Merry Christmas, everyone!

I'm just going to go ahead and assume that everyone's been good this year, and therefore you deserve your gift - the greatest comic book story ever told! That may sound like hyperbole, and it's possible that I'm just biased towards the story, as it features both my favourite Golden-Age Hero (Zero, the Ghost Detective!) and a villain so spectacular that it must be seen to be believed! So, with no further ado, I give you, from the pages of Feature Comics #71, dated September, 1943 :

If necessary, all images can be bigified through clickery.

You know what's super-comforting? That there are a host of other ghost detectives out there equal in skill to Zero. After all, were he 'peerless' among ghost detectives, then if something bad were to happen to him, it could be disastrous for the whole world! Since he's just on par with all the other Ghost Detectives, however, there's plenty of backup available were things to take a left turn.

NeoWolf vs Your Grandmother’s Werewolf: A comparative analysis.

Although I’m sure you’ve all seen it by now, just so it’s absolutely clear what we’re going to be covering, please take a look at this brief clip from the film ‘NeoWolf’.



As you can see, the main villain, ‘John Neowolf’, claims some distinction between himself and ‘your grandmother’s werewolf’, pictured here:

So let’s put his claim to the test, shall we?