Comic Title: Demon #6
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1973
On Sale Date: December 21, 1972 Newsstand Date December 21, 1972
Source: House Ad, Demon #5, Page 29

Newsstand Date December 21, 1972
Source: Comic Reader, #91

Copyright Date December 21, 1972
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1973


Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Kirby

Title: "The Howler"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Demon (of Earth-1)

Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Mike W. Royer

Reprinted In:
Jack Kirby's the Demon HC (2009)
Demon by Jack Kirby TPB (2017)
DC Universe:The Bronze Age Omnibus by Jack Kirby HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Demon (last appearance in Demon #5; next appearance in Demon #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Glenda Mark (last appearance in Demon #2; next appearance in Demon #7)
• Merlin (last appearance in Demon #5; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Howler (Eric Shiller; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The townspeople of Transylvnia (Anton named; no further appearances)
• An unnamed bystander (no further appearances)

Comments:
Chapter Two:"He Is the Demon"
Chapter Three:"Transfer"

Synopsis:
While stopping at an inn in Transylvania, Jason Blood witnesses fear in the townspeople. They tell tales of the Howler, a murderous creature that prowls the night. Jason dares to leave the inn. He rides a horse out of town, but the Howler pursues him. Jason brings forth Etrigan who unleashes fiery blasts which chase off the creature. Merlin then appears to explain that the Howler is a man possessed by a primal entity.

Following the encounter, Jason boards a flight back to Gotham City. A man named Eric Shiller joins the flight. He tells Jason that he is the Howler. Jason brings Shiller back to his apartment to attempt an exorcism. The ritual is interrupted by Glenda Mark. The delay gives results in Shiller transforming back into the Howler. Etrigan again blasts the creature who falls out a window to his death. However, the primal entity inside of Shiller may have transferred to a bystander following the death of its host.