(February 1980)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Barcode
0714860295802
Editing
Lynn Graeme (credited); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief); Ralph Macchio (credited) (associate editor); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (consulting editor); Roy Thomas (credited) (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Howard the Duck / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Davis (credited, signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Special Christmas issue!
Genre
satire-parody; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Howard the Duck; Santa Claus
Keywords
Christmas

Indexer Notes

Designated as “Special Christmas Issue!”.

Cover Thumbnail for Howard the Duck (Marvel, 1979 series) #3
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Howard the Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (credited, signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited, signed)
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
Characters
Howard the Duck
Keywords
Christmas

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover.

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Howard the Duck
Synopsis
Contents page including a drawing of Howard the Duck.

A Christmas for Carol! (Table of Contents: 3)

Howard the Duck / comic story / 50 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Dave Simons (credited)
Letters
Michael Higgins (credited as Mike Higgins); Tom Orzechowski (credited as Tom Orz)
Genre
satire-parody; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Howard the Duck; Beverly Switzler; Winda Wester; Paul Same; Claude Starkowitz; Lee Switzler; Greedy Killerwatt (from Leonard Rifas's Educomics); Santa Claus
Keywords
Christmas

Indexer Notes

Takes place Dec. 25, 1979.

Duck Soup (Table of Contents: 4)

Howard the Duck / text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Jerry Bingham (credited)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Recap of everything that happened in the Howard the Duck comic book.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Wise Quacks / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Steven Alan Bennet, Michael A. Gonzales, Holman Mehran, Gery De Jong, Rick Mayhill, Scott A. Gilbert, Phil Barr, and Andrew Champion.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Moon Knight / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Coming Aquacktions (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Howard the Duck / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Howard the Duck; Tomb of Dracula / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Epic Illustrated (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Fun Factory (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Fun Factory / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Sportscaster Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Special Christmas issue!"]
    Howard the Duck
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Howard the Duck
  3. 2. Contents
  4. 3. A Christmas for Carol!
    Howard the Duck
  5. 4. Duck Soup
    Howard the Duck
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Wise Quacks
  7. 6. ["A baffling super-story of mystery..."]
    Moon Knight
  8. 7. Coming Aquacktions
    Howard the Duck
  9. 8. ["When did you have you last bite?"]
    Howard the Duck; Tomb of Dracula
  10. 9. Epic Illustrated
  11. 10. ["Because you demanded it!"]
    Conan
  12. 11. Fun Factory
    Fun Factory
  13. 12. ["My father gave me a whole sports file"]
    Sportscaster Cards
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  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
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