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Steve Gerber in December of 1976, decided he had enough of Ditkos "fascism & censorship of his ideas" having rejected his new take on Captain Marvel, and went to Pacific comics publishing to start his own comic company. In January of 1977 (having in his contract with CBS comics that he owned any creations) took Howard the Duck & Beverly Swieler and started
Quack comics with his collaborators Mary Skvenes, Jim Mooney, & Val Mayerrik.
Quack comics first comic was an anthology featuring
- Quackineer a Howard the Duck story where Howard & Beverly travel through time where Bev is mistaken for Ann Bonty.
- Red Guard based on Gerber's rejected idea of making the Female Avenger a Russian Cosmonaut who is granted superpowers and becomes a flirtatious rivalry with the American hero (obvious parodying of Captain America, & Comando Yank)
- Omega the Unknown Based on Gerber's idea to change Captain Marvel Omega is the imaginary friend of young Richie that has come to life and the mystery of how he came to be
- From the Bog a blatant re telling of Man-Thing with the names changed & different art
Gerber decided that to stick it to the man and help bring in new talent that he would work without the comics code authority allowing the artist to not be hampered by the limitations of Sex, violence, or political ideology
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