Werewolf From Space!--Marvel Premiere Featuring Man-Wolf #45

Man-Wolf had his premiere in Amazing Spider-Man.  The character proved popular enough to garner guest appearances in various Marvel Comics titles and eventually his own feature in Marvel Premiere #45 in 1978.

John Jameson, son of J. Jonah Jameson, is/was an astronaut who arriving upon the moon finds the mysterious Moonstone, that grafts itself to his body.

When the moon rises the stone transforms John into the Man-Wolf, a beast of uncontrollable rage.

In the new series within a series James has journeyed to the moon, killed the crew of the spacecraft that brought him there and proceeds to venture out to the moon’s surface.

He finds a cave and within it a glowing doorway appears. Stepping the though the doorway he finds himself confronted by warriors.

Amazingly his human consciousness also resurfaces and he is in control of his bestial form.

He discovers that the inhabitants of the moon foretold his transformation to the Man-Wolf.  He is destined to be their savior and to lead them against their sworn enemies.  And so he does,

Along the way he takes possession of their Sacred Sword and so begins the new adventures of the Man-Wolf courtesy of David Kraft, George Perez and Frank Giacoia.

Currently Marvel Premiere Featuring Man-Wolf #45 sells for about $10 raw and $75 slabbed.

A friendly note: Key Silver Age comic books are escalating in price to almost ridiculous levels and even non-keys are shooting up in value.  Bronze Age keys are now the targets of collectors with prices rising fast.  Non-keys are also moving up.   

Marvel Premiere Featuring Man-Wolf #45 is a perfect example of a minor key that is quickly going up in price.  Now is the time to buy Bronze Age comics before they become too expensive.