On
a trip to Mexico, Jack Russell is walking along a beach at night when he spies
a woman being pursued by Hydra agents; he tries to help but is knocked out. The
woman, Greer Nelson, wears the ring of the Cat People and turns into Tigra the
Were-Woman and beats up the Hydra guys. She goes to see if Jack is okay but the
full moon rises and Jack becomes Werewolf; they fight until more Hydra agents
arrive and fire a sonic shatter cone. The Hydra guys capture Tigra, knocking
Werewolf out and leaving him on the beach….
Tigra
recovers in a cage in a lab where Hydra is searching for the “Final Secret.”
Tigra discovers they have her mentor, Dr Joanne Tumolo, a prisoner so she
reflects on her past, to bring the reader up to speed. Policeman’s widow Greer
Nelson was subject to an experiment by Dr Tumolo to help women achieve their
full potential: she became a physical and mental marvel but bad guy Malcolm
Donalbain tried to take control of the process to enslave women. Greer donned a
costume and became the Cat, bringing Donalbain to justice. When she caught
Hydra trying to kidnap Dr Tumolo, the Cat sprang into action but was shot with
a deadly alpha radiation pistol. To save her life, Dr Tumolo revealed to her
the existence of the Cat People, a race which had grown up alongside the
regular human race. A combination of chemistry and magic saves Greer by turning
her into Tigra, legendary champion of the Cat People, with the ability to
temporarily assume her human form. Then Hydra captured the Cat People and is
now trying to force Dr Tumolo to reveal the whereabouts of the Cat People’s doomsday
weapon, the Final Secret….
The
Werewolf, seeing Tigra as a sort of companion for his lonely existence, tracks
her to the cavern lab where Hydra is holding the Cat People. Werewolf frees
Tigra and together they fight Hydra and rescue the Cat People but Hydra corners
them all. Dr Tumolo responds by releasing the Final Secret: the Black Plague.
All of the Hydra men die horribly while the Cat People escape. Outside Werewolf
is smitten with Tigra but she can’t discourage his affections until she resumes
her normal form; Werewolf stalks off back to his lonely existence. Greer then
turns back into Tigra, permanently this time.
“Waiter,
There’s a Werewolf in My Soup!”
Writer:
Roy Thomas. Pencils: Don Perlin. Inks: Mike Royer. Colors: ?
Synopsis:
Roy Thomas relates how he came to create WEREWOLF BY NIGHT.
“Where
Walks the Werewolf!”
Writer:
Len Wein. Pencils: Reed Crandall. Inks: Reed Crandall. Colors: ?
Synopsis:
Wealthy Martin is going blind; his doctor Craig accompanies him hunting where
they shoot a wolf. Now Craig can try his experimental procedure to transplant
the wolf’s eyes into Martin to save his sight. It does but the full moon turns
Martin into a werewolf. A paranoid werewolf at that as he blames Craig for his
predicament and also for stealing his woman. Martin goes over and attacks Craig
but the sun comes up, Martin begins to change back to normal but he also starts
losing his sight again. He leaps at Craig and goes over a cliff; it was the
beast that resided in him, you see.
“Tigra’s
Year”
Writer:
Tony Isabella. Pencils: Gil Kane. Colors: ?
Synopsis:
Tony Isabella relates how he came to create Tigra the Were-Woman.