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Marvel Masterworks: Howard the Duck Vol. 1 HC

July 10, 2020January 30, 2021 Gormuu Defenders, Doctor Strange, Frank Brunner, Gene Colan, Howard the Duck, Hulk, John Buscema, Man-Thing, Marvel Masterworks, Marvel Masterworks Howard the Duck, Nighthawk, Sal Buscema, Son of Satan, Spider-Man, Steve Gerber, Val Mayerik, Valkyrie

Marvel Masterworks Vol. 300: Howard the Duck HC – Variant Edition dustjacket cover

Marvel Masterworks: Howard the Duck Vol. 300 HC – 300th Anniversary Variant Edition

Marvel Masterworks: Howard the Duck Vol. 1 HC

Reprints: Howard the Duck #1-14, Marvel Treasury Edition #12; material from Fear #19, Man-Thing #1, Giant-Size Man-Thing #4-5

(Vol. 300 in the Marvel Masterworks Library)

First Print
Release Date: February 17, 2021

REGULAR ISBN: 978-1-302-92216-0 • List Price: $75.00
VARIANT ISBN: 978-1-302-92217-7 • List Price: $75.00
300th SPECIAL VARIANT ISBN: 978-1-302-92796-7 • List Price: $75.00
VARIANT PRINT RUN: 685

Printed by R.R. Donnelly Asia Printing Solutions, China

384 Pages

Written by Steve Gerber with Frank Brunner

Pencils by Gene Colan & Frank Brunner with Val Mayerik, John Buscema & Sal Buscema

Cover by Frank Brunner

Introduction by Stuart Moore

Collection Editor: Cory Sedlmeier
Color & Art Reconstruction: Michael Kelleher & Kellustration, Tom Mullin

BONUS CONTENT:

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• 1976 Howard presidential campaign button by Bernie Wrightson
• Steve Gerber profile from FOOM #5, art by Marie Severin
• Original version of Giant-Size Man-Thing #4 cover by Frank Brunner
• Giant-Size Man Thing #4, pg. 1 pencil preliminary drawing & original art by Brunner
• Howard the Duck #1, pg. 1 pencil preliminary drawing by Brunner
• Howard the Duck #1, pgs. 1, 9 & 19 original art by Brunner & Leialoha
• Howard the Duck #1 cover art by Frank Brunner
• Howard the Duck #5, pg. 10 original art by Colan & Leialoha
• “Presidential Hopefuls” from Crazy Magazine #19
• Bullpen notes from Howard the Duck #4-6, 8-9
• “Weakly” Campaign Updates #1-3 from December 1976 titles
• “Wise Quacks” campaign update, expanded edition, from Howard the Duck #7
• Howard the Duck 1976 campaign portrait by Wrightson
• “Know Your Candidate” interview w/Gerber and Howard the Duck from Marvel Treasury Edition #12
• Howard the Duck #8 unused cover by Gene Colan & Steve Leialoha
• New reprint title page from Marvel Treasury Edition #12 by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik
• Production photostat of cover to Marvel Treasury Edition #12
• Interview with Howard from Marvel Treasury Edition #12
• Crazy Magazine house ad featuring Howard the Duck from November 1976 titles
• Marvel Treasury Edition #12 house ad from January 1977 titles
• Spider-Man: Strange Adventures TPB cover by Steve Lightle
• Howard the Duck Omnibus HC cover pencil art by Brunner
• Howard the Duck Omnibus HC cover by Brunner and Paul Mounts
• Howard the Duck Omnibus HC variant cover by Marko Djurdjevic
• Howard the Duck and Beverly Switzler Hero Initiative lithograph art by Frank Cho and Jason Keith
• “Getting Down Again”, introduction by Steve Gerber from Howard the Duck Omnibus HC, 2008
• Interview with Gene Colan and Steve Gerber by Tom Field
• “At Home With Howard the Duck”, introduction by Mary Skrenes and Samantha Gerber from Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 TPB
• Bios: Steve Gerber, Frank Brunner, Gene Colan, John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Steve Leialoha, Val Mayerik

ON SALE:
• REGULAR MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT
• VARIANT MASTERWORKS STOREFRONT

DISCUSS AT THE COLLECTED EDITIONS FORUMS:
• HOWARD THE DUCK MASTERWORKS VOL. 1 DISCUSSION

PREVIEW IMAGES

Fear #19, pg. 15; pencils, Val Mayerik; inks, Sal Trapani; Man-Thing, Korrek the Barbarian, Howard the Duck, first appearance, Donald Duck parody, Marvel, cigar, swamp

Man-Thing #1, pg. 3; pencils, Val Mayerik; inks, Sal Trapani; Korrek the Barbarian, swamp creature, Marvel, Howard the Duck, first appearance and origin, demons

Giant-Size Man-Thing #4, pg. 33; pencils and inks, Frank Brunner; Frog Death, Howard the Duck, first solo story, Steve Gerber, Carl Barks spiritual guide, Marvel Donald Duck parody satire

Giant-Size Man-Thing #4, pg. 33; pencils, Frank Brunner; inks, Tom Palmer, Hellcow, Howard the Duck

Howard the Duck #1, pg. 3; pencils, Frank Brunner; inks, Steve Leialoha; Beverly Switzler first appearance

Howard the Duck #2, pg. 6; pencils, Frank Brunner; inks, Steve Leialoha; Beverly Switzler

Howard the Duck #3, pg. 16; pencils, John Buscema; inks, Steve Leialoha; Beverly Switzler

Howard the Duck #4, pg. 3; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha; Beverly Switzler, Paul Same, Winky Man, first appearance

Howard the Duck #5, pg. 10; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha

Howard the Duck #6, pg. 16; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha

Howard the Duck #7, pg. 17; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha, Rev. Joon Moon Yuc

Marvel Treasury Edition #12, pg. 6; pencils, Sal Buscema; inks, Klaus Janson

Marvel Treasury Edition #12, pg. 19; pencils, Sal Buscema; inks, Klaus Janson; Defenders, Doctor Strange, Incredible Hulk, Valkyrie

Howard the Duck #8 cover; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha; Trapped in a World He Never made, Howard for President, 1976 election campaign, Jimmy Carter Yells Fowl, Get Down America

Howard the Duck #8, pg. 5; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha; Stand Up America, Howard the Duck election, campaign

Howard the Duck #9, pg. 1; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha; Steve Gerber, Scandal Plucks Duck, campaign, 1976 presidential election

Howard the Duck #10, pg. 9; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha; Spider-Man

Howard the Duck #11, pg. 1; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha; Steve Gerber, splash page, Quack-Up,

Howard the Duck #12, pg. 13; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha; crazy, padded room, insane asylum, Marvel Donald Duck parody

Howard the Duck #13, pg. 2; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Steve Leialoha; KISS rock band parody, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss, Marvel Donald Duck parody satire

Howard the Duck #14, pg. 10; pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Klaus Janson; Beverly Switzler, Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan parody

Marvel Masterworks Vol. 300: Howard the Duck HC – 300th Volume Variant Edition dustjacket cover spine

GET DOWN, MASTERWORKS! IT’S HOWARD THE DUCK IN 2021!

Trapped in a Masterworks he never made! There were several worthy candidates for the milestone 300^th Masterworks edition, but only one waddled away with election victory: Howard the Duck! In Howard, Steve Gerber and his artistic cohorts Val Mayerik, Frank Brunner and Gene Colan delivered one of comics’ most iconoclastic and hilarious characters. We kick things off in his inaugural Masterworks with his quirky first appearance as a “fowl out of water” alongside the macabre Man-Thing. Then it’s off to Cleveland where the Man-Frog and Hellcow lurk. The satirical stories continue with Howard and gal pal Beverly Switzler taking on dire threats such as the Space Turnip, the Beaver and — public transportation??! And then: Howard runs for president! All restored in Masterworks glory!

ISSUES REPRINTED
Howard the Duck #1-14, Marvel Treasury Edition #12; material from Fear #19, Man-Thing #1, Giant-Size Man-Thing #4-5