#MarvelADay #Warlock8 To be concluded sometime, somewhere (Incredible Hulk #176). Warlock is cancelled just as it is finding its way. The series will soon be revived and when Jim Starlin takes over it becomes something truly sublime. mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 Astrella is President Carpenter’s sister! Carpenter is the Man-Beast! I love Warlock’s surprise and Carpenter’s evil grin. This is months before a similar reveal in Captain America. It was on everyone’s mind after 51 days of televised Watergate Hearings. mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 As Jesus was tempted by Satan in the desert so is Warlock tempted by demons in the clouds. Warlock does not succumb to their enticements. mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 More mind-altering art from Brown and Sutton! I loved this stuff as a kid and I still do. Jim Starlin would later pick up on this aspect of Warlock and run with it. mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 An unflattering Warlock crotch shot. I will never complain about Gil Kane’s nostril shots again. I love the toothy gaping maw. “Taste it, Warlock—taste it!” mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 Here is a beautiful Bob Brown page that proves he could do the psychedelic stuff when needed. I don’t mean to leave out terrific Tom Sutton, but Brown gets so much criticism and these are his pencils. mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 I really hate this de-evolving power of Warlocks. It’s hard not to see it as an evil act. I mean this was a sentient being after all. mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 Warlock shows up to fight the demons at the cost of this world’s Washington Monument. mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 Rex Carpenter charms hippies and demons alike! But look up in the sky! (It’s not Superman.) mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 The High Evolutionary explains the powers of Warlock’s soul-jewel to the Recorder named Memorax who serves as a device for the High Evolutionary to dump exposition upon. mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 “Then came the most difficult of my tasks—to create life!” The High Evolutionary reveals the origin of Counter-Earth! mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 “Demons, huh? Whatcha been smokin’ kid?” Only the kids can see the demons; not the cops. All the police see is a bunch of hippies going crazy. mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 As so often happens giant green demons show up and attack the activists. mcm

#MarvelADay #Warlock8 “Get off Warlock’s back!” Reads the protestor’s sign. This was a familiar sight the year this issue was published. 100,000 antiwar demonstrators assembled at the Lincoln Memorial January 20, 1973 during President Richard Nixon's second inauguration. mcm

Warlock #8, 1973. #MarvelADay #Warlock8 “Confrontation!” Script: Mike Friedrich Pencils: Bob Brown Inker: Mike Esposito, Frank Bolle Cover: Rich Buckler or John Buscema/Frank Giacoia

#MarvelADay #WWBN12 A load bearing column is destroyed in the fight, and the Hangman is trapped as the apartment starts to collapse. He asks the Werewolf to kill him, but everyone is ready for this story to end and they all just leave. Hangman will be seen again, however! JH

#MarvelADay #WWBN12 One girl's cage was smashed in the scuffle, and the Hangman's key ring was knocked loose, so she decides to free the other girls and get out of dodge. Kidnapper vs. bloodthirsty monster - she doesn't have a dog in this fight! JH

#MarvelADay #WWBN12 The Werewolf snaps Hangman's scythe, and now the fur will really fly! Do you suppose they called him "Hangman" because "Grim Reaper" was already taken? He doesn't really do very much hanging. JH

#MarvelADay #WWBN12 Hangman realizes he was followed, just in time for the Werewolf to knock his BLOK! off JH