Howard the Duck faces the most unusual foe...Hellcow!
Howard the Duck languishes inside of a Cleveland City jail cell. The Police commissioner mistakenly believes that Howard is a midget dressed as duck. He attempts to remove his costume, but is shocked to discover that Howard is a genuine duck (but an anthropomorphic talking duck). Unwilling to risk public humiliation, he orders Howard's release. Howard decides to develop a strong reputation in Cleveland in the hopes of one day becoming a police officer. He reads a local newspaper, which tells of a series of mysterious farm slayings.
That night, Howard masquerades as a human and wanders the city streets in the hopes of luring the killer out of hiding. Suddenly, a vampiric bovine known as the Hellcow swoops down out of the sky and attacks Howard. It kicks him into an auto-parts store and attempts to drink his blood. Howard keeps Hellcow at bay with a cross-shaped lug wrench, and tricks her into diving into a pile of tires. As Hellcow attempts to wrest her fangs free from a whitewall tire, Howard destroys her with a stake and hammer. Although Howard solves the mystery and saves the day, he is denied the chance to become a police officer.
Giant-Size Man-Thing #5, 1975
