- "No--! My... my head -- throbbing... feel so... hot--! I... I think I'm... changing--!"
- ―Lissa Russell
| "The Darkness from Glitternight" | |
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| Werewolf by Night | |
| Title: | "The Darkness from Glitternight" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 28 |
| Cover price: | .25 |
| Cover date: | April, 1975 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Len Wein |
| Writers: | Doug Moench |
| Pencilers: | Don Perlin |
| Inkers: | Don Perlin |
| Cover artists: | Gil Kane |
| Cover inker: | Frank Giacoia |
| Colorists: | Petra Goldberg |
| Letterers: | John Costanza |
| Editors: | Len Wein |
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"The Darkness from Glitternight" is the title to the twenty-eighth issue of the first Werewolf by Night ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Doug Moench with artwork & inks by Don Perlin. It was colored by Petra Goldberg and lettered by John Costanza. The story was edited by Len Wein. The cover art illustration was rendered by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. This issue shipped with an April, 1975 cover date and carries a cover price of .25 cents per copy.
"The Darkness from Glitternight"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Algon (In flashback only)
Organizations
Races & Animals
- Ghosts
- Humans
- Mummies (In flashback only)
- Sorcerers
- Weredemons
- Werewolves
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Powers
- Energy projection
- Flight
- Psychokinesis
- Resurrection
- Shape-shifting
- Sorcery
- Soul migration
- Transformation
- Winged flight
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- According to Comic Reader #114, this issue shipped to retailers on January 28th, 1975.
- The character of Jack Russell was created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas & Gerry Conway and artist Mike Ploog. He first appeared in the "Night of Full Moon... Night of Fear!" story from Marvel Spotlight #2 from February, 1972.
- The tagline to this issue is "The Diabolical Doctor Glitternight! Has the WEREWOLF met his MATCH at last?"
- This issue is reprinted in black and white in the Essential Werewolf by Night, Volume 2 trade paperback collection, published in October, 2007. It is also reprinted in full color in the Werewolf by Night Omnibus hardcover edition, published in October, 2015 as well as the Werewolf by Night: The Complete Collection, Volume 2 hardcover collection from January, 2018.
- The beginning of this issue take place on the second night of the full moon.
- The events of this issue take place over Lissa Russell's birthday. As such, she inherits the curse of lycanthropy, but rather than turn into a werewolf, she instead transforms into a weredemon.
- Lissa Russell appeared last in Giant-Size Werewolf #3. She becomes a werewolf in this issue.
- Taboo appeared last in Werewolf by Night #14. He appears as a ghostly apparition in this issue.