Howard the Duck #6 for Sale - First Appearance of Moonchild - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Howard the Duck (Marvel, 1979 series)
Issue: #6
Publication date: July 1980
Key date: 1980-07-00
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $1.25
Pages: 68
Barcode: 0714860295807

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

Origin story on record for: Howard the Duck.

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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Duckworld	cover	1	pencils: John Pound; inks: John Pound; colors: John Pound	Howard the Duck, Beverly Switzler
1	The Origin of Howard the Duck	comic story	1	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gene Colan; letters: Jim Novak	Howard the Duck Origin
2	Stan Lee Presents: Howard the Duck	credits, title page	0.5	letters: typeset
3	Contents	table of contents	0.5	pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Bob McLeod	Howard the Duck; Beverly Switzler
5	Editorial	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	0.67	script: Lynn Graeme; pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Bob McLeod	Howard the Duck; Beverly Switzler
6	Duckworld: Prologue	comic story	2	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Bob McLeod; letters: Jim Novak	Howard the Duck, Paul Same, Beverly Switzler, Lee Switzler, Winda Wester, Claude Starkowitz
7	Duckworld: Chapter One - Duckworld!	comic story	10	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Bob McLeod; letters: Jim Novak	Howard the Duck, Beverly Switzler
8	Duckworld: Chapter Two - Be It Ever So Humble...	comic story	16	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Bob McLeod; letters: Jim Novak	Howard the Duck, Beverly Switzler
9	Duckworld: Chapter Three - Webbed Feet of Clay!	comic story	7	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Bob McLeod; letters: Jim Novak	Howard the Duck, Beverly Switzler
10	Duckworld: Chapter Four - Fame!	comic story	6	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Bob McLeod; letters: Jim Novak	Howard the Duck, Beverly Switzler
11	Duckworld: Chapter Five - Duck-Hunt	comic story	10	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Michael Golden; inks: Bob McLeod; letters: Jim Novak	Howard the Duck, Man-Thing, Ted Sallis, Beverly Switzler
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joe Jusko; inks: Joe Jusko
13	The Far-Out, Off-the-Wall Story Behind Street Peeple	text article	1	script: Lynn Graeme
14	The Coming of Riff	comic story	6	script: Lynn Graeme; pencils: Ned Sonntag; inks: Ned Sonntag; letters: Ned Sonntag	Cheyanne First, Horsemeat First, Moonchild First, Qwami First, Riff First
15	-	letters page	3	script: Bill Mantlo
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gene Colan	Dracula

Plus 1.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Howard the Duck #32	1986	On eBay ›
Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection #3 ISBN 978-1-302-90204-9	2016	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #56 of 9#7 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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