Publishers / Marvel / Howard the Duck (1976) / #7
7December 1976
$0.30

Howard the Duck #7

Marvel · December 1976 · on sale September 28, 1976

First appearance: BellhopFirst appearance: Dreyfuss GultchDeath of Gingerbread Man1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Howard the Duck (Marvel, 1976 series)
Issue
#7
Publication date
December 1976
Key date
December 1976
On-sale date
September 28, 1976
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.30
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860241512
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Bellhop - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dreyfuss Gultch - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Gingerbread Man.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0From the Oven... It Rises!cover1pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Tom Palmer; letters: Irv WatanabeGingerbread Man, Howard the Duck, Beverly Switzler
1The Way the Cookie Crumbles!comic story17script: Steve Gerber; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Steve Leialoha; colors: M. Severin; letters: Jim NovakGingerbread Man Death, Howard the Duck, Beverly Switzler, Joon Moon Yuc, Dreyfuss Gultch First, Bellhop First
2-letters page1script: Steve Gerber
3A Testament to Tapestries Tempestuous, Tales Titanic, and Tableaux Treasured!in-house column1script: Stan Lee

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.10 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Essential Howard the Duck #12002On eBay ›
Howard the Duck Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-3023-9		2008On eBay ›
Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-9776-8		2015On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Howard the Duck #1
ISBN 978-1-302-92216-0		2020On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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