The HOWARD THE DUCK newspaper comic strip ran for sixteen months, consisting of eleven story arcs told through 511 individual strips. Authorized by Marvel Comics and syndicated in the United States by the Register and Tribune Syndicate, it appeared in newspapers daily in black and white, and Sundays in color.

  Title [1] Writer Artist/s Start
(YY/MM/DD)
End
(YY/MM/DD)
Includes
Dailies?
Includes
Sundays?
Compilation
Type
1. POP SYKE - THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SUCCESS Steve Gerber Gene Colan 77/06/06 77/07/31 Yes Yes .pdf
2. THE CULT OF ENTROPY Steve Gerber Gene Colan 77/08/01 77/10/02 Yes Yes .pdf
3. FRED FEENIX - THE SELF-MADE MAN Steve Gerber Gene Colan & Val Mayerik [2] 77/10/03 78/12/11 Yes Yes .pdf
4. THE SLEIGH-JACKING Steve Gerber Val Mayerik 77/12/12 78/01/01 Yes Yes .pdf
5. IN SEARCH OF THE GOOD LIFE Steve Gerber Val Mayerik 78/01/02 78/02/26 Yes Yes .pdf
6. SLEEP OF THE JUST Steve Gerber [3] Val Mayerik & Alan Kupperberg [4] 78/02/27 78/04/22 Yes Yes .pdf
7. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FOWL KIND Marv Wolfman Alan Kupperberg 78/04/23 78/06/13 Yes Yes .pdf
8. THE TUESDAY RUBY [5] Marv Wolfman Alan Kupperberg 78/06/14 78/09/02 Yes No  
9. THE CLONE RANGER! Marv Wolfman Alan Kupperberg 78/09/04 78/09/30 Yes No  
10. HOWARD HEADS HOME Marv Wolfman Alan Kupperberg 78/10/02 78/10/28 Yes No .cbr
11. MISC. SUNDAYS & THE MYSTERY OF THE MALTESE HUMAN [6] Marv Wolfman Alan Kupperberg 78/06/18 78/10/29 No Yes .cbr

Footnotes:
[1] Titles in italics appeared in the strip itself. Non-italicized titles are fan creations.
[2] Gene Colan is the daily artist through Oct 9, then Sundays only through Nov 6. Starting Oct 10, Val Mayerik drew dailies, then dailies and Sundays from Nov 7 forward.
[3] This story is based upon Gerber's script from issue #4 of the Howard the Duck comic book.
[4] Val Mayerik is the artist on Sundays through March 26, with Alan Kupperberg as artist on the dailies. From March 27 forward, Alan Kupperberg is the sole artist on the strip.
[5] Starting with this storyline, Sundays were no longer a part of the Mon-Sat continuity.
[6] Sundays from 18/06/78 through 20/08/78 are one-strip gags. Sundays from 27/08/78 through 29/10/78 comprise The Mystery of the Maltese Human storyline.

A PLEA TO FANS OF HOWARD THE DUCK - Please help complete the newspaper strip collection. If you have the Howard the Duck newspaper strip from June 14 1978 through October 28 1978, originals or copies / scans, or any information regarding this series, we would like to hear from you. A group of fans are endeavouring to complete the entire run of this series, and make it available to anyone via the internet. If you have any information which might help, please contact:

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