Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection Volume 1

by Steve Gerber

Other authorsGene Colan (Illustrator), John Buscema (Illustrator), Sal Buscema (Illustrator), Val Mayerik (Illustrator), Frank Brunner (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

PN6728 .H6

Publication

Marvel (2015), 456 pages

Description

Also collects Fear #19, Man-Thing (1974) #1, Howard the Duck Annual #1, Marvel Treasury Edition #12, material from Giant-Size Man-Thing #4-5. Get the full story of how Marvel's most notorious movie star became trapped in a world he never made! Howard the Duck takes an adventure into fear when he's plucked from Duckworld and finds himself on Earth, bill to proboscis with the melancholy muck-monster Man-Thing! Stuck here on a planet of hairless apes, the furious fowl forges a future for himself in, of all places, Cleveland. But the would-be Master of Quack Fu will have his wings full hanging out with Spider-Man - and waging "waaaugh" with madcap menaces like the Space Turnip, the Cookie Creature, the Beaver and Doctor Bong. Will that earn him a spot on the Defenders? Better yet, Howard for president!.… (more)

User reviews

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The battle of mediocrity against absurd villainy is interrupted for roughly a third of the issues by Howard having a nervous breakdown - coinciding with a parallel breakdown in the writer of the series, as detailed in the final issue in this volume.

Still, Howie gets some laughs in.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

456 p.; 6.75 inches

ISBN

0785197761 / 9780785197768
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