Title: Essential Howard the Duck Vol. 1 TPB
Publication Date: 2002 (On Sale: February 27, 2002)
Format: 528-Page Trade Paperback
Cover Price: $14.95
Collection Group: Marvel Essentials
Contents: Howard the Duck #1-15, 17-27, Howard the Duck Annual #1, Fear #19, Giant-Size Man-Thing #4-5, and Marvel Treasury Edition Featuring Howard the Duck #12

Stories:

• Man-Thing: "The Way It All Began" (12 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Val Mayerik (Penciller) Sal Trapani (Inker) Artie Simek (Letterer) Stan Goldberg (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Fear #19 (1973)

• Howard the Duck: "Frog Death" (9 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Frank Brunner (Artist/Colorist) Tom Orzechowski (Letterer)
  Reprinted From: Giant-Size Man-Thing #4 (1975)

• Howard the Duck: "Hellcow" (5 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Frank Brunner (Penciller) Tom Palmer (Inker) Annette Kawecki (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Giant-Size Man-Thing #5 (1975)

• Howard the Duck: "Howard the Barbarian" (19 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Frank Brunner (Penciller/Colorist) Steve Leialoha (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #1 (1976)

• Howard the Duck: "Cry Turnip" (18 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Frank Brunner (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) Tom Orzechowski (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #2 (1976)

• Howard the Duck: "Four Feathers of Death" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) John Buscema (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) Annette Kawecki (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #3 (1976)

• Howard the Duck: "The Sleep... of the Just" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) Annette Kawecki (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #4 (1976)

• Howard the Duck: "I Want Mo-o-oney" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #5 (1976)

• Howard the Duck: "The Secret House of Forbidden Cookies" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #6 (1976)

• Howard the Duck: "The Way the Cookie Crumbles" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) James R. Novak (Letterer) Marie Severin (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #7 (1976)

• Howard the Duck: "The Duck and the Defenders" (27 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Marie Severin (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Marvel Treasury Edition Featuring Howard the Duck #12 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Open Season" (18 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #8 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Scandal Plucks Duck" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #9 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Swan-Song... of the Living Dead Duck" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) James R. Novak (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #10 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Quack-Up" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) James R. Novak (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #11 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Mind-Mush" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) James R. Novak (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #12 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Rock, Roll Over, and Writhe" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) James R. Novak (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #13 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "A Duck Possessed" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) James R. Novak (Letterer) Irene Vartanoff (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #14 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Thief of Bagmom" (34 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Val Mayerik (Artist) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck Annual #1 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "The Island of Dr. Bong" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker/Colorist) Irving Watanabe (Letterer)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #15 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Doctor Bong" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) Annette Kawecki (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #17 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Metamorphosis" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #18 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Howard the Human" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Phil Rachelson (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #19 (1977)

• Howard the Duck: "Scrubba-Dub Death" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #20 (1978)

• Howard the Duck: "If You Knew Soofi" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #21 (1978)

• Howard the Duck: "May the Farce Be with You" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Val Mayerik (Penciller) Bill Wray (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #22 (1978)

• Howard the Duck: "Star Waaugh" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Val Mayerik (Artist) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #23 (1978)

• Howard the Duck: "The Night After You Save the Universe?" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Tom Palmer (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #24 (1978)

• Howard the Duck: "Getting Smooth" (18 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #25 (1978)

• Howard the Duck: "Repercussions" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #26 (1978)

• Howard the Duck: "Circus Maximus" (17 pages)
  Steve Gerber (Writer) Gene Colan (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letterer) Phil Rachelson (Colorist)
  Reprinted From: Howard the Duck #27 (1978)