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Issue: Howard the Duck #4
Publication Date: March 1980
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Issues: #4 of 9 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0714860295803
Price: $1.25 USD
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Content Items: 21 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: 8.5 in. x 11 in.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagHoward the Duck: The Complete Collection #3 published January 2016
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Howard the Duck; Beverly Switzler
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is shown as a parody of Playboy magazine. Howard is depicted as a Hugh Hefner type character.
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Playduck

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Howard the Duck; Beverly Switzler
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Howard is depicted as a Hugh Hefner type character with Beverly dressed as a Playduck ‘bunny’. Located on inside front cover.
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Editorial

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Parody editorial.
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Only “Wheezaton” turns out champions like these!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Parody advertisement for body building product.
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The Maltese Cockroach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Hemlock Shoals (intro); Howard the Duck; Pro-Rata (flashback cameo)
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Pages: 25
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Playduck Interview with Truman Capoultry

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody interview with Truman Capoultry. Says continued on page 88 but there is no page 88.
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Pages: 2
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The Old Drake's Tale

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Sir James Mallardy]
Penciller(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 2
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Ms. Amy Quakton

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Duckmate
Synopsis: Parody of a Playboy Centrefold.
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Pages: 2
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Birds in Bondage!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody of an expose.
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Pages: 1
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The Prisoner Of Ducks

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Norman Mallard]
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody article on the bemoaning equality between the sexes.
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Pages: 0.67
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Ashamed?

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody advertisement for a hair loss remedy.
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Pages: 0.33
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The Dreadcliff Cuckoos!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Beverly 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]
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Pages: 25
Disclose Notes: Resolves a dangling plot-line from #14.
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Playduck Reviews

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody review column.
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Pages: 0.6
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Waddle before they hatch!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody advertisement for an upcoming film.
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Pages: 0.4
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Are You A Comics Fan...?
Synopsis: Subscription advertisement for The Comics Journal.
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Pages: 0.33
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Playduck Advisor

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody advice column.
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Pages: 0.66
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Wise Quacks

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Parody letters column. Includes a comic panel from the previous issue with Howard and Beverly
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Pages: 1
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Coming Aquacktions

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Howard the Duck; Beverly Switzler
Synopsis: Promo for next issue of Howard the Duck, No. 5
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Pages: 1
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Marvel Preview #21

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Moon Knight [Marc Spector]
Synopsis: House ad for issue 21 of Marvel Preview featuring Moon Knight.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Located on inside back cover.
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The First Kingdom

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Advertisement to order The First Kingdon graphic novels.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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