Angar was Gerbers look at hippie culture.
Essentially, Gerber created Sean Hannity in the early 70s.
Angar was a satirical character that actually was a big league baddie of Daredevils for quite some time.
That in itself is Dali level genius.
The Spanker, huh?
How did he do this?
By attempting to destroy an honest political candidate, namely…Howard the Duck.
The Bellhop
Y,see, the Bellhops brother was an anti-aircraft gunner in the Vietnam War.
When the Bellhop learned a duck was running for President, he swore to destroy Howard.
This is why we celebrate Steve Gerber.
So can we postulate that Gerber spearheaded the first unofficial multi-company cross-over?
Gerber introduced the world to NKantu, an ancient and tragic figure who was revived in the modern world.
Thanks to Gerber, Marvels tribute to the Universal Monsters pantheon was one Manphibian away from being complete.
So through Dakimh, Gerber entered his own narrative.
Steve Gerber did metawaybefore Grant Morrison made it cool.
Destroyer Duck
with Jack Kirby.
Yes, I said Jack Kirby
Speaking of meta we have Destroyer Duck.
He had a lawsuit against Marvel regarding Howard and created Destroyer Duck as a way to vent his frustrations.
Dr. Bong
with Marie Severin
Yeah, Gerber got away with this in 1977.
Malibu even solicited a fifth issue which was summarily cancelled after Gerber shockingly killed his entire team.
The first Foolkiller was a man named Ross G. Everbest and targeted the Man-Thing for termination.
The Foolkiller was Gerbers way to examine violent behavior on those that stand on the periphery of society.
Use them to repent or be forever damned to the pits of hell where goeth all fools.
Today is the last day of the rest of your life.
Use it wisely or die a fool.
The first Foolkiller was dispatched by Man-Thing.
The second Foolkiller took on fellow Gerber creation Omega, the Unknown and the Defenders.
The third Foolkiller starred in a 1990 mini-series by Gerber.
So seek out some of that 90s Foolkiller goodness.
Youll be glad you did as Gerber had a thoroughly fresh take on the already tired urban vigilante genre.
Take the Headmen for example.
Shrunken Bones, fromWorld of Fantasy#11 (art by Angelo Torres).
This kind of strangeness would define GerbersDefendersrun.
Hulk loved his deer and it became a regular presence in the pages ofTheDefenders.
Until it was possessed by Chondu and made evil.
Yes, an evil Bambi.
Lets not let Disney in on this little piece of Marvel history, hmm?
Gerber made readers want to see Daredevil punch the creeps lights out.
This Viper was another example of other creators taking an idea of Gerbers and running with it.
Sludge proved that there was a great deal of creative strangeness left in Gerbers tank in the 90s.
Sludges arch-nemesis was Dr.
Gross so that really tells you all you gotta know.
Nekra
with Ross Andru
Whats better than a pheromone wielding, red assed evil Mandrill?
A pheromone wielding, red assed evil Mandrill that pals around with a chick who thinks shes a vampire.
Thats Nekra, another deliciously wild Gerber villain.
Yeah, Gerber wasnt afraid of hot button issues.
Like Omega, Wundarr was a Superman parody but there was something wonderfully compelling about the characters innocence.
Wundarr first appeared inMan-Thing, again taking the once one-note horror character into some very unexpected places.
At first, Wundarr assumed Man-Thing was his mother because Gerber is awesome.
Using Man-Thing as a surrogate for Jonathan and Martha Kent?
But the legend of the Silver Samurai began with Gerber in the pages ofDaredevil.
She also piloted a craft called the Flying Bonger.
How Marvel has not teamed Fifi with Batroc ze Leaper is really beyond our understanding.
Elf with a Gun
The Gerberest of all Gerber characters.
Did we mention how awesome Gerbers run onDefenderswas?
Why is GerbersDefendersso amazing?
Thats some Andy Kaufman level genius right there.
With the Elf, Gerber experimented with that format by taking a C plot and playing it forward.
So in the middle of the adventures of Dr.
The Elf did return, but in the pages of another writersDefenders.
Lets take a step back and explain this one.
Gerber obliged, and Nevada was born.
), seek out Nevada.
So Gerber killed the duck.
You thought it was a big deal when Peter and MJ sold their marriage to the devil?
Fandom nearly rioted, if the internet existed in the Bronze Age, the whole thing would have cracked.
Marvel quickly brought Howard back, this time in his own title.
