LISA
Real Name: Lisa ??
Identity/Class: Human sub-species (werewolf)
Occupation: Unrevealed
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Charles (lover)
Enemies: Violet, Pierre
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unnamed valley
First Appearance: (Historical) "The
Man Who Cried Wolf!" (1945);
(Marvel) Monsters Unleashed#1 (July, 1973);
{prima apparizione in Italia: Il Corriere della Paura#2/1
(luglio, 1974) Editoriale Corno}
Powers/Abilities: Transformed into a werewolf Lisa's
human physical abilities increased making her stronger, quicker and more agile. She had
strong, long fangs and claws, pointed ears and probably a better sense of smell. Her
instincts drove her to kill to eat, as wolves do, but she could exert a certain
control over her instincts. Her transformation happened during full moon and
she could not avoid it. She could infect others with the the curse of the werewolf through her
bite. The curse kept her young even if she was far older. Her transformation into
werewolf was not instantaneous and took three minutes.
History: (Monsters Unleashed#1 (fb) - BTS) - Lisa was a werewolf.
She was an old woman, who looked like a girl thanks to her curse.
For
months she lived in a valley of woods where she killed animals, men and
women.
One day Lisa met Charles, a writer, and the two fell in love.
Charles had already a wife, Violet, who went to visit him in the valley. Lisa
schemed with Charles to drive Violet crazy.
(Monsters Unleashed#1 (fb)) - Without explaining anything to
Charles Lisa became a werewolf by night and scared Violet by faking to hunt her.
(Monsters
Unleashed#1) - The next day Lisa met Charles again, promising Violet would go completely insane with fear that night.
That evening Lisa was visited by Charles again, but
due to the full moon she transformed into a werewolf. Lisa ran away to the
house where Violet was left alone, broke through a window and attacked Violet, biting
her in the neck, infecting her with the curse of the Werewolf. She could not kill
Violet because Charles stopped her.
Wile running into the woods a hunter, Pierre, saw her. Believing
that she was the wolf who had killed so many people and animals in the valley,
Pierre shot the werewolf and killed her. Her body reverted to her true form, a
very old woman.
A few hours after, her curse completed its course. Violet
became a werewolf and killed Charles taking her revenge on him.
Comments: Character created by Robert Bloch. Adapted to
comics by Gerry Conway (writer) and Pablo Marcos (pencils and inks).
When she was a werewolf, Lisa had a certain
degree of control over her actions. For example, when Charles was present she did
not attack him, and she also was able to hunt a specific prey: Violet. In the
end she was trying to kill Violet, but Charles arrived in time to stop her.
Charles claimed that he had heard the same howl for 6 nights,
the howl of a hungry wolf. Two possible explanations:
- Violet could become a werewolf by night, triggering the
transformation without a full moon;
- Violet could actually control or communicate with a wolf
in her human form.
Profile by Spidermay.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Lisa has no known connections to any other "Lisa" or "werewolf"
character.
images: (without ads)
Monsters Unleashed#1, p8, pan3 (Lisa, main image)
Monsters Unleashed#1, p5, pan5 (young Lisa, head shot)
Monsters Unleashed#1, p10, pan1 (Lisa's true face)
Appearances:
Monsters Unleashed#1 (1973) - Gerry Conway (adaptation), Robert Bloch (original story), Pablo Marcos (artist), Roy Thomas (editor)
Last updated:
09/05/10
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