What about the Supernatural?

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Origin and first appearance of Jack Russell aka Werewolf By Night.

"First Night"
Jack learns of the family curse on his eighteenth birthday from his mother on her deathbead;

Jack begins to believe that his step-father had his mother killed.

Cover pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Tom Palmer. First Night, script by Roy Thomas (plot); Jean Thomas (plot), and Gerry Conway (script), art by Mike Ploog

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Yes I like the supernatural stuff...thanks 616Marvel for this heads up...I've got that Elsa Bloodstone mini somewhere, but not the items around it that feature in the collection...and I will look forward to the Werewolf by Night collection.

Cheers

Jon

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Speaking of the supernatural actual ghosts, etc in Marvel

I loved Nightstalkers, Morbius and Ghost Rider. Nightstalkers I've been buying old back issues to catch up on. I only had a few issues back then in the mid 1990s and was surprised the series was able to get away with the gore and violence. Even the 1990s Morbius got a bit sexual and gorey

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First appearance of Dracula in a Marvel comic

"Dracula"
When Frank Drake finds himself drawn to a mysterious castle in the mountains of Transylvania,

an ancient curse gets reawakend and unleashes a powerful force for evil onto the world!

Written by Gerry Conway. Art by Gene Colan. Cover by Neal Adams.
NOTE: 1st appearance of Frank Drake.

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Marvel Spotlight #3 May 1972
Werewolf By Night!

Andrea Timly captures Jack Russell

and tries to get the location of the Darkhold from him

Script by Gerry Conway, art by Mike Ploog

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Tomb of Dracula #2 May 1972
"The Fear Within!"
Dracula, Lord of the Vampires,

stalks the earth once more! Now, Frank Drake, descendant of the Count,

must face terrible decisions when those closest to him fall under the thrall of this monster.

Written by Gerry Conway. Art by Gene Colan and Vince Colletta.

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Marvel Spotlight #4 Jun 1972
Island of the Damned!

Jack Russell travels to an island while searching for the Darkhold;

While there he is turned into stone.

Continued in Werewolf By Night #1.
Script by Gerry Conway, art by Mike Ploog

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Yes I like the supernatural stuff...thanks 616Marvel for this heads up...I've got that Elsa Bloodstone mini somewhere, but not the items around it that feature in the collection...and I will look forward to the Werewolf by Night collection.

Cheers

Jon

Hopefully with the original Elsa Bloodstone mini available again we can see more of her original origins and characterization, and not keep getting stories treating the Nextwave implanted memories, especially of Ulysses being abusive dirt bag, as reality. Ulysses' memory deserves better and her original mini states explicitly she didn't know the man and certainly didn't grow up around him. The Nextwave false memories being treated as canon is something that drives me nuts, and shows the writer needs to do a little more research before writing Elsa

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Ulysses' memory does deserve better yes.

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Tomb of Dracula #3 Jul 1972
"Who Stalks the Vampire?!"
Frank Drake acquires new allies in his quest to destroy Dracula,


but they will all soon learn that the Lord of vampires is no ordinary adversary.

NOTE: 1st appearance of Rachel Van Helsing. First letters column: letter to the editor from comics writer David Michelinie.
Written by Archie Goodwin. Art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer.

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Werewolf by Night #1 Sep 1972
Eye Of The Beholder!
Jack and Buck escape the island with the Darkhold

but are followed by Miles and Marlene Blackgar who want the book back.


Script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Mike Ploog, inks by Frank Chiaramonte

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Tomb of Dracula #4 Sep 1972
"Through a Mirror Darkly!"
Dracula takes a new bride.

And, Taj will prove he's willing to do anything to stop the Count's evil rein of terror for ever.

Even sacrifice his own life.

Written by Archie Goodwin. Art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer.

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Marvel tried something different in 1976 by having four of its supernatural characters team up, or rather, meet. Unable to control their nature, save for Ghost Rider, they fight each other and wind up killing a being who could have released them from their curses.

"There's a Mountain on Sunset Boulevard!"


Writer - Bill Mantlo
Penciler - Frank Robbins
Inker - Steve Gan
Colorist - Janice Cohen
Letterer - Karen Mantlo
Editor - Marv Wolfman