- "I stood my ground, trying to warn them back, feeling an affinity with them. After all, they were wolves, we should've been friends... instead they tried to kill me."
- ―Jack Russell
| "Rebirth Also Kills" | |
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| Werewolf by Night | |
| Title: | "Rebirth Also Kills" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 38 |
| Cover price: | .25 |
| Cover date: | May, 1976 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Marv Wolfman |
| Writers: | Doug Moench |
| Pencilers: | Don Perlin |
| Inkers: | Don Perlin |
| Cover artists: | Don Perlin |
| Cover inker: | Don Perlin |
| Cover letterer: | Dan Crespi |
| Colorists: | Petra Goldberg |
| Letterers: | Debra James |
| Editors: | Marv Wolfman |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Werewolf by Night #37 |
| Next: | Werewolf by Night #39 |
"Rebirth Also Kills" is the thirty-eighth issue of the first Werewolf by Night comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Doug Moench with artwork and inks by Don Perlin. It was colored by Petra Goldberg and lettered by Debbie James. The story was edited by Marv Wolfman. This issue shipped with a May, 1976 cover date and carries a cover price of .25 cents per copy.
"Rebirth Also Kills"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Burning Snake (As a vision only)
- Brother Voodoo, Jericho Drumm
- Cowled One (As a vision only)
- Daniel Drumm (Behind the scenes only)
- Goat-Child (As a vision only)
- Mack
- Maura
Organizations
- Three-Who-Are-All (1st appearance)
Races & Animals
- Ghosts (Behind the scenes only)
- Higher beings
- Humans
- Werewolves
- Wolves
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- 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 for this issue is "Starting Now! A NEW beginning for the macabre Moon-Beast!"
- This issue is reprinted in black and white in the Essential Werewolf by Night, Volume 2 trade paperback collection, released in October, 2007.
- This issue is included in the Werewolf by Night Omnibus hardcover collection, which was released on October 20th, 2015.
- This issue is reprinted in the Werewolf by Night: The Complete Collection, Volume 3 hardcover edition from May, 2018.
- This issue is reprinted in the Marvel Masterworks: Brother Voodoo, Volume 1 hardcover collection, released in May, 2021.
- Beginning this issue, the cover price reads, "Still only 25¢!"
- The cover blurb to this issue announces, "Featuring the most unexpected GUEST STAR of all!" The guest star in question is Brother Voodoo. Brother Voodoo appeared last in Tomb of Dracula #37. He appears next in Werewolf by Night #39.
- This is the first and only appearance of Morrison; dies in this issue.
- This is the final appearance of Jeesala of the Thousand Years.
Meanwhile...[]
See what else is going on this month in the Monstrous Marvel Universe!
- The Thing stops Morbius the Living Vampire from attacking Alicia Masters, but then they have to team up to fight the interdimensional agent of Supremacy known as the Living Eraser! Seriously! It's the Living Fricking Eraser, guys! It all happens in Marvel Two-In-One #15.
- Dracula puts the bite on Wong, and only Doctor Strange can combat the Lord of all Vampires in Tomb of Dracula #44.
- Doctor Strange tangles with Doctor Sun and Dracula and seemingly destroys the Lord of Vampires with a mystically constructed crucifix in Doctor Strange #14.