History Characters / WerewolfByNight

* TheKidTheLeash: She can calm Jack in his wolf form and keep him somewhat under control.

* BigBrotherInstinct: He's very protective towards his little sister.

Miles's daughter who was born a mutant.

* TakenForGranite: She has the power to turn people into stone with her gaze.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: His face is covered with scars, which he hides with his mask.

Sister of Werewolf By Night. Can transform into a Weredemon.

* AbsoluteCleavage: To describe her costumes neckline as "plunging" would be a massive understatement.

* {{Expy}}: Of ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' villain Mr. Hyde, though [=DePrayve=] is a more "bad guy in a body of a good guy" character than him.

* SkunkStripe: She has two white stripes on both sides of her BeehiveHairdo.

[[folder: Jake Gomez / Werewolf by Night]]

* BroughtDowntoNormal: Loses her Lycanthropy after her first transformation.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears completely after a while.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears completelly after a while.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disapears completelly after a while.

* StockSuperpowers:
** HealingFactor: As long as it’s not silver through the heart, it’s likely Jack can heal from it.
** InnateNightVision: According to the Marvel handbook, but never seen in-universe.
** TheNoseKnows: Jack has a heightened sense of smell even in human form, being able to track people and judge their emotions. Once he uses it to sniff out a pedophile purely by the scent he gives off around children, seeing right through the man's feigned disinterest.
** SuperStrength: When transformed Jack is capable of lifting sewer grilles "that weigh as much as your mother in law" and flipping over cars.
** SuperToughness: Bullets sting, injuries hurt and "acupuncture tickles", but Jack usually stays upright throughout it all.

!!Jack Russell / Werewolf by Night

!!Allies

!!Villains

* CharacterDevelopment: Jack has been around since 1972 and has changed quite dramatically over the years. A wide-eyed teenager dragged into all kinds of supernatural mayhem against his will (1970s) → a leather-clad motorcycle riding AntiHero living life to the fullest (late 80s-early 90s) → a downtrodden alcoholic doing everything in his power not to have to face reality (late 90s) → a suicidal hotheaded JerkAss looking for a fight (late 2000s) → a pleasant guy looking after monsters when the rest of the world would rather kill them (early 2010s).

!!Villians

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:After switching his methods to wiping out "bad influences" on society by killing the cast and crew of a slasher movie, he's stabbed to death with his own scythe by a film critic who had unwittingly fed him information.]]

* WouldNotHitAGirl: See KnightTemplar above. [[spoiler: Leads ot his death when he accidentally kills a woman, leaving him too overwrought to notice someone sneaking up behind him.]]

* SuperPoweredEvilSide: [=DePrayve=] is physically stronger than his good side Winston.

* TheNicknamer: Especially Morbius is on the receiving end of this in later years: Morb, Mikey-boy, M., Dracubilly... Ironically, in ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'' v2, Morbius responds to someone else calling him "Mike" with "I prefer Michael."
* NinetiesAntiHero: Jack developed shades of this after ''Comicbook/MarvelComicsPresents'' #54-59 in 1990. He sported longer hair, rode a motorcycle, [[NoShirtLongJacket wore a leather jacket with nothing under it]], and suddenly started using colloquialisms. His attitude changed accordingly, from a guy suffering under his curse to reveling in it. After volume 2 he kept the hair and the motorcycle, but UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks was shed.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Jack inherited the curse from his father, and is forced to change [[WeirdMoon during the three nights a month the moon is full]]. His werewolf self grows progressively more violent over time, and the pain that accompanies the transformation increases with each full moon. He eventually gains some control over the change with the help of [[spoiler:The Three Who Are All]], enabling him to transform outside the full moon as well. For a while this control extends to no longer having to change at all during the full moon and retaining his mind at all times, but those days don’t last. \\

* SeventiesHair: Jack (logically) sports it in his appearances during the 70s, but sometimes goes back to it in later years, notably in ''Witches'' #1 (2004) and ''X-Factor'' #242 (2012).

Best friend of Jack Russell

-> '''Debut:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' #2 (1972)

!!Villians

[[folder:Maxwell Grant]]
!!Maxwell Grant
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-> '''Debut:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' #2 (1972)

The chaffeur of Jack's step-father, who blackmailed him and his wife on orders from The Committee.

* TheBrute: Grant is one head taller than everyone else, and Jack thinks that he is probably strong enough to kill a man with his bare fists. He even manages to give the Werewolf a good thrashing before losing his composure upon realizing that he isn't fighting someone in a costume.
* StarterVillain: Even with his strength, Maxwell is just a human bully squeezing money out of his employer. He ends up dying in his introductory issue.

[[folder:Agatha Timly]]
!!Agatha Timly
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-> '''Debut:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' #3 (1972)

Agatha[[note]](occasionally misnamed Andrea by the writers) [[/note]] was a wannabe occultist who captured Jack in order to find the [[TomeOfEldritchLore ancient spellbook Darkhold]], which used to be in his father's possession.

* PsychicPowers: She has some telepathic skills, which able her to sense Jack's transformation to his Werewolf form after he escapes from her clutches.
* SkunkStripe: She has two white stripes on both sides of her BeehiveHairdo.
* TheUnfought: After the deaths of her husband Nathan and her assistant Kraig, she tried to do a magical incantation without the help of the Darkhold, and ends up burning to death.

[[folder:Kraig]]
!!Kraig
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-> '''Debut:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' #3 (1972)

Agatha's misshapen right-hand man, who obeys her every order.

* ArtificialLimbs: He lost his right hand due to an unknown incident, and had it replaced with an artificial one with sharp metal talons.
* BerserkButton: If he thinks he's being laughed at, he'll lash out at the supposed perpetrator.
* TheDragon: To Agatha, since she provided him with his new right hand and doesn't "laugh" at him.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He is killed by an errant lightning bolt striking his metallic hand, which he had raised to slay the Werewolf.
* ThirdPersonPerson: He refers to himself by his own name.

[[folder:Miles Blackgar]]
!!Miles Blackgar
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-> '''Debut:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' #4 (1972)

A scientist who bought Castle Russoff from Jack's step-father and moved it to an island in his possession to do his research in peace.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Combines a color and an old English word for spear.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In order to perfect the ray that he believes will turn his daughter into a normal human one day, he keeps testing it on unwilling test subjects that keep turning into freaks.

[[folder:Marlene Blackgar]]
!!Marlene Blackgar
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-> '''Debut:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' #4 (1972)

Miles's daughter who was born a mutant.

* DaddysLittleVillain: She became much more devoted to her father after he almost died in the hands of the Werewolf.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When she tries to turn the Werewolf into stone the second time, she doesn't realize that he's standing on front of a mirror until it is too late and she and her father are turned into stone instead.
* MonochromaticEyes: She has blank white eyes.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Inherited from her father.
* SinisterShades: She hides her deadly eyes behind a pair of sunglasses.
* TakenForGranite: She has the power to turn people into stone with her gaze.

[[folder:Sarnak]]
!!Sarnak
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-> '''AKA:''' Sidney Sarnak
-> '''Debut:''' ''Werewolf by Night'' #9 (1973)

Sarnak was a former sound engineer who became a villain for hire when his counterfeit production was discovered and he almost burned to death. He was hired by The Committee to cause chaos in Los Angeles. Created the Tatterdemalion, one of his former pawns.

* AlliterativeName: '''S'''idney '''S'''arnak.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: His face is covered with scars, which he hides with his mask.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He is eventually defeated when he loses his hold on his minions, who then unmask him and are implied to kill him.
* KilledOffForReal: Possibly; His death is implied rather than actually shown, but he hasn't shown up again since it happened.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: Used a mask to hide his scarred face.
* MindControlDevice: He uses a special "control whistle" to force derelicts, and even the Werewolf, to do his bidding.

[[folder:Hangman]]
!!Hangman
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-> '''AKA:''' Harlan Krueger
-> '''Debut:''' ''Werewolf by Night'' #11 (1973)

As a kid, Harlan grew to idolize silver screen heroes, and wanted to fight evil just like them. He however developed an extremely black-and-white view of the world, and became a vigilante when no law-enforcement agency wanted to hire him.

* BadassNormal: Despite lacking any super-powers, he's outright beaten a werewolf and the original Spider-Woman in combat.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: You're bad in any sense of the word? You'll meet the Hangman.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:After switching his methods to wiping out "bad influences" on society by killing the cast and crew of a slasher movie, he's stabbed to death with his own scythe by a film critic who had unwittingly fed him information.]]
* InTheHood: He wears a hood fashioned after ones worn by medieval executioners.
* TheJailer: He imprisons women to "protect from corruption of the outside world".
* KnightTemplar: He wants to rid the world of evil, but doesn’t believe in that pesky thing called ‘the law’. He was even court-martialed because he killed Nazis a little too gleefully during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* SinisterScythe: His weapon of choice along with his trusty noose.
* WouldNotHitAGirl: See KnightTemplar above. [[spoiler: Leads ot his death when he accidentally kills a woman, leaving him too overwrought to notice someone sneaking up behind him.]]

[[folder:Atlas]]
!!Atlas
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-> '''AKA:''' Steve Rand
-> '''Debut:''' ''Werewolf by Night'' #22 (1974)

Rand was an actor in [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hercules]]-esque movies who is now out of touch with reality, confusing himself and others with the roles from his last movie, and is out to get those he thinks is responsible for the accident that left him scarred.

* BadassNormal: He proves to be so strong that the Werewolf has to actually run away from him.
* BadWithTheBone: His character used a jawbone of an ass as a weapon, and so does he.
* BaldOfEvil: Justified because all of his hair has burned away.
* TheBrute: Tall, strong and [[AxeCrazy out of his mind]].
* NightmareFace: His face burned badly, leaving him with no lips, a left MadEye and strips of flesh covering his right one.
* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: He went insane after a botched stunt took away his handsome features.

[[folder:[=DePrayve=]]]
!![=DePrayve=]
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-> '''AKA:''' Dr. Winston Redditch
-> '''Debut:''' ''Werewolf by Night'' #24 (1974)

Dr. Redditch was a scientist who sought create a way to suppress the aggressive portions of human brain. When he tries the mixture of his creation for that purpose, he chooses the wrong beaker that does the exact opposite and is turned into hulking brute who names himself [=DePrayve=].

* TheBrute: [=DePrayve=] is a big brute who likes to brutalize.
* CardCarryingVillain: "[=DePrayve=] is evil!"
* {{Expy}}: Of ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' villain Mr. Hyde, though [=DePrayve=] is a more "bad guy in a body of a good guy" character than him.
* ForTheEvulz: [=DePrayve=] rants about two things: revelling in evil is fun and how sickening his good side is.
* JekyllAndHyde: Winston, a nice guy scientist who seeks to make the world a better place and [=DePrayve=], all the evil in Winston unleashed who seeks to spread misery and destruction for fun.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [=DePrayve=] chose to call himself that because he "is depraved". Simple as that.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Deciding that testing on animals is not enough, Winston decided to test his findings with himself.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: [=DePrayve=] is physically stronger than his good side Winston.

[[folder:Dr. Glitternight]]
!!Dr. Glitternight
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-> '''Debut:''' ''Werewolf by Night'' #27 (1975)

An evil sorcerer who seeks to kill everyone in the world and turn their souls into a personal demon army. [[spoiler:He was formerly a member of the Five-Who-Are-All, a group of mystical cosmic beings who banished him from their ranks]].

* BaldOfEvil: And he has a slightly larger chranium than a normal human's, [[spoiler:since he is actually a former cosmic being]].
* BigBad: Of ''Werewolf by Night'' vol. 1, as his plans pose a threat to the entire humanity.
* ChestBlaster: He shoots beams of "black light" out of his chest to harm his opponents.
* EvilSorcerer: He is a practitioner of dark mystic arts.
* MonochromaticEyes: His eyes constantly alternate between [[BlackEyesOfEvil black]] and white.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He calls himself doctor. Doctor of what, nobody knows.
* YourSoulIsMine: He has an ability to steal souls, which he uses to bind their owners to his will and create demons.

[[folder:Belaric Marcosa]]
!!Belaric Marcosa
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-> '''Debut:''' ''Werewolf by Night'' #34 (1975)

Marcosa was an evil aristocrat who used his status to hold parties that would end in a slaughter, and steal his victims' souls afterwards. His soul still resides in his old house, and torments anyone who steps inside.

* ArtificialLimbs: He has a wooden right leg with talons on it.
* CaptainErsatz: He is a thinly-veiled version of Emeric Belasco, the villain of the novel ''Literature/HellHouse'' by Creator/RichardMatheson. The story [[WholePlotReference plays out rather similarly]], too, with the exception that there is now a werewolf in it and the novel's anti-psychic machine is replaced by Topaz's powers.
* CombatTentacles: He turns his hands into tentacles when he is finally forced into physical combat with Jack.
* GhostlyGoals: To be a dick even after death.
* GoldTooth: He has installed two rubies on his front teeth.
* ManipulativeBastard: He uses illusions of his victims' loved ones to torment them further.
* YourSoulIsMine: He steals the souls of his victims to gain more power.

[[folder:Tatterdemalion]]
!!Tatterdemalion
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-> '''AKA:''' Arnold Paffenroth
-> '''Debut:''' ''Werewolf by Night'' #9 (1973)

One of Sarnak's [[CrazyHomelessPeople vagrant army]], he later strikes out on his own and wages war on the wealthy by destroying their stuff.

* AscendedExtra: He starts out as Sarnak's unnamed but memorable main henchman in volume one before returning with his own codename and gimmicks in Jack's post-series appearances.
* EatTheRich: This is his motivation; he doesn't steal money, jewelry, and expensive things; he just destroys luxury goods and cash and brutalizes the wealthy.
* ExpansionPackPast: When he turned up in ''Comicbook/{{Dazzler}}'', he got a sympathetic backstory as a failed stage entertainer.
* ThePigPen: He has weaponized it; rather disgustingly, he takes advantage of his poor hygiene by throwing his filthy, reeking cloak over people in battle.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Wears one to hide his face.

[[folder:Aelfric the Mad Monk]]
!!Aelfric the Mad Monk
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-> '''AKA:''' Aelfric
-> '''Debut:''' Werewolf by Night #3 (1973)

A twelfth century monk who turned his back on God to devote himself to Satan, and author of the arcane scrolls that became the Darkhold. Burned at the stake in 1149, his spirit lived on to wreak havok in the twetieth century.

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!!Melissa Blackgar

* AscendedExtra: He starts out as Sarnak's unnamed but memorable main henchmen in volume one before returning with his own codename and gimmicks in Jack's post-series appearances.

* ThePigPen: He's weaponized it; rather disgustingly, he takes advantage of his poor hygiene by throwing his filthy, reeking cloak over people in battle.

Marcosa was an evil aristocrat who used his status to hold parties that would end in a slaughter, and steal his victims souls afterwards. His soul still resides in his old house, and torments anyone who steps inside.

* CaptainErsatz: He's a thinly-veiled version of Emeric Belasco, the villain of the novel ''Literature/HellHouse'' by Creator/RichardMatheson. The story [[WholePlotReference plays out rather similarly]], too, with the exception that there's now a werewolf in it and the novel's anti-psychic machine is replaced by Topaz's powers.

* BaldOfEvil: And it is slightly larger chranium than a normal humans, [[spoiler:since he is actually a former cosmic being]].
* BigBad: Of ''Werewolf by Night'' vol. 1, as his plans pose a threat to entire humanity.