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 format |
Compilation version # |
|
| 1. | POP SYKE - THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SUCCESS | Steve Gerber | Gene Colan | 77/06/06 | 77/07/31 | Yes | Yes | v1.0 | |
| 2. | THE CULT OF ENTROPY | Steve Gerber | Gene Colan | 77/08/01 | 77/10/02 | Yes | Yes | v1.0 | |
| 3. | FRED FEENIX - THE SELF-MADE MAN | Steve Gerber | Gene Colan & Val Mayerik [2] | 77/10/03 | 77/12/11 | Yes | Yes | v1.0 | |
| 4. | THE SLEIGH-JACKING | Steve Gerber | Val Mayerik | 77/12/12 | 78/01/01 | Yes | Yes | v1.0 | |
| 5. | IN SEARCH OF THE GOOD LIFE | Steve Gerber | Val Mayerik | 78/01/02 | 78/02/26 | Yes | Yes | v1.0 | |
| 6. | SLEEP OF THE JUST | Steve Gerber [3] | Val Mayerik & Alan Kupperberg [4] | 78/02/27 | 78/04/22 | Yes | Yes | v1.0 | |
| 7. | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FOWL KIND | Marv Wolfman | Alan Kupperberg | 78/04/23 | 78/06/13 | Yes | Yes | v1.0 | |
| 8. | THE TUESDAY RUBY [5] | Marv Wolfman | Alan Kupperberg | 78/06/14 | 78/09/02 | Yes | No | .cbr | v1.0 |
| 9. | THE CLONE RANGER LIVES AGAIN! | Marv Wolfman | Alan Kupperberg | 78/09/04 | 78/09/30 | Yes | No | .cbr | v1.0 |
| 10. | HOWARD HEADS HOME | Marv Wolfman | Alan Kupperberg | 78/10/02 | 78/10/28 | Yes | No | .cbr | v1.0 |
| 11. | MISC. SUNDAYS & THE MYSTERY OF THE MALTESE HUMAN [6] | Marv Wolfman | Alan Kupperberg | 78/06/18 | 78/10/29 | No | Yes | .cbr | v2.0 |
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 78/06/18 through 78/08/20 are one-strip gags. Sundays from 78/08/27 through 78/10/29 comprise The Mystery of the Maltese Human storyline.
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