Howling Commandos
Sgt. Fury's World War II squad.
The Howling Commandos are a fictional unit in Marvel Comics, introduced in their own 1963 comic book series as an elite squad of United States Army Rangers in World War II, led by Sergeant Nick Fury.
Quick Facts
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Debut
- Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (March 1964)
- Creators
- Stan Lee; Jack Kirby
Lore & Background
The original squad included Corporal Dum Dum Dugan and Privates Izzy Cohen, Gabe Jones, Dino Manelli, Rebel Ralston, Junior Juniper and the British soldier Pinky Pinkerton; Eric Koenig, a defector from Nazi Germany, joined later. A second team appeared in the 2005 series Nick Fury's Howling Commandos as a supernatural unit working for S.H.I.E.L.D. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe the wartime Howling Commandos are led by Steve Rogers and include Bucky Barnes, Dum Dum Dugan and Gabe Jones.
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