Howard the Duck #1 (Jan. 1976), with series co-star in background. Publication information #19 (Dec. 1973) (Writer) (Artist) In-story information Alter ego Howard Team affiliations Daydreamers Fearsome Four Ducky Dozen Partnerships Notable aliases, Leonard the Duck, Howard the Human, Iron Duck, Agent Duck, Cynical Duck Abilities Master of Quack-Fu Minimal magic manipulation As Iron Duck: Armored suit grants: Superhuman strength and durability Foot-mounted leaping coils Chest-mounted searchlight Flamethrowers in both arms Howard the Duck is a fictional character appearing in published. The character was created by writer and artist. Howard the Duck first appeared in #19 ( Dec. 1973) and several subsequent series have chronicled the misadventures of the ill-tempered, ' trapped on a human-dominated Earth.

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Howard's adventures are generally social, while a few are of with a awareness of the medium. The book is, and its main joke, according to Gerber, is that there is no joke: 'that life's most serious moments and most incredibly dumb moments are often distinguishable only by a momentary point of view.' This is diametrically opposed to screenwriter, who, in adapting the comic to the screen, declared, 'It's a film about a duck from outer space. It's not supposed to be an existential experience'. Howard the Duck was portrayed by Ed Gale and voiced by in the 1986 film adaptation, and was later voiced by in the film and. Howard the Duck's first appearance in #19 (Dec.

Art by and inker Sal Trapani. Howard the Duck was created by writer Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik in #19 (Dec. 1973) as a secondary character in that comic's ' feature. He graduated to his own backup feature in Giant-Size Man-Thing #4–5 (May and Aug. 1975), confronting such bizarre horror-parody characters as Garko the Man-Frog and, before acquiring his own comic book title with Howard the Duck #1 in 1976.

Gerber wrote 27 issues of the series (for the most part ditching the horror parodies), illustrated by a variety of artists, beginning with. For Gerber, Howard was a flesh and blood duck and that, 'if gets run over by a steamroller, the result is a pancake-flat coyote who can be expected to snap back to three dimensions within moments; if Howard gets run over by a steamroller, the result is blood on asphalt.' Became the regular with issue #4. Gerber later said to Colan: 'There really was almost a telepathic connection there. I would see something in my mind, and that is what you would draw! I've never had that experience with another artist before or since.' Sporting the slogan 'Get Down, America!'

, the All-Night Party was a fictional political party that appeared in Gerber's Howard the Duck series during the U.S., and led to Howard the Duck receiving thousands of write-in votes in the actual election. Gerber addressed questions about the campaign in the of the comic book and, as Mad Genius Associates, sold merchandise publicizing the campaign. Marvel attempted a with a short-lived Howard the Duck newspaper from 1977 to 1978, at first written by Gerber and drawn by Colan and Mayerik, later written by and drawn. Gerber gained a degree of creative autonomy when he became Howard the Duck 's editor in addition to his writing duties.

With issue #16, unable to meet the deadline for his regular script, Gerber substituted an entire issue of text pieces and illustrations satirizing his own difficulties as a writer. In 1978, the writer and publisher clashed over issues of creative control, and Gerber was abruptly removed from the series. On August 29, 1980, after learning of Marvel's efforts to license Howard for use in film and broadcast media, Gerber filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Marvel corporate parent Cadence Industries and other parties, alleging that he was the sole owner of the character. This was one of the first highly publicized cases in American comics, and attracted support from major industry figures, some of whom created homage/parody stories with Gerber to fund a lawsuit against Marvel; these included with. The lawsuit was settled on September 24, 1982, with Gerber acknowledging that his work on the character was done as and that Marvel parent Cadence Industries owned “all right, title and interest” to Howard the Duck and the Howard material he had produced. On November 5, 1982, Judge approved the motion and dismissed the case. Around this time threatened to sue Marvel for infringement of copyright claiming that Howard looked too similar to and enforced a different design, including the use of pants (as seen in the movie and some later comics).

The series continued for four more issues with stories by, and. Gerber returned briefly to write, though not plot, #29 as part of a contract fulfillment.

Issue #31 (May 1979) announced on its letters page that it would be the final issue of Howard the Duck as a color comic. Marvel then relaunched the series that year as a bimonthly magazine, with scripts by Mantlo, art by Colan and and unrelated backup features by others; this series was canceled after nine issues. Articles in these issues claimed that Howard was Mayerik's idea, though this is contrary to statements by both Gerber and Mayerik. In issue #6, Mantlo introduced the concept of 'Duckworld', which Gerber loathed.

It depicted an all-duck parallel earth in which there were equivalents of all famous people, such as 'Ducktor Strange' (a parody of ) who later appeared in (#19) and Truman Capoultry , who narrated the issue. As Gerber told: 'Howard's world, which would never be depicted visually, was inhabited by other anthropomorphized animals like himself. Like the cartoon worlds of Disney and Warner Brothers. Unlike the Disney and Warners worlds, however, Howard's reality was beset with the same plethora of social ills and personal vicissitudes which human beings confront daily. And the same, or similar, laws of nature applied there, too.' The first story of issue #9, written by, had Howard walk away from, and what happened to him next was documented in a story by the same issue.

Followed this with a story in #34, in which the suicidal Howard is put through a parody of. The original comic book series reappeared in early 1986 with issue #32, written by Grant. Grant had in fact written the story as a topical humor four years before, and as a result the jokes were outdated at the time it was published.

Issue #33, a parody of, written by Christopher Stager, appeared nine months later, along with a three-issue adaptation of the movie. A text article in Howard the Duck #33 explained that, himself a Cleveland resident, was mentioned as a possible writer for that issue, but he was unavailable, and nothing came of it. Issue #32 was originally written by Gerber. In the story, Gerber explained that 'a ' named Chirreep had made up the events in the Mantlo stories much like the events in magazine were considered made up. Marvel's then- considered this an insult to Mantlo, and Gerber's story was never published. He identified Howard's parents as Dave and Dotty, names that differ from the Mantlo stories, in which his parents are named Ronald and Henrietta.

Gerber's script lampooned, written by Jim Shooter, but Shooter has denied this played any role in choosing to reject the story, insisting that he only took issue with the insults to Mantlo. Gerber brought back Howard in The Sensational She-Hulk #14–17, again living with Beverly, now working as a rent-a. How they got back together is never explained, and Beverly is not involved as the She-Hulk takes Howard on a trip through several dimensions with a theoretical physicist from. Gerber returned to Howard with #5, around the same time he was writing a '/Destroyer Duck' crossover for Image. He had the idea to create an unofficial crossover between the two issues, where the characters would meet momentarily in the shadows, but which would not affect either story. Soon after, Gerber discovered that Howard was scheduled to appear in vol.

1997) alongside and, and issues of leading up to issue #25 and the miniseries. Gerber was not pleased with this development, and changed the 'unofficial crossover' somewhat.

In Spider-Man Team-Up #5, Beverly and Howard meet and two shadowy figures (presumed to be Savage Dragon and Destroyer Duck) in a darkened warehouse, grab a disc, then leave shortly afterwards. But in the Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck crossover comic, Elf with a Gun creates thousands of clones of Howard and Beverly during a fierce battle. As Savage Dragon and Destroyer Duck escape the warehouse, they reveal that they rescued the 'real' Howard and Beverly, while Spider-Man left with two of the clones. Howard has his feathers dyed green, and is renamed 'Leonard the Duck', and Beverly has her hair dyed black and is renamed 'Rhonda Martini'. They made just one more appearance afterward, in a single-panel cameo in #2. Gerber considers this the real Howard, and Marvel's Howard an empty shell. In 2001, when Marvel launched its imprint of 'mature readers' comics, Gerber returned to write the six-issue Howard the Duck, illustrated by and Glenn Fabry.

Featuring several familiar Howard the Duck characters, the series, like the original one, parodied a wide range of other comics and figures, but with considerably stronger language and sexual content than what would have been allowable 25 years earlier. The series has causing Howard to go through multiple changes of form, principally into a mouse (as a parody of, in retaliation for the earlier lawsuit), and entering a chain of events parodying comics such as, and several others, with Howard ultimately having a conversation with in. Howard had cameo appearances in She-Hulk vol. 2005) and #3/100 (Feb.

2006, the 100th issue of all the various She-Hulk series). He returned in a limited series by writer and artist in 2007. This series is rated for ages 9 and up, though it has been published with a tie-in cover with a parental advisory claim. In November 2014, Marvel announced an ongoing series starting in March 2015 featuring Howard as a on Earth. The creative team will be writer and artist Joe Quinones. Fictional character biography. This section's plot summary may be.

Please by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (April 2011) Howard is abducted from his home planet and is dropped into the by the demon, Overmaster of the realm of Sominus. He meets the, the Barbarian, and, but falls off the inter-dimensional stepping stones.

He materializes in, and battles Garko the Man-Frog, for which he is arrested for and mistaken for a during a. Released because the police fear he has mutant abilities, he encounters, a cow. Howard makes friends with an artists' model named and a bizarre series of encounters follow. He battles, the cosmic accountant, then meets at the end of the battle. He battles Turnip-Man and the Kidney Lady, then learns Quak Fu, encounters the Winky Man, a alter ego of Beverly's artist friend, who would become a series regular (and share the apartment), and becomes a. Howard and Beverly hit the road, seeking shelter in a gothic mansion where they battle a girl named Patsy and her animated gingerbread man. They eventually end up in, where Howard is nominated for by the All-Night Party.

Howard battles the — Dr. Angst, Sitting Bullseye, Tillie the Hun, the Spanker, and the Black Hole — alongside the. A doctored-photo scandal leads him to, and the defeat of the supervillain who caused it, the Beaver, who falls to his death. Howard then suffers a, and flees Bev and their situation on a bus. Unfortunately, the passengers are all believers in various weird cults, and try to interest Howard in them. His seatmates are (afflicted with an -like ) and S. Blotte, the Kidney Lady.

After the bus crashes, Howard and Winda are sent to a. There he meets Daimon Hellstrom, and is briefly possessed by Hellstrom's demonic soul, becoming the. Beverly and Paul get them both back to Cleveland. Later, while on a returning from scenic Bagmom, Howard and Beverly are taken captive by Lester Verde, who had a crush on Beverly in college and is now in the identity of the supervillain, who illegally marries Beverly against her will and transforms Howard into a human. After escaping back to New York and being restored to his natural form, Howard is hired as a dishwasher by Beverly's uncle and namesake, who goes by Lee. Howard battles Sudd, and then battles S.O.O.F.I. (Save Our Offspring From Indecency).

Howard is then reunited with Dakihm the Enchanter, the Man-Thing, Korrek, and Jennifer Kale, and they all battle the demon Bzzk'Joh. After finally meeting up with the cruise ship that rescues Paul and Winda, now befriended by socialite Iris Raritan, he then attends her party on, where he is abducted by the and his. Paul is shot and left in a coma, and Winda, abandoned by Paul and Iris, is apparently raped by a hobo. After defeating the Circus of Crime, Howard, plagued by pessimistic dreams, goes his way alone, as he had at the beginning of the series. Writer Bill Mantlo, beginning with issue #30, returned the series to its former status quo, bringing Beverly back into the picture and having her divorce Doctor Bong, and getting Paul, who has been shot by the Ringmaster, out of the hospital. Lee Switzler brings everyone back to Cleveland and employs Howard as a cab driver, while Paul, back to being a after his release from the hospital, seems to have become Winda's boyfriend.

Howard dons a suit of 'Iron Duck' armor made by Claude Starkowitz, a man who has delusions of being related to Tony Stark and the personal armorer to, and battles Doctor Bong. He encounters, and even returns to Duckworld at one point. At the end of the magazine series, Howard walks away from Beverly (at her request).

After that, he is mistaken for 'Duck Drake, Private Eye', meets CeCe Ryder when and battles the Gopher. And is later offered a genetically constructed mate whom he does not take to.

Accidentally pulls him though a cosmic wormhole, and along with Brent Wilcox, they prevent other universes from crowding out. By this point, Beverly is working as a rent-a. Howard met the Critic, traveled to the Baloneyverse, and battled the Band of the Bland again. In an encounter with, (the then-current Spider-Man), and a rematch with the, Howard and Beverly get stuck in a warehouse full of anthropomorphic ducks, briefly meeting the and. The group leaves the warehouse believing that they have brought the correct Howard with them. The sorceress, in a weekly attempt to return Howard (a Howard with who accuses her and of being responsible for bringing him to this world) to his home world, inadvertently teleports and into her New York apartment. The disoriented dinosaur attempts to eat Howard, but spits him out when shot with 's hellfire gun, then rampages through the city before being subdued.

Howard relates to the pair being trapped in a world he never made, and wanders off. Heroes Reborn After a series of adventures with, Howard gets a job as a department store, which gets him dragged to the, where the real Santa Claus has sold out to. Howard goes through several dimensions, apparently through the power of Man-Thing, who can now talk but does not understand this ability, and lands on a version of Duckworld where his parents are essentially and, he has a sister named Princess, and he is regarded as a hero because his activities on Earth-616 were recognized by Duckworld's version of. This origin traces the source of these dimensions to be projections from Franklin's mind, though through the course of the adventure, Howard has a romance with Tana Nile, culminating in a kiss, after which he apologizes and tells her of his attachment to Beverly. When Franklin understands that he has shaped all these worlds, they find themselves back in Man-Thing's swamp.

While Man-Thing became a self-appointed guardian to Franklin Richards, Howard went off on his own and was captured by the, who wrapped him in. Although we last saw him in the swamp, he states that he was thrown into baggage and transported on a plane. The cult wants him because he has part of the, which shattered during, inside him, which he knows because it is making him. Man-Thing enters his gullet, and Howard vomits him back out with the fragment, but the former is left desiccated and practically dead.

He then encountered, who thought he had slain the creature, but Howard explains that he would not be lugging his friend's body if that were the case. Howard sets Man-Thing down in the water, and he revives during the conversation with Namor.

Once he sees that Man-Thing is alive and well, he bids Namor farewell and says he is returning to Cleveland. Back with Beverly, he undergoes further shape-shifting experiments from Doctor Bong. Beverly is hired by Verde's Globally Branded Content Corporation, which manufactures from protein vats based on the of a of. Attempting to destroy an escapee whom Beverly has taken in, Bong inadvertently knocks Howard into a vat, which changes him, unstably, into a mouse —showering changes his form multiple times. Verde then goes to the press and claims that his building was attacked by Osama el-Barka ('Osama the Duck' in Arabic). Howard and Beverly are sent back on the road after the office where they are living is destroyed by a team.

Denied admittance to every possible shelter due to lack of funds, the pair and their dog find a sign for the Boarding, but are taken to the police station for questioning and by Suzy Pazuzu, with whom Beverly had attended high school. One of the officers on the case is the same beat cop who mistook Howard for a mutant many years before. Suzy is the inheritor of the, which starts to take her over until in a skirmish, the bracelet is caught by Howard. The doucheblade causes its holder to grow enormous bare and armor in a parody of, and possessed by this, Howard kills the male lover of a businessman who works with Verde as he and Verde break into Suzy's house.

Arriving at the Boarding House of Mystery, Howard and Beverly encounter, the latter with a rock stuck in his head that allows him only moments of lucidity. There, they are granted their every wish, including Howard's return to his true form, and Beverly never being tight again, and meet parodies of, and Gerber's own (called Utah), all characters from '. The downside is that everyone staying in the place gets their every wish, so can have his revolution, but someone else can easily slaughter him. One tenant, a writer named Mr. Gommorah (a parody of ), takes Beverly and Howard to be on the Show with the topic 'Why Women Give It to Men Who Don't Get It', guest starring. Upon leaving the house, Howard is once again transformed into a mouse.

Iprah has been merged with an experiment by the called Deuteronomy, intended to replace, because God has been spending all his time in a bar in since 1938. Deuteronomy is a creature half and half, while Iprah is an all-ego promoter of self-indulgent. Considering her dangerous, Gabriel sends the Thrasher to resurrect, whose blasts out half of Thrasher's brains (being immortal, this just makes him act drunk). Iprah destroys Freud, but Howard blasts her with the cigar, separating her from Deuteronomy. Puffing on the cigar, Howard disintegrates and arrives in Hell.

He is eventually freed by Yah, a being who claims to be 'God'. A few years later he was reunited with his parents and brother at a baseball game in Dakvorlde. Civil War Sometime later, Howard attempts to register under the during the Superhero, but learns his socially disrupted life has created so many bureaucratic headaches that the government's official policy is that Howard does not exist. This lack of government oversight delights him: 'For the rest of my life, no more parking tickets, or taxes, or jury duty.

Heck, I couldn't even vote if I wanted to!' In this story Howard says he was pressured to give up his cigars.

After he defeats the supervillain MODOT's scheme to control the public through mass media, his attorney, successfully restores his citizenship including all relevant responsibilities. Secret Invasion Howard the Duck is briefly seen as part of the super-powered army gathered to battle invading forces. He is seen armed with a pistol, a Skrull's hand around his neck. He is later seen kicking a Skrull during interrogation after the invasion.

Has commented when asked of Howard: 'That character has shown up in six issues I've done, and I've never typed the words Howard the Duck'. Marvel Zombies 5.

Main article: In Marvel Zombies 5, Howard the Duck of teams up with to travel across the fighting zombies. Fear Itself During the storyline, Howard forms a team called the Fearsome Four with, and to stop the when he goes on a rampage in Manhattan, due to the fear and chaos he senses on the citizens. They later discover a plot by to use Man-Thing's volatile empathy to create a weapon. Spider-Man: Back in Quack Howard and Beverly were brainwashed and forced to work for S.O.O.F.I. As Cynical Duck and Swizzle. They promoted S.O.O.F.I.

At a public speech held for them by J. Jonah Jameson.

Spider-Man interrupted a S.O.O.F.I. Indoctrination at the New York Public Library, and Beverly and the other S.O.O.F.I.s saw Spidey as a semi-demonic figure and attacked. Spidey escaped with Howard and broke his brainwashing because Beverly was threatened.

Howard quickly explained S.O.O.F.I.' S goals to Spider-Man. As Spider-Man publicly announced his long-standing support for S.O.O.F.I., Howard confronted Bev as she stood by the Supreme S.O.O.F.I. Howard broke through to Beverly, reminding her of their past.

The leader ordered the S.O.O.F.I.s to throw the pair into the special Blanditron at Guantanamo Bay, and Beverly kept them at bay with her whip. Spidey attacked them and unmasked the Supreme S.O.O.F.I., while the others escaped though their teleporter. Howard believed S.O.O.F.I. Would lay low for a while after such a defeat, he also hoped their Florida Everglades base might lead them to meet up with the Man-Thing. Ducky Dozen Because of his experience with zombie-infested worlds and his leadership of Machine Man, he was chosen as the leader of, as he dubbed them, the Ducky Dozen.

The team was composed of him, several Golden Age heroes, Dum-Dum Dugan, and Battlestar, who is also a veteran of a zombie incident. Upon entering Earth-12591, the Ducky Dozen fought hordes of zombie Nazis and, but suffered grave losses as members were either killed or zombified in battle. After successfully accomplishing their mission Howard, Dugan, Taxi Taylor and Battlestar were the only members left to survive and returned to Earth-616 along with the Riveter, the only survivor of Earth-12591's resistance team the Suffragists. Wolverine and the X-Men Howard teamed up with his friend Doop to battle Robo-Barbarians in Dimension ZZZ. They beat the horde back with nothing but a broken sword, a rubber chicken with nails in it and a gun that shoots bees. Original Sin After the death of the Watcher and the activation of the secrets buried in his eye, Howard discovered that he had the potential to be the most intelligent being in Duckworld.

After evading a squirrel while driving, he was thrown flying and used his intellect to calculate a way to land safely in a dumpster. Back to New York Howard returned to his business as a private eye, working in the same building as She-Hulk, in Brooklyn. One of his first new clients was Jonathan Richards, who hired Howard to retrieve a necklace stolen by the Black Cat. With the help of Tara Tam, his new friend and assistant, Howard managed to recover the necklace. But on his way to give it back to Richards, he found himself kidnapped by the Collector and allied with the Guardians of the Galaxy to escape the villain's collection.

Upon returning to Earth, he confronted the Ringmaster, who had been hypnotizing old people into robbing for him, after he was robbed by, Spider-Man's aunt. After recovering the necklace for a third time, Howard was approached by Richards in the middle of his fight against the Ringmaster and Richards revealed himself to be Talos the Untamed, who revealed that the necklace was part of a marginally powerful item known as the Abundant Glove. With help from Doctor Strange, Howard and Tara located the final piece of the Abundant Glove, but were unable to put it all together when Talos grabbed it, who proceeded to use it to wreak havoc on the city. Talos was confronted by numerous heroes while Howard and Tara took cover. He was able to point out that Tara, who revealed to possess shapeshifting powers similar to that of a, could help him defeat Talos. Tara used her powers to impersonate Skrull Emperor Kl'rt , distracting Talos long enough for Howard to snatch the Abundant Glove from his hand. Talos was later apprehended by the Fantastic Four and everything went back to normal.

Afterwards, with the help of new arrival, Howard prevented from infecting the world with a deadly virus. He also has a crossover event with. Howard the Duck was shown to be living in She-Hulk's apartment building when moves out.

Civil War II During the storyline, Howard the Duck was among the building tenants that learn from Patsy Walker about what happened to She-Hulk following the fight against. Powers and abilities Howard has no superhuman powers, but he is skilled in the martial art known as Quak-Fu, enough to defeat, or to at least hold his own against, far larger opponents. He has shown some degree of mystic talent in the past, to the point that taught some spells to Howard and even offered to train him, but Howard declined. On occasion, Howard used a suit of powered armor known as the 'Iron Duck' designed by Claude Starkowitz. Besides its property as body armor, the suit was equipped with foot-mounted leaping coils, a chest-mounted searchlight, and flamethrowers in both arms.

Characteristics and associations. Howard the Duck in the.

In 1986, and produced the film, in which Howard the Duck was voiced by and performed by an assortment of stunt actors in a duck suit ranging from Peter Baird, Ed Gale, Steve Sleap, Lisa Sturz, and Mary Wells. The only character borrowed from the Marvel Comics mythos was Beverly Switzler, though this version was a rock singer. In the film, Howard is brought to by a laser spectroscope experiment gone awry which additionally summoned an evil alien, one of the Dark Overlords of the Universe, who intended to sacrifice all human life in order to free the others of its kind from their celestial prison. The film was widely panned and was a.

There was a novelization and a comics adaptation of the film. Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Howard the Duck in. Howard the Duck appears as a CGI character in films set in the, voiced. Howard the Duck was first seen in. He is seen as a living exhibit in the 's museum during 's visit. After Collector's tormented assistant grabs an Infinity Stone which causes an explosion, Howard is among the creatures in Collector's cages that are set free. Howard is later shown in a having a drink with the Collector and in the wrecked archives of the Collector's lair. In August 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy director said, 'It's possible Howard could reappear as more of a character in the.

But if people think that’s going to lead to a Howard The Duck movie, that’s probably not going to happen in the next four years. Who knows after that?' . Howard the Duck's next appearance is in.

Howard is shown having a drink in a bar, flirting with a woman on Contraxia. Theme park. At, Howard the Duck can occasionally be heard over the intercom in the exit hall of, mocking the 's misfortune of the and creatures having escaped from his collection. Howard is voiced by, reprising his role from the film series. Video games. Alongside the film, released a namesake video game for the, and. Howard the Duck appears as an ability card in the crossover game, which itself is an updated version of.

Howard the Duck appears as a playable character in. He is shown to be armed with a rocket launcher. In a bonus mission narrated by, Howard the Duck and storm Marvel Comics HQ and hold the artists there hostage in an attempt to get their own movies. During his battle against and, Howard humorously defeats himself by accidentally knocking himself back with his rocket launcher. Howard the Duck is a playable character in the game.

Howard the Duck is a playable character in the game, wearing his Iron Duck suit. Howard the Duck is a rare playable character in the match-three mobile game. His comic book covers are only available during the 'Duck Season' in-game event, which is only held infrequently.

As Howard was introduced on April 1, 2016, many players were convinced that it was an joke played by the game's developers. Howard the Duck will appear as a playable character in, voiced.

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Other comics. In / #1 (Nov. 1996), Gerber claims that Howard and Beverly Switzler changed their names to Leonard the Duck and Rhonda Martini, remained in the Image Universe and 'were last sighted in Chicago boarding the Amtrak for Buffalo' while the duck who returned to Marvel is 'only an empty trademark, a clone whose soul departed him at the corner of Floss and Regret'. This was done because invited Gerber to write the comic, claiming he was the only one to write Howard, then Gerber noticed the Howard guest appearances in and and felt as though he had been tricked. In the 's feature, a comedy relief character is Gower Goose, an intended parody of Howard. In the series, Gordon the Goose (clearly modelled on Howard) appears, together with Dorkheem the Sorcerer and the Heap-Thing in issues #49, 58, and 59.

In 's #8 a duck appearing to be Howard (with his distinctive blue hat & jacket) can be seen at the Transworld Transport Terminus. In several issues of, Howard appears, along with many other characters, seemingly cut and pasted into the story. In 's ending of: More Pain Comics, which Gerber left unfinished when he died, Howard, who is heard but unseen (his speech balloon ends with 'waaugh'), dispatched the to destroy and, then invited for one last drink with Yah, Bev, and before Yah goes back 'upstairs'. He is also seen being roasted in one of the Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe issues, where the reporter states that Deadpool has gone into a killing spree, looking for heroes and villains alike, and also some characters that were never too special. Newspaper comic strip Between June 1977 and October 1978, Howard the Duck appeared in a daily comic strip that comic strip historian has described as having low distribution and that was eventually replaced by the strip. Among the handful of newspapers it appeared in were the and.

A total of eleven story arcs, as well as a number of single-joke strips, constitute the 511 individual strips that were printed. The strip started with original stories written by Steve Gerber and illustrated by Gene Colan: 'Pop Syke', 'The Cult of the Entropy' and 'The Self Made Man'. The latter was started by Colan and completed by, who stayed on to do two additional Gerber scripted stories: 'The Sleigh Jacking' and 'In Search of the Good Life'. These were followed by an adaptation of the 'Sleep of the Just' story from issue 4 of the Marvel comic, scripted by Gerber and illustrated by Alan Kupperberg. Colan's departure (and eventually Gerber's) grew out of escalating disagreements fueled by a dispute with Marvel over the delay in payment for work on the strip.

Gerber was replaced by Marv Wolfman as writer while Alan Kupperberg continued as artist. The remaining stories were: 'Close Encounters of the Fowl Kind', 'The Tuesday Ruby', 'The Clone Ranger', 'The Mystery of the Maltese Human' and 'Howard Heads Home'. As the series drew to an end, its already meager list of client papers shrank, making copies of these last post Gerber stories particularly hard to find. In November 1978, the first of a projected eight-issue series reprinting the entire strip was published by John Zawadzki. Titled It's Adventure Time with Howard the Duck, only the initial issue was published. Radio In 1980, a pilot for a radio show version of Howard was recorded.

Played the role of Howard. Collected editions. collects Fear #19, Giant-Size Man-Thing #4–5, Howard The Duck vol.

1 #1–27, Howard The Duck Annual #1, and Marvel Treasury Edition #12, 592 pages, March 2002,. Howard the Duck Omnibus collects Fear #19, Man-Thing #1, Giant-Size Man-Thing #4–5, Howard the Duck vol. 1 #1–33, Marvel Treasury Edition #12, and Marvel Team-Up #96, 808 pages, August 2008,. Spider-Man Strange Adventures includes Howard the Duck #1, 176 pages, November 1996,. Howard the Duck collects Howard the Duck vol. 3 #1–6, 144 pages, September 2002,. Howard the Duck: Media Duckling collects Howard the Duck vol.

4 #1–4, 128 pages, April 2008,. Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 collects Fear #19, Man-Thing #1, Giant-Size Man-Thing #4–5, Howard the Duck vol. 1 #1–16, Marvel Treasury Edition #12, and Howard the Duck Annual #1, 456 pages, June 2015,. Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 collects Howard the Duck vol.

1 #17–31 and Howard the Duck magazine #1, 360 pages, March 2016,. Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection Vol. 3 collects Howard the Duck magazine #2–7 and material from Crazy #59, 63, and 65, 384 pages, August 2016,.

Howard the Duck Vol. 0: What the Duck collects Howard the Duck vol. 5 #1–5, 112 pages, October 2015,. Howard the Duck Vol. 1: Duck Hunt collects Howard the Duck vol. 6 #1-6 and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vol. 2 #6, 160 pages, June 2016,.

Howard the Duck Vol. 2: Good Night, and Good Duck collects Howard the Duck vol. 6 #7-11, 112 pages, November 2016, Reception In August 2009, listed Howard the Duck as one of the 'Top 10 Oddest Marvel Characters'. References. ^ 'Where are the jokes? Howard the Duck meets his creator'. Supergraphics (25): 4–7.

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Of the Just!' Howard the Duck 4 (July 1976).

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Gerber, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Leialoha, Steve (i). 'Scandal Plucks Duck' Howard the Duck 9 (February 1977). Gerber, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Janson, Klaus (i). 'A Duck Possessed!' Howard the Duck 14 (July 1977). Gerber, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Janson, Klaus (i). 'The Island of Dr. Howard the Duck 15 (August 1977). Gerber, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Janson, Klaus (i). 'Metamorphosis' Howard the Duck 18 (November 1977). Gerber, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Janson, Klaus (i). 'Howard the Human!'

Howard the Duck 19 (December 1977). Gerber, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Janson, Klaus (i). 'Scrubba-dub Death!'

Howard the Duck 20 (January 1978). Gerber, Steve (w), (p), Janson, Klaus (i). 'If You Knew Soofi.!' Howard the Duck 21 (February 1978). Gerber, Steve (w), Mayerik, Val (p), (i). Howard the Duck 22 (March 1978). Gerber, Steve (w), Mayerik, Val (p), Mayerik, Val (i). 'Star Waaugh' Howard the Duck 23 (April 1978). Gerber, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Janson, Klaus (i). 'Getting Smooth!'

Howard the Duck 25 (June 1978). Gerber, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Janson, Klaus (i). 'Repercussions.!'

Howard the Duck 26 (July 1978). Gerber, Steve (w), Colan, Gene (p), Janson, Klaus (i). 'Circus Maximus' Howard the Duck 27 (September 1978).

^ (w), Colan, Gene (p), (i). 'If This Be Bongsday!' Howard the Duck 30 (March 1979).

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