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4March 1980
$1.25

Howard the Duck #4

Marvel · March 1980

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Identification plate

Series
Howard the Duck (Marvel, 1979 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
March 1980
Key date
1980-03-10
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$1.25
Pages
68
Barcode
0714860295803

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: John Pound; inks: John Pound; colors: John PoundHoward the Duck; Beverly Switzler
1Playduckillustration1pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie SeverinHoward the Duck; Beverly Switzler
2Contentstable of contents1letters: typeset
3Editorialtext article0.33script: Lynn Graeme
4Only “Wheezaton” turns out champions like these!cartoon0.67letters: typeset
5The Maltese Cockroachcomic story25script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dave Simons; letters: Tom OrzechowskiHemlock Shoals (intro); Howard the Duck; Pro-Rata (flashback cameo)
6Playduck Interview with Truman Capoultrytext story2pencils: Ned Sonntag; inks: Ned Sonntag
7The Old Drake's Taletext story2script: ? [as Sir James Mallardy]; letters: typeset
8Ms. Amy Quaktonillustration2pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Tartag
9Birds in Bondage!text story1pencils: Ned Sonntag; inks: Ned Sonntag
10The Prisoner Of Duckstext article0.67script: ? [as Norman Mallard]; letters: typeset
11Ashamed?cartoon0.33letters: typeset
12The Dreadcliff Cuckoos!comic story25script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Klaus Janson; letters: Michael Higgins, Irving WatanabeBeverly Switzler; Paul Same; Winda Wester; Howard the Duck; Adolf Hitler's dentist (dies); Nurse Barbara; Kiss (flashback cameo); Rev. Joon Moon Yuc [as Moon June Yuk]
13Playduck Reviewstext story0.6script: Bill Mantlo
14Waddle before they hatch!cartoon0.4letters: typeset
16Playduck Advisortext story0.66letters: typeset
17Wise Quackstext story1pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Dave Simons
18Coming Aquacktionspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Michael GoldenHoward the Duck; Beverly Switzler
19Marvel Preview #21promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Tom PalmerMoon Knight [Marc Spector]

Plus 1.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection #3
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