History
Z'ien was an inhabitant of Mojoverse, who portrayed Howard the Duck in a scripted TV show produced by Mojo that was used to fill-in the stretches of Howard's life when little happened, since Mojo recorded Howard's life and broadcast it as a reality show, with Howard being its unwittingly protagonist and main attraction.
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Z'ien's Howard the Duck costume
The real Howard the Duck discovered Z'ien's existence, and that of both the scripted and the reality shows, when he was investigating Lea Thompson's blackouts, which happened as a consequence of Mojo abducting her occasionally to make her part of the TV show to portray Beverly Switzler and erased her memories each time after that.
When Mojo's henchmen attacked Howard and Lea, Z'ien did little to restrain them, to the point of even rescuing his co-star from the clutches of one of the monsters.[1]Trivia
- Z'ien is named after Chip Zien, Howard the Duck's voice actor in the infamous eponymous film from 1986. His costume is based on Howard's appearance in the film.