Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	March 1980
Cover Price	1.25
Pages	68
Editing	Lynn Graeme

Cover Details

Characters	Howard the Duck; Beverly Switzler
Genre	satire
Pencils	John Pound (painting)
Inks	John Pound (painting)
Colors	John Pound (painting)

1 page Howard the Duck illustration "Playduck"

Characters	Howard the Duck; Beverly Switzler
Genre	satire
Pencils	Marie Severin
Inks	Marie Severin

25 page Howard the Duck story "The Maltese Cockroach"

Characters	Hemlock Shoals (intro); Howard the Duck; Pro-Rata (flashback cameo)
Genre	satire
Script	Bill Mantlo
Pencils	Gene Colan
Inks	Dave Simons
Letters	Joe Rosen

2 page text article "Playduck Interview with Truman Capoultry"

Pencils	Ned Sonntag ?
Inks	Ned Sonntag ?

2 page text story "The Old Drake's Tale"

Script

? [as Sir James Mallardy]

2 page Duckmate illustration "Ms. Amy Quakton"

Pencils	John Byrne
Inks	John Tartag

1 page text article "Birds in Bondage!"

Pencils	Ned Sonntag
Inks	Ned Sonntag

1 page text article "The Prisoner Of Ducks"

Script

? [as Norman Mallard]

25 page Howard the Duck story "The Dreadcliff Cuckoos!"

Characters	Beverly Switzler; Paul Same; Winda Wester; Howard the Duck; Adolf Hitler's dentist (dies); Nurse Barbara; Kiss (flashback cameo); Rev. Joon Moon Yuc [as Moon June Yuk]
Genre	satire
Script	Bill Mantlo
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Klaus Janson
Letters	Michael Higgins; Irving Watanabe?
Notes	Resolves a dangling plot-line from #14.