| Issue | #4 |
| Published | April 1975 |
| Cover Price | 0.50 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Len Wein |
| Notes | Letters page replies by Steve Gerber. |
| Characters | Man-Thing |
| Genre | occult; satire |
| Script | Steve Gerber ? |
| Pencils | Frank Brunner (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Brunner (signed) |
| Notes | Letters page replies by Steve Gerber. |
| Reprinted | in Essential Howard the Duck (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 |
| Characters | Man-Thing |
| Synopsis | A kid dies. Why did he die? And how? A story about prejudice and hypocrisy. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Steve Gerber, Annette Kawecki (co-script, page 25) |
| Pencils | Ed Hannigan; Ron Wilson |
| Inks | Frank Springer |
| Colors | Phil Rachelson [as P. Rache] |
| Letters | Tom Orzechowski [as Tom Orz] |
| Notes | Annette Kawecki credit from the letters page. |
| Characters | Howard the Duck |
| Synopsis | Howard the Duck falls through the dimensions back to Earth and must face Garko the Man-frog. |
| Genre | satire |
| Script | Steve Gerber |
| Pencils | Frank Brunner |
| Inks | Frank Brunner |
| Colors | Frank Brunner |
| Letters | Tom Orzechowski [as Tom Orz] |
| Notes | Howard the Duck's first solo appearance. Spin-off from Man-Thing #1 (first series). Carl Barks credited as "spiritual guide." |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #12 (1976); in Essential Howard the Duck (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 |
| Characters | unnamed Russian (only appearance) |
| Synopsis | A Russian farmer becomes a gold miner and uncovers a doorway into a dimension of malevolent beings. When the army comes for the man's gold they ignore his warnings to leave the doorway and are destroyed, leaving the man to reseal the portal, determined to open it again if democracy does not come soon. |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #72 (December 1959) |
| Synopsis | A claustrophobic artist seeks help from a psychiatrist and it turns out he has no memories from more than one year before. |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #21 (January 1955) |