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Trapped in a Masterworks he never made There were several worthy candidates for the milestone 300th Masterworks edition, but only one waddled away with election victory: Howard the Duck In Howard, Steve Gerber and his artistic cohorts Val Mayerik, Frank Brunner and Gene Colan delivered one of comics' most iconoclastic and hilarious characters. We kick things off in his inaugural Masterworks with his quirky fi rst appearance as a "fowl out of water" alongside the macabre Man-Thing, where they team up to protect Cleveland from the Man-Frog and Hellcow. The satirical stories continue with Howard and gal pal Beverly Switzler taking on dire threats such as the Space Turnip, the Beaver and - public transportation And then: Howard runs for president All restored in Masterworks glory COLLECTING: HOWARD THE DUCK (1976) 1-14; MARVEL TREASURY EDITION (1974) 12; MATERIAL FROM FEAR (1970) 19; MAN-THING (1974) 1; GIANT-SIZE MAN-THING (1974) 4-5; FOOM (1973) 15

Watch out, Yancy Street Benjamin Grimm, A.K.A. the Fantastic Four's ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing, is stomping his way into his own series - guest-starring the greatest heroes in the Marvel Universe In this inaugural MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE Epic Collection, the Thing battles the Incredible Hulk, the minions of Thanos and the giant monster Braggadoom - and even brings the Guardians of the Galaxy back into the firmament of Marvel stars He also joins forces with icons like Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Daredevil and Luke Cage to battle all manner of fearsome foes And to top it all off, the Thing travels to the pages of MARVEL TEAM-UP to join the amazing Spider-Man in a MTIO/MTU crossover classic Vol. 1: Marvel Feature (1971) 11-12, Marvel Two-in-One (1974) 1-19; Marvel Team-Up (1972) 47