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CREATURES ON THE LOOSE #30-37 (Jl'74-S'75)
I read the complete MAN-WOLF series for the first time in decades and it was a very mediocre book. It certainly was not on par with WEREWOLF BY NIGHT. It's more noted for being one of George Perez's first regular books, starting with #33 (Ja'75).
It was more connected to the superheroes than WBN, due to the Man-Wolf (Col. John Jameson) being the son of Daily Bugle publisher and Spider-Man gadfly J. Jonah Jameson. Surprisingly, the Wall-Crawler only makes one cameo appearance.
However, the Hairy Howler does battle Kraven the Hunter and the Hate-Monger and encounters Nick Fury and SHIELD!
The quickness of Man-Wolf taking over COTL makes me feel it was more to create another "Monster" book than actual popularity. Man-Wolf had only debuted less than a year prior in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #124-125 (S-O'73) and his second in GIANT-SIZE SUPER-HEROES #1 (Ju'74) a mere month before his COTL series began!
Man-Wolf: The Complete Collection includes Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #124-125 and 189-190; Giant Size Super Heroes: Featuring Spider-Man (1974) #1; Creatures on the Loose (1971-1975) #30-37; Marvel Premiere (1972-1981) #45-46; Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #36-37; Savage She-Hulk (1980-1982) #13-14 and material from Spectacular Spider-Man (1976-1998 1st Series) Annual #3.
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I missed that one! Saw it but didn't get it to my regret!
Man-Wolf was one of those series/characters (along with Deathlok, Killraven, etc.) I collected in college ex post facto so to speak that I missed when I was younger. I spent a lot of happy hours tracking down various appearances such as those listed above. Who knew that in 30 years or so publishers would do it for you? Today's collectors sure do have it easy. It's the Golden Age of comic book collecting.
Before the Code was liberalized to allow for Tomb of Dracula and Werewolf by Night (supernatural monsters beyond just ghosts), Man-Wolf and Morbius were watered-down “scientific” versions that could get past the Code. I never cared for either of them.
Lately I've been leaning toward anthologies: 2000 AD, the new EC books, DC's revival of Batman: The Brave & the Bold. They're all hit-and miss, but whatever their quality, anthologies often take swings at stories that might not sell on their own.
Case in point: Brave and the Bold #17 has the first part of a story called "Petsurrection," in which John Constantine investigates animals rising from the dead as zombies. To do so, he's teaming up with... Streaky the Super Cat. Where else could you ever see such a thing? It's written by Zipporah Smith, and drawn by Mike Norton -- in some ways the closest artist we have these days to Kurt Shaffenberger.
NEW COMICS I HAVE READ TODAY THIS MONTH: Action Comics #1071-1073, Toxic Avenger #1, Jonny Quest #3, Space Ghost #6, Batman & Robin: Year One #1, Wonder Woman #14, Jenny Sparks #3, Epitaphs from the Abyss #4, Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre #1, Absolute Wonder Woman #1, Robin Lives! #4, Superman #19, Babs #3, Deadpool Team-Up #3, Captain America #14.
COMICS I WILL READ TOMORROW*:
If the Democrats win:
If the Republicans win:
*(Roughly speaking)
I read "Life is Full of Disappointments," a three-part arc in the Gotham Central Ombimbus, originally issues 16-18. It's an interesting story, pretty much cape-free (aside from one unexpected but important cameo), as a murder case moves from one pair of detectives to another, changing hands each issue. It's a calm respite after the previous story, "Soft Targets," a race against time in which the Joker held the city hostage under sniper fire and shot up the squadroom.
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