When Last We Left Our SuperHero/Super-Spy...
...he, disguised as a hapless civilian, had deliberately fallen overboard from the nuclear submarine Patrick Henry in order to switch to his fighting gear...
Showing posts with label Werewolf SuperHero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Werewolf SuperHero. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
WereWolf the SuperHero "Secret Mission"
We Have Already Seen...
...the superhero with the "Easiest to Draw Costume in History" is investigating how the Red Chinese are able to track our nuclear submarines.
Monday, October 5, 2015
WereWolf the SuperHero "Call of the Sea"
Welcome to our first Countdown to Halloween 2015 feature presentation...
...hold it!
HOLD IT!
HOLD IT!!
HOLD IT!!!
This is not what we're presenting this year!
This is...
The super-spy saga continues...
After revamping Dracula and Frankenstein into Silver Age superheroes, the team of writer DJ Arneson and artists Bill Fraccio & Tony Tallarico turned to the next monster in the classic Universal Studios line-up.
However, whether it was because Universal objected
to the radical change in format or because the project was actually
unauthorized by the studio, the next book couldn't use the trademarked
name "The WolfMan".
Both Frankenstein and Dracula were based on public domain books, so they could be used without legal repercussions.
But The WolfMan movie series, though based on European legends, was conceived by Universal's in-house writers, and the name "WolfMan" was trademarked.
So Dell had to go back to the generic term for lycanthropic transformers..."Werewolf", as well as a totally-new concept and explanation for his superhero/super-spy code-name!
You can see how they resolved the problem by reading the first issue HERE.
BTW, this second issue of Dell's Werewolf (1966) is by the same creative team.
So Dell had to go back to the generic term for lycanthropic transformers..."Werewolf", as well as a totally-new concept and explanation for his superhero/super-spy code-name!
You can see how they resolved the problem by reading the first issue HERE.
BTW, this second issue of Dell's Werewolf (1966) is by the same creative team.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The Return of the 1960s Monster Super-Heroes!
Last Halloween we brought you the campy adventures of...
and
...and this Halloween, we're going to give you the rest of their sagas!
Starting Monday, and continuing until Halloween, we'll be presenting one of the remaining issues of the all-too brief runs of these weird only-in-the-60s amalgamations of classic monsters and campy superheroes each week, beginning with the second issue of WereWolf!
In the meantime, here's links to the previously-presented stories...
Dracula
Frankenstein
WereWolf
You can decide if we gave you a treat...or a trick!
Thursday, October 16, 2014
WereWolf the SuperHero "First Howl" Conclusion
...he's about to burst into dynamic, daring action!
Next: The Return of Frankenstein the SuperHero!
Of the trio of monster-based superheroes created for Dell Comics by the team of writer Don Segall and artists Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico, WereWolf was the least like his monstrous "inspiration".Considering Dell was not a member of the Comics Code Authority and could use a werewolf (whether mystical or scientific), it seems odd they didn't do so.
There are rumors that a second batch of monster superheroes based on the Mummy, Invisible Man, and Creature from the Black Lagoon were proposed and some preliminary art had been done, but poor sales doomed the "second wave".
At any rate, no evidence of any such work has ever been unearthed.
WereWolf, like Frankenstein and Dracula, lasted only three issues.
Trivia: Due to the fact they didn't use "Wolf Man", WereWolf wasn't a continuation of an existing title like Frankenstein and Dracula (both of which began their superhero versions with issue #2s), WereWolf runs #1-3, instead of #2-4 as the others do!
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
WereWolf the SuperHero "First Howl" Part 1
...he had just been given his codename "WereWolf" as well as the garb voted "Easiest to Draw SuperHero Costume in Comic Book History"!
Thus prepared, he becomes the 1960s version of a couch potato...
Is WereWolf's mission over before it's begun?
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
WereWolf the SuperHero "Assignment Top Secret"
Major Wiley Wolf of the USAF crash-lands in the Arctic and is stranded for six months with only a pack of wolves for company.
When he's rescued, the once-gregarious pilot seems distant and withdrawn, a changed man.
His only friend...one of the wolves he named "Thor".
Wolf resigns from the Air Force and heads to Washington DC...
And on that ironic note, we take our leave until tomorrow, when WereWolf will go into action!
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