(January 1974)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-10-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #100.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Taboo! (Table of Contents)

Werewolf by Night / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Ploog (signed as Ploog)
Inks
Mike Ploog (signed as Ploog)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
adventure; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Werewolf by Night [Jack Russell]; Algon; Topaz
Reprints
Keywords
occult

His Name Is Taboo (Table of Contents: 1)

Werewolf by Night / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Mike Ploog
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as P. Goldberg)
Letters
John Costanza (credited as J. Costanza)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My name is Topaz -- and I have need of you this balmy night.
Feature Logo
Werewolf by Night!
Genre
adventure; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Werewolf by Night [Jack Russell] (also in flashback); Taboo (villain, introduction, also in flashback); Algon (villain, introduction, also in flashback); Topaz (introduction, also in flashback); Clary Winters (flashback); Sam (flashback); Raymond Coker (flashback); Sammy (flashback); Brad Wrangle (flashback); Jonathan (pilot, flashback); Phillip Russell; Laura Russell (flashback cameo)
Synopsis
Jack Russell is captured by Taboo and his helper Topaz. Topaz turns on Taboo and helps Jack.
Reprints
Keywords
occult

Indexer Notes

Story is a tribute to Will Eisner.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Weremail by Night / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber ?
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); Werner Roth (illustration)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); Paul Reinman (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza; typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Nick Halsey, Francis Kusala, Darlene Hyatt, and Bill Haney; includes panel from an earlier issue and house ad for Savage Tales #3.

Just Thomas and Lee — and the Soapbox Makes Three! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Taboo!
    Werewolf by Night
  2. 1. His Name Is Taboo
    Werewolf by Night
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Weremail by Night
  4. 3. Just Thomas and Lee — and the Soapbox Makes Three!
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore