Marvel Spotlight #4 Marvel (1972) 8.5

Writers: Gerry Conway

Artists: Mike Ploog

Characters: Buck Cowan, Garth, Lissa Russell, Marlene Blackgar, Miles Blackgar, Philip Russell, Strug, Werewolf By Night

Werewolf by Night finds himself upon the Isle of the Doomed!Jack Russell discovers someone lurking outside his home. He confronts the stranger who introduces himself as Buck Cowan, a reporter researching the arcane book, Darkhold. He informs Jack that his father’s castle was sold by his step-father, Philip, to one Miles Blackgar, who had it shipped to, and reconstructed on, his private island. Jack and Buck both suspect the Darkhold is now in Blackgar’s possession, so they hatch a plan to take Philip’s yacht to the island.Buck poses as a hand working at the marina, and comes to ask permission to move the boat. When Philip insists on going along, Jack gets a head start and takes the craft out himself. That afternoon, he fights a squall and injures his head. Near the island, Jack’s boat is boarded by a gunman who abducts Jack and scuttles the yacht.He takes Jack by motorboat to the island where he meets Blackgar and his daughter, Marlene, as well as a terrified man who is knocked cold…