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1977-03-01 00:05:10
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1977 / Box 12 / EiC: Archie Goodwin

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Howard the Duck #10

Issue(s): Howard the Duck #10
Cover Date: Mar 77
Title: "Swan-song ... of the living dead duck!"
Credits:
Steve Gerber - Writer
Gene Colan - Penciler
Stephen Leialoha - Inker

Review/plot:
Howard has some fever dreams while sick in bed after his fight with the beaver from last issue.

He bumps into a bunch of old characters from the series in his dreams...

...as well as people he's never actually met, like "Kong Lomerate"...

...and Omega the Unknown.

Quality Rating: C-

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: Essential Howard the Duck vol. 1

Characters Appearing: Howard The Duck

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Comments

The title is probably taken from the 1968 zombie film "Night of the Living Dead".

Posted by: Mark Drummond | August 25, 2011 2:03 PM

The title is a reference to Man-Thing #12 (also written by Steve Gerber), "Song-Cry of the Living-Dead Man", another story about a character having an existential crisis. (Ted Sallis, aka Man-Thing, is listed as "consulting schizo" on the splash page).

"Night of the Living Dead" was used for a story title by Steve Gerber, but it was Man-Thing #5 ("Night of the Laughing Dead").

Posted by: Rob A | October 18, 2013 4:18 PM

Such excellent work from Gerber.

Posted by: Mizark | July 21, 2016 4:56 AM

The outro punchline is probably swiped from the Kilgore Trout novel Venus on the Half Shell.

Posted by: Holt | March 5, 2018 8:08 PM




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