Marvel Comics’ Werewolf By Night debuts in 1972. The dark adventures of Jack Russell and his struggles with being a werewolf would run for five years as part of Marvel’s era of anti-hero horror comics in the 1970s, which also included Morbius The Living Vampire, Ghost Rider and The Monster of Frankenstein.
This Day in Halloween: Marvel Comics’ Werewolf By Night -- part of an era of anti-hero horror comics -- debuts in 1972. / Illustration by Dominic Ho