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Issue: Howard the Duck #16
Publication Date: September 1977
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Issues: #16 of 33 Issues (70 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: 35¢
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 06/21/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860241509
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
14 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Letters page replies by Steve Gerber.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Deadline Doom!

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Beverly Switzler; Howard the Duck
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Prizes or Cash

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Junior Sales Club of America.
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Welcome to the Island of Dr. Bong!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Beverly Switzler; Howard the Duck; Dr. Bong
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Disclose Notes: Reprints the final page of the previous issue as an intro.
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Zen and the Art of Comic Book Writing: A Communique from Colorado

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: Because of time pressure, this issue consists of large pictures with accompanying text. The picture on pages 7 and 8 many years later served as inspiration for the Vertigo series Nevada. The art credit is listed as "Cast of Thousands," but each illustration is signed by its artist. Ed Hannigan and Nel Yomtov credited for "production."
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I. Writers Are Like People

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II. Turn Left at the Fork in the Tongue

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III. Obligatory Comic Book Fight Scene

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Howard the Duck; Nevada; Bolero
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Disclose Notes: This sequence served as the inspiration for the Vertigo series Nevada (DC, 1998 series).
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iv. ...and Visions of Sugar Plums

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Disclose Notes: Letters from Jay Hardcastle, Joel Perry, Greg S. Pointer, Warren Kinselle, and Lori Liff.
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V: Tell the People a Story

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Disclose Notes: Should be part V.
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VI: Commentary & Analysis

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Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Howard the Duck; Steve Gerber
First Line: Fluke!
Synopsis: "Outraged Marvelites" feed an unnamed typist through a giant fan which produces jars of "Gerber Strained Brains." More Marvelites prepare to feed Howard through as well.
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VII. Fan Letter

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