Comics Fondle

This issue barely qualifies as a Werewolf by Night, with Isabella focusing mostly on Tigra. Jack Russell shows up for the first couple pages (he forgets it’s going to be a full moon, down in Mexico on vacation). Then he turns into the werewolf and stays the werewolf the rest of the issue. There’s even […]

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Friedrich continues the wrap-up of the series subplots–the mysterious neighbor is revealed to be a werewolf too (with black fur, since the guy’s black) and the werewolf-hunting cop shows up and the Conway-heavy Committee makes some silly appearances–while doing a couple neat things. Well, one neat thing. Friedrich ties it all into something going on […]

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The first Don Perlin issue. Oh, how I have dreaded this day. Perlin goes all out, even has a two-page transformation spread. The nicest thing I can say is Perlin really does understand how to compose a panel, how to do an action scene. That his characters look different from page to page and his […]

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Even with Mike Ploog’s most phoned-in art of the series (it’s his last issue), Mike Friedrich’s first issue is a wonderful change for the title. Friedrich’s Jack Russell narration isn’t overbearing, his script is full of action, and the guest villain isn’t really Jack’s mother’s sister’s baby-sitter’s niece who’s after his wallet because the leather […]

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What does God need with a starship? What does Dracula need with a helicopter? That question, along with an eye-roll about every villain desperately needing some ancient tome Jack Russell usually happens upon accidentally, sums up the crossover. The first half, in Tomb of Dracula, is pretty solid (except Wolfman’s Transylvanian bar thug who speaks […]

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