Well, I finished reading the entire run of Werewolf By Night, all 43 issues plus the few issues of Marvel Spotlight where the series began. Overall I really enjoyed the series, although I was really looking for it to be more heavily into the Supernatural.
One of the high points of the series, and a key issue, is #32, the first appearance of Moon Knight. This is becoming a sought after issue, although fairly readily available in comic book shops, as the Marvel Cinematic Universe prepares to release a Moon Knight miniseries on Disney+. I have to admit, I had read Moon Knight in years past, and it just didn't appeal to me, but hey, just because it wasn't my cup of tea doesn't mean other people didn't like (obviously there are a lot of people who do, or there wouldn't be a miniseries coming up). This two issue story line pretty much wrapped up The Committee arc in the series.
One of the high points for Werewolf was the story line that immediately followed the Moon Knight issues where we get into a lot more of the Supernatural as the Werewolf Jack Russell, his sister Lissa, topaz and friend Elaine travel to Marcossa House seeking a cure for Jack's curse and a means of helping their badly injured friend Buck Cowan.
Of course, the team ends up battling all sorts of Supernatural apparitions as well as Belaric Marcosa, and releasing the trapped spirits of the many people who had died in that creepy house. It was a very good story arc, spanning four issues.
Next Jack and Topaz head to Haiti with Brother Voodoo to battle Zuvembies, which Marvel comics used to call the resident zombies as the Comics Code Authority had not yet allowed such beings. Interesting note here, Robert E. Howard used Zuvembies in an early story, "Pigeons from Hell", which is a darn good story. Howard is a long time favorite author of mine, so consider checking that story out sometime.
After that, the series wraps up with its final two issues, departing from the Supernatural completely and going full on Superhero by teaming the Werewolf up with Iron Man. This may not be entirely surprising as the series finale as Marvel most likely wanted to have a lot more freedom of use of the Werewolf in the rest of the Marvel Comics line.
It did leave a few loose ends, especially a bit about what happened to Buck Cowan and Lissa while Jack and Topaz were in Haiti.
Werewolf by Night had a fairly long list of top talent including Roy Thomas, Jeanie Thomas, Gerry Conway, Mike Ploog, Marv Wolfman, Doug Moench, Don Perlin, and many others.
Just as a final note, I read the entire series using the Marvel Unlimited service.
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