Night Vision

Harlan Ellison makes an appearance as himself in this issue of R.A. Jone’s Dark Wolf. Dark Wolf was a violent vigilante book published by Malibu Comics during the “black & white boom” era of the mid- to late-Eighties. Ellison appears as an old friend of the main character’s alter-ego, Father Michael Tremaine. They have a chat in the confessional booth before the Father begins a day’s confession and Ellison leaves just as the antagonist for that issue, Holocaust, shows up.

Harlan is portrayed in “character” and is even introduced as “a decidedly unrepentant guest” in the narration. He even almost gets into a fight with Holocaust as he leaves the church.