Descrizione
GLI ALBI DEI SUPER – EROI
collana eterogenea, instabile, variegata, assortita, poliedrica e mista, a carattere di vero e proprio cronicario di super-eroi di scarto, tutti iscritti alle liste di collocamento e con domanda di prepensionamento già compilata ed inoltrata, e che altrimenti non avrebbero trovato collocazione neanche nelle liste del partito democratico
serie LICANTROPUS N. 3
IL MISTERO DEL MONACO PAZZO
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1974
CONDIZIONI : EDICOLA, L’ ALBO NON E’ DI BUSTA
GRANDISSIMA DISPONIBILITA’ DI TUTTI I SUPEREROI CORNO E NON
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Louis
- Mark Cephalos (Dies)
Other Characters:
- Betty
- Father Ramon Joquez
- Frank
- Garth
- Max
- Samuels
- Terri
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Synopsis
The Werewolf prowls the streets of L.A. A police squad car takes note of him and begins pursuing him. He evades the police, but catches the attention of a mysterious red helicopter. The helicopter generates a net and ensnares the Werewolf’s body, and Jack dives off the pier into the water. He tears through the net, but finds himself prey for a hungry shark. The Werewolf easily dispatches the shark and resurfaces.
The following morning, two surfers find Jack’s unconscious body washed up on the beach. Jack returns to Buck’s cottage, but refuses to tell him any information regarding the previous evening. Jack’s girlfriend Terri is present and together they attempt to translate the passages from his father’s journal.
Unable to satisfactorily complete the task, they consult with a former University teacher named Father Ramon Joquez. Joquez takes particular interest in the entries.
Time passes and one evening Jack receives a visit by a man named Mark Cephalos. Cephalos knows that Jack is the Werewolf and confesses to piloting the helicopter that attempted to capture him the previous month.
Cephalos kidnaps Jack and takes him back to his hidden lair. He tells him that he is dying, and wants to steal the life-energy of Jack’s werewolf form in order to save his life. He hooks Jack up to a machine and waits for the transformation to take place. Jack transforms, and breaks free of the device. However, enough energy has transferred to imbue Cephalos with incredible strength. The two begin fighting one another, but Cephalos manages to escape to his helicopter. The werewolf dives into the cabin and forces the chopper off course. He dives free, as the vehicle crashes into the Hollywood Hills.
Notes
- This story takes place over the course of one month. It begins on the third night of the full moon, and extends until the first night of the full moon the following month.
- Philip Russell, Laura Russell, Gregory Russoff and Garth the chauffer appear in a flashback to events first chronicled in Marvel Spotlight #2 (in Italy in ASE #6).
- Buck Cowan appears next in Werewolf by Night #6 (in Italy in ASE #48).
First Appearances: Betty (a surfer); Frank (a police officer); Louis (a dwarf); Mark Cephalos (a scientist); Max (a surfer); Ramon Joquez (a priest); Samuels (a police officer); Terri (Jack’s girlfriend)
Final Appearances: Betty; Frank; Louis (dies in this issue); Mark Cephalos (dies in this issue); Max; Samuels
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Ernie
- Father Ramon Joquez
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Synopsis
Father Ramon Joquez peruses the mystic tome known as the Darkhold. Suddenly, a grey mist begins pouring from the pages, infecting him. He telephones Jack Russell in a panic, but the mist consumes him.
Jack hops into his car and begins racing towards the rectory in Tugunga Canyon. As he’s driving, the full moon rises and Jack transforms into the Werewolf. He leaps from the vehicle, sending the car careening off the edge of a cliff.
Back at the Russell estate, Lissa overhears her father on the telephone. He confesses to his part in a conspiracy to murder his late wife, Laura. Lissa runs out of the house and races towards Buck’s place.
As the evening grows, the Werewolf instinctively makes his way towards Father Joquez’ rectory. When he arrives, he finds that Father Joquez’ body has been taken over by the spirit of a 12th century monk named Aelfric. Aelfric reveals that in the year 1179 he took possession of the scrolls of Chthon – scrolls that would one day become better known as the Darkhold. Fully aware of the curse that has plagued the Russell family, Aelfric seeks to take control of the Werewolf.
Using his magic, Aelfric secures the Werewolf to the wall of the rectory, while simultaneously releasing a plague known as the Grey Death upon the land. The Werewolf breaks free, and Aelfric summons a bull-headed servant named Dragonus to combat him. Dragonus charges at the werewolf, but Jack ducks out of the way. The monster’s body plunges into Aelfric, goring him with his horns. Aelfric’s soul is released, but Father Joquez dies from the injuries.
Notes
- The origin of Aelfric, the Mad Monk is revealed in this issue. Flashback sequences take place in the year 1179.
- Aelfric, the Mad Monk and Dragonus also appear in flashback in the second story in Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #12 (unpublished in Italy).
- Philip Russell appeared last in Werewolf by Night #1 (in Italy in ASE #15).
- Gregory Russoff appears in a flashback which takes place after the flashback featured in Werewolf by Night #2 (in this italian issue).
- Although Buck Cowan is mentioned several times throughout this issue, he does not actually make an appearance.
First Appearances: Aelfric (the Mad Monk); Ernie (a police officer); Dragonus (Aelfric’s creation)
Final Appearances: Aelfric (dies in this issue); Ernie (dies in this issue); Father Ramon Joquez (dies in this issue)
Dinner Time on Deimos! / ORA DI PRANZO A DEIMOS
story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Larry Lieber
- Inks:
- Larry Lieber
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Laird Benedict
- Synopsis:
- In the future, Earth is overpopulated, and even the very rich must work an hour on a farm each week to produce enough food. A rich man leaves Earth and finds a sparsely-populated and fertile planet to live on. He discovers that the plants are actually predatory, and that the few peaceful inhabitants are so short of food that he must work eight hours a day to feed himself.
