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Howard was also the cause of a legal dispute between Marvel and Gerber, who claimed to own the character. This caused Gerber to leave the company and led to many years of legal wranglings; in the end, the situation was settled with Marvel keeping ownership of Howard.
 
Howard has appeared occasionally in various Marvel titles since the 1970s, and a few years ago starred in a miniseries (again by Gerber) that made open references to his sexual relationship with Beverly (it was part of Marvel's adult-oriented MAX line, which may not be a canonical part of the [[Marvel Universe]].) Thanks to [[The Cameo|an appearance]] in the [[Stinger]] for ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)||Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' in 2014, though, it has been established that he very much ''does'' exist in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].
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* [[Belated Backstory]] - Howard reveals his past to Winda in issue 13, telling his origins and how was his life in his original universe before getting trapped in ours.
* [[Beware the Silly Ones]] - Dr. Bong, who, despite his goofy conception, was the most dangerous foe that Howard ever faced.
* [[BLAMNon Sequitur Episode]]/[[Filler]] - Issue 16, the infamous "Dreaded Deadline Doom" issue, which included Steve Gerber soliloquizing for the whole issue about writing on top of surreal illustrations, as well as an "obligatory fight scene" between a showgirl, an ostrich, and a killer [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]].)
** Gerber would later use the Showgirl/ostrich concept in his [[Vertigo Comics]] miniseries ''Nevada''.
* [[Breakout Character]] - Howard was initially intended as a single-appearance character, but fate (and popular demand) wouldn't have it.
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* [[Knight Templar]] - The underground organization S.O.O.F.I. ('''S'''ave '''O'''ur '''O'''ffspring '''F'''rom '''I'''ndecency)
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] - The Supreme SOOFI is a never-named Anita Bryant -- sheBryant—she even mentions having her epiphany in Dade County, where the real Bryant then lived -- whilelived—while Donny and Marie Dearth are based on the Osmonds who share their first names. See also [[Take That]]
* [[Only Sane Man]] - Howard is usually this.
* [[Phrase Catcher]] - "You're a talking duck!" Sometimes it was just "You're a duck!"
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