Jake’s family is similarly cursed with lycanthropy, with Jake first transforming into a werewolf after his 13th birthday. Among Werewolf by Night’s more recurring enemies included Dracula and the supervillain team Night Shift.Ī second superhero going by the Werewolf by Night moniker is Jake Gomez, created by Taboo, Benjamin Jackendoff, and Scot Eaton in 2020’s Werewolf by Night #1 (vol. This led him to alternately ally himself with characters like Doctor Strange and Captain America – even going as far as to serve on superhero teams like the Midnight Sons and Legion of Monsters – but also battle against fellow heroes, including the West Coast Avengers, Morbius, and Moon Knight.

Throughout his wanderings, Jack would constantly flit between a supernaturally themed superhero to an out-of-control beast that savagely attacked anyone that crossed his path.

Living as a drifter as he struggled with his monstrous curse, Jack battled a shadowy organization known simply as the Committee who wanted to capture him to harness the power of the werewolf for themselves. Jack’s family was linked to lycanthropy after one of Jack’s family members read the magical Darkhold during a full moon in the first half of the 20th century, prior to Jack’s parents emigrating to the United States from Transylvania. Jack was cursed to inherit the curse of the werewolf, transforming for the first time after he turned 18. The vampire supervillain’s legacy would help inform Jack’s, right down to his family’s origins in Transylvania. With the industry’s self-censorship organization, the Comics Code Authority, relaxing its standards for wide publication going into the ‘70s, Marvel Comics was able to incorporate more horror into their titles, with Werewolf by Night being published alongside series like Tomb of Dracula. Jack Russell was created by Roy Thomas, Jeanie Thomas, Gerry Conway, and Mike Ploog in 1972’s Marvel Spotlight #2 before receiving his own solo ongoing series Werewolf by Night later that year.

Beyond the printed page, Werewolf by Night is about to make a big splash in the MCU and here’s where Jack Russell and his supporting cast could potentially turn up next. Here is a quick overview of Werewolf by Night, from his comic book origins and role in the main Marvel Comics continuity to what exactly the feral figure is capable of. And more than simply introducing Jack Russell and his lycanthropic alter ego to the MCU, Werewolf by Night is set to bring even more horror-oriented Marvel characters to the shared cinematic universe that could reverberate across the MCU in the years to come. Among these is Werewolf by Night, a Disney+ original television special set to revolve around the monstrous antihero of the same name. As the Marvel Cinematic Universe nears the end of its Phase 4, several of the movies and television projects are veering more into outright horror than typical superhero derring-do.

Werewolf by Night by Gerry Conway