Wolf-Men

Wolf-Men
Name	Wolf-Men
Aliases	Wolf Men, Wolf-Men of Valusia, Wolf-Men of Valusia, Wolf-People, Wolfmen, Wolves Who Are Men Presumably Werewolves
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Secret
Physical Characteristics
Body Type	Humanoid with lupine characteristics
Average Height	Various
Average Weight	Various
Hair	Brown
Number of Limbs	4
Number of Fingers	5
Number of Toes	5
Origin and Status
Origin	Elder Race; Elderspawn spawned by Chthon-spawn Vârcolac
Reality	Earth-616
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sol
Home	Earth
Base of Operations	City of Wonders
Place of Birth	Valusia
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Doug Moench, John Bolton
First	Kull the Conqueror (Vol. 2) #2 (December, 1982)
First	Kull the Conqueror (Vol. 2) #2 (December, 1982)

The Wolf-Men of Valusia were a feral, shape-changing race, created by Chthon or (more often stated as such) by his spawn Vârcolac at the dawn of mankind. They are considered to be Chthon's most infamous success among the races he created.

The Wolf Lords, including Vârcolac, became involved in the legends of humanity. The Werewolves are distant relatives of the Wolf-Men.

Given "Werewolves" are mentioned during the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, though they were created thousands of years after, it can be assumed mentions of "werewolves" are those of Wolf-Men.

History

Origin

The Wolf-Men were spawned millions, possibly billions, of years ago by the Wolf God/Demon Vârcolac, spawn of the Elder God Chthon.

Early years

The Wolf-Men were among the masters of the world, and the Wolf Lords were seemingly major Wolf-Men that held the world in terror, and became involved in the myths and legends of mankind:

• Garmr, the "HELLhound," was a mountain-sized beast with a monstrous appetite. He sired Garm, the guardian of the gates of Hel.
• Lycaon, the "Bloodhound," had a cruel and twisted sense of humor that became legendary. Surviving through the cataclysms and into Ancient Greece, he was possibly killed in battle with Hercules.
• Gaueko, the "Night Beast," became the first of the Wolven Warlocks, and he was always followed by a mystic darkness everywhere he went.
• Varcolac, "the WolfDemon," was a deadly and inescapable hunter. He mated with Set's granddaughter Echidna and sired Angerboda, who sired the Midgard Serpent and the Fenris Wolf, the latter who sired the Wolf Gods of Asgard.

The Wolf-Men warred with other Elderspawn, such as the Bat-Men, Bird-Women, Demons, Flying Fiends, Goblins, Harpies, Serpent-Men and Spider-Men.

The Wolf-Men were eventually defeated by true Humans.

Pre-Cataclysmic Age

The Wolf-Men were nigh-extinct in the youth of Kull.

Legend said that by a slaying a "werewolf" in the half-form of a man, its ghost would haunt its slayer for eternity. At the next full moon, the slayer is beset by malicious impulses, and turned into a shapeshifting beast, haunted by the demon.

The Wolf-Men plotted to usurp Kull's rule of Valusia and man's dominion of the Earth by infiltrating the royal court and provoking chaos and hostility between the human nations, from their nest in the catacombs beneath the City of Wonders. A demonolater, a sorcerer, of the Elder Race, and the leader of his Wolf-Men children, impersonated Kull's councilor Tu, triggered a royal wedding between Kull and Sareena, daughter of Lhok-Nor, chieftain of the Atlanteans, thus causing Kull to earn the ire of his Pict allies, led by Taku. He then had Sareena assassinated during the wedding by a Wolf Man wearing the guise of an Atlantean wearing the guise of a Valusian nobleman. Lhok-Nor considered that Kull blamed wrongly the Atlanteans over his own people, and that he was responsible for Sareena's death, leaving Lhok-Nor to declare war on Valusia. Both Picts and Atlanteans attacked the City of Wonders, but the Wolf-Men were ultimately defeated by Kull, Lhok-Nor, and Taku. Both Lhok-Nor, moved by the compassion of Kull for his daughter, whom the Demonolater had revived as a Wolf Man, and Taku heard the pleas of Kull to mingle and unite against that threat, and peace was made.

Great Cataclysm

During the Great Cataclysm, circa 18,000 BC, many Wolf-Men died. Their fate is unrevealed.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

The Wolf-Men of Valusia possessed the typical powers associated with werewolves: superhuman speed and strength from enhanced to superhuman levels, invulnerability to ordinary weapons or injury including sword blows and broken necks.

In addition, a branch of wolf-people were shapechangers capable of assuming any human shape.

Weaknesses

Like many magical creatures, the Wolf-Men of Valusia were only vulnerable to silver and to fire, both of which were effective in killing them. King Kull had a heavy broadsword of silver especially forged for use against the Wolf-Men, allowing it to melt within the Demonolater remains within a blazing fire after impaling the sorcerer on the blade.

Habitat

Habitat

Earth-like

Gravity

Earth-like

Atmosphere

Earth-like

Population

Varied

Miscellaneous

Representatives

Demonolater, Sareena

The Wolf Lords included "HELLhound" Garmr, "Bloodhound" Lycaon, "the Night Beast" Gaueko and "the WolfDemon" Varcolac.

See Also

• 7 appearance(s) of Wolf-Men
• 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Wolf-Men
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Wolf-Men
• 2 mention(s) of Wolf-Men
• 4 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Wolf-Men
• 4 image(s) of Wolf-Men
• 5 representative(s) of Wolf-Men

Links and References

• Wolf-Men at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe