Marvel has re-envisioned one of their earliest characters Werewolf By Night for a new age and they do an excellent job of it in the new series WEREWOLF BY NIGHT: IN THE BLOOD, which finds Jack Russell, a man cursed into a werewolf when the moon is full, trying to live a normal life despite his wolf-like tendencies. When the story begins Jack is awaiting a newborn child with his girlfriend Cassie. He secretly steals away for the three days in which he wolf’s out to lock himself up in an impenetrable cage so that he doesn’t hurt anyone.
After the latest full moon, Jack returns home to find Cassie dead and his child ripped from her womb. Fearing that his wolf personae may have been the cause he flees just as the police arrive to see him with his dead wife. With nowhere to run Jack hides away in obscurity until he learns a cabal of secret agents are after him and may be able to help him. Now Jack must unravel the mystery of the death of his wife while also unlocking the secrets of his past which will shape his future.
Written by Duane Swierczynski with artwork by Mico Suayan, IN THE BLOOD is a violent and horrifying story as can only happen in Marvel’s MAX line of comics. Fans of horror comics will love how the werewolves are updated Marvel style as Suayan’s art is lush and made even more relentless by Ian Hannin’s colors.
This could have been a fairly routine story and series but together Swierczynski, Suayan, and Hannin create one of the highlights of the MAX comics line. This is work that will put the Werewolf By Night character back into the minds and hearts of horror fans everywhere.
As an added bonus, included in this graphic novel are reprints of Tomb of Dracula #18 and the original Werewolf By Night #15 which is the character’s first encounter with Marvel’s version of Dracula.
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