Number 2396: The Wolf Men of Bucharest

Hillman Periodicals, publisher of Airboy Comics, also published crime comics, but not horror comics. That doesn’t mean they didn’t use elements of horror in some of their stories, such as “The Wolf Men of Bucharest,” from Airboy Comics Volume 5, Number 10 (whole number 57, 1948). Here we have wolves who run with men who dress like wolves, all part of a criminal gang.

The Grand Comics Database says this is a “true story.” Just because I have not heard the story before doesn’t mean it is untrue, but wonder if the GCD believes the slug in the splash panel that says, “A True Story.” I am prejudiced by a character in the story called Dracu. That name sounds too good to be true, therefore I doubt it is true.

The GCD credits Maurice Del Bourgo with the artwork, but does not credit a writer.

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