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Things are looking bleak for Werewolf by Night. Jack is imprisoned by Lilith and the Darkholders. Elsa is slowly reviving from being impaled by Deathwatch. Jake Gomez is struggling to control his werewolf form. Lilith as granted her minions renewed strength. At this point, the bad guys are up 4-0 and it’s looking like Elsa will need a Hail Mary to defeat the forces of darkness!
- Written by Jason Loo
- Pencils by Sergio Fernández Dávila
- Inks by Aure Jimenez
- Colors by Alex Sinclair
- Letters by Travis Lanham
- Designed by Jay Bowen & Kat Walkington
- Associate Editor Lauren Amaro
- Editor Devin Lewis
- Editor in Chief C. B. Cebulski
Werewolf by Night Needs a Little Help From Some Friends
Issue 7 opens up with Elsa in a pool of her own blood and guts after a nasty run through by a demon super-powered Deathwatch. This is a great moment to see the Bloodstone in action as it revives her. As always, Elsa’s dialogue is a blast to read. Her inner monologue as her body is repaired is hilarious, with a great reference to Deadpool.
Elsa gets the business end of a blade!
We move from there to Jack Russel, strung up by Lilith and Dorgana. They seek to release the Darkhold chaos energy within Jack, opening up a gateway releasing the “Luna Lycana Rebirth”. Jack’s interest in the Darkhold has obviously set some nasty stuff in motion that left him unaware!
Elsa Bloodstone is Recruiting a Team
Meanwhile Elsa finally catches up with Jake Gomez, who happens to be brawling with Reptil! Once the dust settles, it’s clear that Elsa will need them as well as some magic muscle if she hasn’t any hopes of saving Werewolf by Night and defeating Lilith and the Drakholders. Whether she can get there in time is a problem. Lilith has began the ritual and Werewolf by Night is on the brink of death!
Werewolf by Night: The Plot Thickens
Jason Loo may very well be writing one of the better horror comics from Marvel right now. Elsa Bloodstone is such a great character to have fun with and Loo is doing just that. There’s blood and gore and action, but there’s also humor and brief moments of gravity. Jake Gomez struggles with what the werewolf within is making him do. Jack faces death in a real way. It really is a rollercoaster ride that fires in all cylinders! I repeatedly found myself excited for the next dialogue box/bubble.
Werewolf by Night Art and Colors
I’ve really enjoyed that art in this series and this issue is no different. From page one of Elsa’s broken and bloodied body laying on a bed of her beautiful hair, to the life blood being pulled from Jack’s body to form something chaotic, each panel is a wonderful playground for the eyes! The images conjured by Dávila and Jimenez are striking and beautifully horrible. Proportions, depth, and scale are on point, delivering some amazing angles and reality to the images. The details are so well done for a horror book.
Werwolf by Night vs The Hulk in The Savage Land?!
Beautiful and Dangerous
Colors by Alex Sinclair take the images and give them a life of their own. The opening images of Elsa bloodied on a bed of her long hair is beautiful that’s to bright contrasting colors. The richness of Lilith’s dungeon and the characters within, put the reader in a heightened sense of danger, but also lures us in deeper. It really is all around great work. Of course, the letter work by Travis Lanham adds a lot of charm. I love Elsa’s inner monologues and the use of skulls and crossbones for censored words (of which there are a lot of).
Overall Grade: 9/10
I’ve been invested in Marvel’s horror side of comics as of recently and I haven’t been disappointed yet. Werewolf by Night has been a charming run and issue 7 puts us at the lowest point for out heroes. The stakes are high, the plot is intriguing, and the character development has been steady. Art work continues to be a big seller in this issues. Is a well rounded experience that I would recommend to those fatigued by the main roster characters.
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