Werewolf By Night #1

Werewolf by Night (1972)

by Gerry Conway, Mike Ploog (Artist)

Jack Russell, A.K.A. the Werewolf by Night, befriends Buck Cowan. But can Jack save his new friend and his sister Lissa from the stone-cold stare of Marlene Blackgar?

Genres: Comics, Marvel

21 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 12, 2016

About the author

Gerard Francis Conway (Gerard F. Conway) is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics' vigilante the Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man. At DC Comics, he is known for co-creating the superhero Firestorm and others, and for writing the Justice League of America for eight years. Conway wrote the first major, modern-day intercompany crossover, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man.

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

In preparation for the Disney+ Halloween special...



I was originally introduced to Jack Russell (the werewolf in Werewolf By Night) because I'm a Moon Knight junkie and his first appearance was in issue #32.
At any rate, I thought it was high time I learned about Jack and his origins.



I gotta say this feels like I was dropped into the middle of a story already in progress. I read the second issue just to make sure, but that one didn't clear things up for me much.
So. Either this is just willy-nilly storytelling or maybe I need to try to read Marvel Spotlight (1971-1977) #2.
Because after a little bit of Scooby Dooing on the internet I saw that was the actual 1st appearance of this character.



It was still a wacky cool story and I'm definitely going to keep going with this oddball character. The comic may not work for everyone but I like this old Marvel horror stuff, so in that sense, it was right up my alley.

[Lillian Francis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is almost 50 years and it shows.
The artwork is reminiscent of the time and the story/art was probably shocking at the time but I'm used to a good portion of my romance heroes being werewolves or shifters these days so all it did was made me smile.
Passed an enjoyable half hour.

[Tad Carlisle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Werewolf Tale Materials

Dark book of mystery, werewolf trappings, awkward family relationships. I was led here by the Moon Knight comics and my love of wolf lore. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

[Sheldon · Rating 2 out of 5]

This hasn't aged well at all, talk about a clunker

[Mark Plaid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic 1970s Marvel Comics horror at its best!

[Kori Watson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would have given it 5 stars but there was a few bits that straight up didn’t make sense. Like panels where missing or something. Continuations of sentences that never started and the like.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much like Jack, I, too, kind of dislike the city.

[Jake Blaha · Rating 2 out of 5]

70s stuff, although classic, is tedious.