Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Wednesday (Monster Transformations)

Welcome to the end-of-summer update! Our profound thanks once again to everyone who sent in suggestions. Reader participation is why we keep on trucking. On with the update! We have 26 items waiting for you, starting with this post... 

The fourth episode of Wednesday's second season shows Tyler transforming twice into his "Hyde" monster form, both during visits from his mother.

The first visit:


And the second:


The second half of the season will air in September and feature a male werewolf. The chances that we'll get a good transformation from him are small, but if one happens we'll post it as a micro-update.

Heartpiercer (Werewolf Transformation)

This graphic novel has a gang of werewolves who transform but gets their asses kicked:



Later on the head werewolf transforms to lead his pack into battle:



Rick and Morty (Wererabbit Transformations)

In the season 8 episode 4, Jerry runs over the Easter Bunny and starts turning into a wererabbit. Rick attempts to cure Jerry but this leads to the family getting transformed one at a time. Thanks to Noodles on our Discord server for providing the clip (and to everyone who told us about the episode). Scene transitions may be choppy, since the transformation was multi-staged:

Tarot Witch Of The Black Rose (Werewolf Transformation)

Thanks to Dinonator for finding issue 96 of this fantasy comic. Look what happens when you run into a werewolf in the woods:





Hammer and Bolter (Monster Transformation)

Thanks to Andréssaurio Rex for finding this "Chaos Spawn Monster transformation" from episode 10 of the streaming cartoon Hammer and Bolter. The transformation begins at 3:54:


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends (Komodo Dragon Transformations)

Thanks to Dinonator for discovering these issues. Lord Komodo transforms into his namesake in issue six:





The character reappears (and transforms again) in issue 26:


Sword of the Demon Hunter (Demon Transformations)

Thanks to ShareContent for recommending these videos on our Discord server. This anime features a transforming oni (demon), as you'll see in these clips from episodes 19 and 20. 


Passeur des étoiles (Ape Transformation)

From what I make out, this French comic involves a bunch of prisoners who are dropped on a foreign planet and mutate into ape creatures.





One of the other prisoners reverts, though only his hand is shown, alas.




Captain America: Brave New World & Bonus (Muscle Growth/Hulk Transformation)

Thanks to Andréssaurio Rex for finding all of these clips. 

President "Thunderbolt" Ross becomes the Red Hulk in a scene from the film Captain America: Brave New World:


And here is a Hulk-related bonus, the fan-animated video "Homelander vs. The Incredible Hulk" Homelander turns into a Doomsday-style monster:


And on the subject of muscle growth, here's another bonus: "Batman Beyond: Bane Transformation Concept"

Red Hulk (Muscle Growth/Hulk Transformations)

More Red Hulk conent, but in comic book form, as God intended. 

A page from issue 3:


A reversion from issue 6:




In the next issue Red Hulk falls into the hands of a mad scientist who experiments on him:





Claymore (Monster and Lion Transformations)

Our thanks to Andréssaurio Rex for his hard work in finding and recommending all the issues and episode numbers used in this lengthy post. This manga/anime is "set on a fictional medieval island where humans are plagued by Yoma, humanoid shape-shifters that feed on humans." The Yoma are hunted, for the protection of humans, by "Claymores," human-Yoma hybrids.

In chapter one the protagonist Raki asks his brother about Yoma and Claymores:



Later on, Raki comes home to find that a Yoma has taken over his brother and killed their family:






And here's the anime version of the scene, from episode one:


Moving on to chpater 26 (vol. 5), a friendly villager turns out to be a Yoma in disguise:







And here's the animated version, from episode 9:



Chapter 42 (Vol. 8) has more Yomas shifting outdoors:




And here's the animated scene, from episode 15:



In the same chapter we see a Yoma torturing a Claymore until both of them turn into monsters:






Here's the anime version, also from episode 15:


In chapters 51 and 52 (Vols. 9 & 10) a "human" with a scarred face turns into a tall white Yoma to attack a town:







The hooded friend of the Yoma also transforms (after taking off his hood off-panel) and goes on the warpath:





Here are both scenes as they were animated for episode 18:


Lastly, in episode 21 the Claymores face a Yoma who can transform into a sexy lion-man (the manga didn't have an onscreen transformation, so I skipped it). The clip runs a little long, so that you can enjoy his lion form: