THE WEREWOLE STALKS

THE WEREWOLE STALKS

OUT OF THE FROZEN NORTH CAME A DREAD THING THAT WAS NEITHER MAN NOR BEAST! A MONSTER WITHOUT A SOUL, THAT KILLED WITH- OUT REMORSE AND GAVE NO QUARTER! YOULL THRILL TO THIS FEARFUL STORY OF THE UNDEAD-- OF A NAMELESS TERROR THAT WENT LOPING THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THE FULL OF THE MOON. WITH ITS CRIMES BLACK UPON IT

UN THE FROZEN TIMBERLANDS OF NORTHERN CANADAA GAUNT GRAY KILLER STANDS AT BAY!

CAREFUL,LADS... CAREFUL! IVE GOT HIM COVERED!

CRACK!

ARRGG!

PIERRE. OH THE POOR DEVIL!THOSE SHADOWS WRECKED My AIM!

WE'VE GOT HIM!

BRING THE CRATE!HURRY!

THEY'RE RIGHT UP AHEAD! THEY MUST HAVE ROPED THE BRUTE!

BIGGEST TIMBER WOLF I EVER SAW! VICIOUS! IF IT LEAPED FOR A MANS THROAT..

WE TOOK THE BEAST ALIVE ...BUT AT WHAT A PRICE!I'VE BEEN CAGING AND SELL-ING WILD BEASTS FOR TWENTY YEARS! BUT EVERY TIME A MAN IS KILLED-..I FEEL LIKE A MURDERER!

IT WASNT YOUR FAULT, MR. WILDER! THE BRUTE MOVED FASTER THAN ITS SHADOW!

AT THAT MOMENT..IN A NEARBY CABIN...

A WREATH OF GARLIC!WHAT GOOD WILL THAT DO,WOMAN?

WEREWOLVES FEAR GARLIC!WHAT WAS IT WE HEARD HOWL-ING LAST NIGHT? IT BEGAN AS A WOLF'S CRY.. BUT IT TURNED INTO THE CRUEL LAUGHTER OF A MAN JACQUES' LAUGHTER!

IN THE BLEAK NORTH COUNTRY ANCIENT BELIEFS DIE SLOWLY! FROM OLD FRANCE THE SETTLERS BROUGHT WITH THEM .A MORTAL FEAR OF THE UNDEAD!

I TELL YOU--IT WAS JACQUES! JACQUES THE LOGGER! HE WAS BITTEN By A WOLF... THEN DIS- APPEARED!IF IT WAS A WEREWOLE THAT BIT HIM,HE'S BECOME A WEREWOLF HIMSELF! HE WAS CRUEL BRUTAL EVEN AS A MAN! IF HE ROAMS THE TIMBER AS A WOLF...

LATER THAT NIGNT...AT JOHN WILDER'S CAMP...

HE'S A MAGNIFICENT BEAST BARBARA! ZOOS ARE PLENTY GREEDY FOR TIMBER WOLVES...WE'LL GET A GOOD PRICE FOR HIM IN THE STATES! BUT I CAN'T FORGET THAT WE CAPTURED HIM... AT THE COST OF A HUMAN LIFE!

I...IM TERRIBLY TIRED DEAR! LETS CALL IT A NIGHT!

ALone A GHASTLY TRANSFORMATION.

ARGH!I-I'M.-.CHANGING BACK! NO LONGER A WOLF.--I'M JACQUES. ..CAGE ME LIKE A BEAST WOULD THEY?I'LL CLAW THEIR THROATS OUT!

THE WIFE OF THE MAN WHO CAGED ME!WHEN SHE BEARS THE CLAWMARKS OF THE UNDEAD ...SHE WILL RUN LIKE A BEAST THROUGH THE TIMBER! HER HANDS WILL BECOME CLAWS, HER FACE...

H-HELP!HELP!

LET ME GO...OHH!

BARBARA!

SHE’S GONE...

GREAT SCOTT..HES A GIANT!CANT RISK SHOOTING.I'VE GOT TO CLOSE WITH HIM!

HHELP!

UGHI YOU DEVIL TAKE THAT

BANG!

CRACK!

AHHH!

I'VE GOT TO GET... THIS WOUND DRESSED!I'LL DIE IF I DONT GET TO A DOCTOR! I'M IN BAD SHAPE-LOSING STRENGTH FAST!

II'M TURNING BACK INTO A WOLF! NO CONTROL OVER IT! HOW CAN I GET A DOCTOR TO HELP ME IF IM A BEAST WITHOUT A VOICE? I'D BE KILLED ON SIGHT!

TRAPPED...DESPERATE--THE GHASTLY MONSTER RETURNS TO ITS CAGE!

I’LL GET THE WOUND DRESSED...AS A WOLFONLY CHANCE--GOT TO TAKE ITI HE WONT KNOW I WAS THE MAN HE SHOTI A MAN LIKE HIM DOESNT BELIEVE IN ..GRRR!

THE CAMPIS AROUSED BY AN AGONIZED HOWLING!

WOUNDED GREAT SCOTT...I REMEMBER NOW! MY GUN WENT OFF TWICE WHEN I STRUGGLED WITH THAT LUMBERJACK!A STRAY BULLET MUST HAVE LODGED IN THE BEAST!

THERE!I'VE GOT THE BULLET OUT AND STERILIZED THE WOUND! THOSE DRESSINGS WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGED ONCE A DAY, BUT I GUESS I CAN HANDLE IT!

IN A WEEK YOULL BE AT SEA SIR! IT WILL BE TOUGH ON YOU...IF HE TURNS UGLY WITH A

ROLLING DECK UNDER HIM!

TEN DAYS LATER…AS THE SHIP NEARS THE GOLDEN GATE…

THE BEAST'S WOUND MUST BE NEARLY HEALEDII BELIEVE I'VE MADE FRIENDS WITH IT! IT NEVER SNARLS AT ME! I'M GOING TO SEE IF…W·WHAT'S THAT?

WHA..-AHHH!IT'S NOT A WOLF!IT'S NOT A...WOLF! A HUMAN FACE AND... OHH!

JOHN!

JOHN!

H-HELP!

OH-HH!

THE SHIP'S DOCKINGI YOU’D BETTER GET HER INTO A TAXI! SHE WAS SHAKEN UP A BIT.. BUT SHE'LL BE ALL RIGHT NOW! NERVES, MOSTLYISHE SAW A SHADOW..AND IN HER NERVOUS STATE,WELL--YOU KNOW HOW WOMEN ARE!

I THINK I DO DOCTOR!

TEN DAYS LATERAT A WEST COAST ZOO...

I NEVER SAW A MORE VICIOUS. LOOKING BEAST! LOOK AT HIM! HE'D LIKE TO GET AT US! A BEAST LIKE THAT COULD KILL A MAN WITH A SINGLE BLOW!

That night...

ON THE SLEEPING CITY ...A GHASTLY TERROR FALLS!A TERROR OF REND ING CLAWS SLASH- ING OUT OF THE DARKNESS--OF RUNNING FEET -OF SCREAMS THAT START AND END ABRUPTLY... AS THOUGH CHOKED OFF! AND OVER ALL,THE SHADOW OF SOMETHING MONSTROUS--AND AS MERCILESS AS THE ARCTIC NIGHT!

UT A WEREWOLF CANNOT CROSS RUNNING WATER!

THERE IT GOES, MONAHAN! IT'S THAT ESCAPED WOLF! I'LL BLAST THE VICIOUS- NESS OUT OF IT!

BLAM!

LATER THAT NIGHTIN JOHN WILDER'S HOME...

IM GOING UPSTAIRS TO BED!IM SORRY THE WOLF ESCAPED BUT MY RESPONSIBILITY ENDED WHEN I SOLD IT TO THE ZOO! IF YOU WANT TO SIT HERE LISTENING TO .THAT RADIO BLARE GO AHEAD! YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THE WOLF HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE SLAYINGS!

SLAYINGS!

IT DID HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEM,JOHN!

I TELL YOU…I'M FRIGHTENED!IT WASN'T A SHADOW I SAW ON THE SHIPI WHY WON'T YOU BELIEVE ME? THE WEREWOLF LEGEND IS AS OLD AS MANKIND! THERE MUST BE SOME TRUTH IN IT!

TERROR-FRAUGHT MOMENTS LATER...

THE WOLF HAS BEEN WOUNDED!THE DETAILS ARE JUST COMING IN!APPARENTLY IT GOT AWAY, BUT...

W.WOUNDED! WHEN IT WAS WOUNDED BEFORE JOHN DRESSED THE WOUND! WHAT IFIT

SHOULO COME HERE? IF ITS REALLYA WEREWOLF...IT WILL KNOW THE WAY!

THERE'S SOMETHING AT THE WINDOW! SOME.THING OUT THERE!SOMETHING THAT'S OH!

SCRATCH!

SCRATCH!

JOHN!

JOHN!

HELP

ME!

CANT HOLD OFF... MUCH LONGER!J-JOHN...

BARBARA!KEEP BACKING UP! STAY AWAY FROM IT! I'VE GOT TO CET TO THAT TABLE!

I'VE GOT IT!A SILVER PAPER KNIFE! BACK. BARBARA... HERE HE COMES!

I’M DONE FOR IF HE GETS MY THROAT! GOT TO...GET HIM FIRST UGH!

MERCIFUL HEAVENS! LOOK!

IN DEATH..JACQUES SHEDS THE MARK OF THE BEAST.AND FINDS RELEASE FROM HIS TORMENT!

A SILVER KNIFE!ANYTHING SILVER IS FATAL TO THE UNDEAD! YOU KNEW?BUT YOU DIDNT BELIEVE IN.THE UNDEAD! W-WHAT OPENED YOUR EYES

SHEER DESPERATION I GUESS!I-I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE YOU DARLING!