Howard the Duck #5; A Hardcore Review

I am going to remind everyone who reads these reviews that the grading system I use is this: instead of thumbs up or stars, I rate on hardcore moments in pro wrestling history. The more hardcore the event, match, promo or moment the more I liked the book, comic, movie or video game I am reviewing. The less hardcore the moment, the more I disliked it. An example would be anything related to Hulk Hogan would be highly NOT recommended. Onto the review...
Seeing as how the cover to this issue is the inspiration for the soon to be highly sought after copy of Youth in Asia #5 Animeland Tu Con Exclusive cover, I would think this is going to be a solid review.
Written by Howard's creator, Steve Gerber and drawn by the man Gene Colan, you have the makings of a top quality mid 70's comedy book. And it was. The story begins with Howard's lady friend and roommate scouring their tiny apartment for money for dinner. She comes up with a whole quarter, bringing their grand total of food funds to fifty cents. So Howard goes to the store to buy two candy bars. Where he peruses the comics only to find slanderous material about ducks. Howard is outraged to the point of calling in a radio talk show to voice his frustrations and set the record straight. That doesn't go so well, and Howard is forced to take other actions. To which he goes to a television station where he runs a fowl (heh) of a clown, whom he pummels to a pulp.
Forced to find a new way to earn some quick cash, Howard opens the newspaper and finds, what else? An ad proclaiming $10,000 to any man who can last three rounds with the heavyweight wrestling champion "Goat" Klout. Howard and his roommate get to the arena in time to watch "The Goat" dispatch half a dozen men with ease. The announcer asks the crowd if there's anyone left, who wants a piece? Howard steps forward dressed strangely like Mustafa of the Gangstas from the old Smokey Mountain Wrestling and ECW (odd since that's about twenty years into the future from this book). Being the master of Quak Fu has its advantages. I'll leave the ending as a surprise, suffice it to say Howard reveals himself to be a duck.
This book was so much fun to read, all the way down to the little footnotes at the bottom of the pages stating that "the story continues the page after next." This book is a funny book for the ages. This book deserves a great rating in the hardcore annals of history. I give it, the "Moon Over Philadelphia." The one title defense of the ECW World Heavyweight Championship by Mikey Whipreck, against none other that the "Extreme Superstar" Steve Austin. Yes that Steve Austin. A match stolen away from the Sandman by a sneak attack by Austin. This was, I believe one of only two matches ever in ECW by the future icon Stone Cold Steve Austin. And in true extreme style, you do get to see the full moon, complete with Austin balls from the hard camera. Damn!