Howard the Duck #5 [Regular Edition]
(September 1976)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1976-06-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860241509
Editing
Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #131.
This issue has variants:

Arena of No Return (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Gene Colan; John Romita (revisions)
Inks
Steve Leialoha
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
Characters
Howard the Duck; Emile "The Goat" Klout
Reprints

Indexer Notes

FM Snyder suggested the wrestler was drawn by Frank Brunner, via the GCD Error Tracker (Error 3610 4 April 2010). Nick Caputo believes the figure of the wrestler is indeed drawn by Colan and it is the rendering of the wrestler's face by inker Steve Leialoha that is causing the confusion.

Howard Bender contacted Steve Leialoha who verified: cover pencils are by Gene Colan with wrestler revisions by John Romita and inks by Steve Leialoha.

I Want Mo-o-oney! (Table of Contents: 1)

Howard the Duck / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber (credited); Martin Pasko (sourced) (plot assist)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Steve Leialoha (credited)
Colors
Michele Wolfman (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Irv Watanabe (credited)

Job Number
JV354
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, the best things in life are free --
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
Characters
Howard the Duck; Kidney Lady; Beverly Switzler; Rudy; Emile "The Goat" Klout
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Wise Quacks / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Stan Lee, Cindy A. Blanchette, and Gregory R. Suriano. Also contains an HTD Presidential Campaign Bulletin.

A Quaff of Quixotic Quips to Quench Your Quakes and Quandaries! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Arena of No Return
    Howard the Duck
  2. 1. I Want Mo-o-oney!
    Howard the Duck
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Wise Quacks
  4. 3. A Quaff of Quixotic Quips to Quench Your Quakes and Quandaries!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Howard Bender
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jason Sacks
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore