mr Banana Brain", featuring Paddywhack.
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Darkwing Duck makes a cameo at the end of Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, with Cummings reprising his role.
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Darkwing Duck appears during a mid-credits scene, annoyed at the Rescue Rangers' newly regained fame and trying to attract attention to himself.
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Instead, Darkwing Duck returned as a comic book published by Joe Books, which was released on April 27, 2016.
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