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| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||
| Publication date | July – October1992 | ||
| Genre | Superhero | ||
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| Main character | Captain America | ||
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| Writer | Mark Gruenwald | ||
| Penciller | Rik Levins | ||
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| Letterer | Joe Rosen | ||
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"Man and Wolf" is astory arc that ran inCaptain America, anAmerican comic book series published byMarvel Comics, from July to October 1992. It was written byMark Gruenwald and drawn byRik Levins. The story followsCaptain America as he is transformed into awerewolf while investigating the disappearance ofJohn Jameson.
Captain America teams up withDoctor Druid to investigate the disappearance ofJohn Jameson, formerly the superhero Man-Wolf. Their investigation takes them to a town overrun bywerewolves controlled byDredmund the Druid, where Captain America skirmishes with the werewolf-huntingMoonhunter and a brainwashedWolverine. Captain America is then captured by the supervillainNightshade, who transforms him into a werewolf.
"Capwolf" finds that he has been captured alongside superheroes with werewolf-like powers, such as Jameson,Wolfsbane, andWerewolf By Night, and leads them to defeat Nightshade. They then face Dredmund, and destroy the magical stone that gives him his powers. Captain America is then suddenly attacked by a doppelganger of himself,[a] whom he defeats after he is given an antidote mid-battle that cures him of his lycanthropy.
"Man and Wolf" ran inCaptain America from issue #402 (cover dated July 1992) to #408 (October 1992).[1] It was written byMark Gruenwald and drawn byRik Levins.[2] Atrade paperback collecting the storyline was published by Marvel on January 19, 2011.[3]
The storyline features multiple cameos by Marvel characters, such asWolverine andCable; it was a common publishing strategy to include characters from more popular books, such asX-Force andX-Men, in titles likeCaptain America that had lower sales.[4] The conclusion to "Man and Wolf", which sees Captain America fight his doppelganger, ties the story into the 1992crossover seriesThe Infinity War.[1]
Chris Sims ofComics Alliance described "Man and Wolf" as the "most famous oddity of Gruenwald's tenure" onCaptain America and noted its reputation as "one of the most bizarre moments of the coreMarvel Universe", but commended it as a "highly enjoyable, insanely over-the-top story".[5]
Capwolf has appeared in various spin-off and licensed media, including as askin in the 2020 video gameMarvel's Avengers[6] and as aFunko Pop.[7]Capwolf & The Howling Commandos, alimited series written byStephanie Phillips and drawn by Carlos Magno, was published by Marvel in 2023.[8] A 2022 storyline inCaptain America: Symbol of Truth in whichJoaquin Torres (Falcon) is transformed into a life-sized bird was noted by critics as reminiscent of "Man and Wolf".[9]
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