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Steve Gerber

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Born: September 19 1947

Died: 0909 02 20082008

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Steve Gerber graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in communications and took a job in advertising. To keep himself sane, he wrote bizarre short stories such as "Elves Against Hitler," "Conversion in a Terminal Subway," and "...And the Birds Hummed Dirges!" He noticed acquaintance Roy Thomas working at Marvel, and Thomas sent him Marvel's standard writing test, dialoguing Daredevil art. He was soon made a regular on Daredevil and Sub-Mariner, and the newly created Man-Thing, the latter of which pegged him as having a strong personal style--intellectual, introspective, and literary. In one issue, he introduced an anthropomorphic duck into a horror fantasy, because he wanted something weird and incongruous, and Thomas made the character, named for Gerber's childhood friend Howard, fall to his apparent death in the following issue. Fans were outraged, and the character was revived in a new and deeply personal series. Gerber said in interview that the joke of Howard the Duck is that "there is no joke." The series was existential and dealt with the necessities of life, such as finding employment to pay the rent. Such unusual fare for comicbooks also informed his writing on The Defenders. Gerber eventually lost a lawsuit for control of the character when he was defending the artist's delayed paychecks for the series.

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Books from Steve Gerber

Avengers vs. Thanos

Essential Howard the Duck, Vol. 1

Vertigo: Winter's Edge

Howard the Duck Omnibus

Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow's Avengers, Vol. 1

Omega the Unknown Classic

Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1

Howard the Duck MAX

Essential Man-Thing, Vol. 1

Essential Avengers, Vol. 5

Essential Defenders, Vol. 2

Hard Time: 50 to Life

Essential Defenders, Vol. 3

The Evolutionary War Omnibus

Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1

Essential Marvel Horror, Vol. 1

Essential Marvel Two-in-One, Vol. 1

Essential Daredevil, Vol. 4

Essential Daredevil, Vol. 5

Superman: Last Son of Earth