Source: (hoboes.com)
8. Howard The Duck
(Howard the Duck, Marvel Comics)
"What?!" I can hear you shouting, "Howard the Duck? That lame joke character whose only detail of note was his terrible George Lucas movie? THAT Howard The Duck?" Ok, now calm down and stop yelling. Partially because yelling at an article on the Internet makes you look crazy, and partially because you're wrong about Howard the Duck.
It's ok, most people are, it's just a case of being tragically misinformed. Howard's roots trace back to comics legend Steve Gerber, who created Howard as the ultimate counter-cultural character. Howard was edgy and cool and opinionated. He mouthed off about the "˜70s economy, about dangerous religious cults, about whatever was annoying Gerber that month. And because of that, it was a perfect choice to run him for President in the 1976 election.
Howard had a successful campaign, trying to force the American people to answer the questions they didn't want to about the world around them. But eventually, after a faked photograph of Howard acting illicitly was "leaked" to the press, controversy killed his campaign. To quote the slogan imprinted on his buttons "Get Down America" because it's time for President Howard to finally take center stage.
