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The Howling Commandos

 
The Howling Commandos
 

Name: The Howling Commandos

Other Names: Howlers; Nick Fury's Howling Commandos; Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos

Classification: heroes heroes   group group  

Publisher(s): Marvel

First Appearance: Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (vol. 1) #1 (May 1963): "Seven Against the Nazis"

Creators: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers

Number of Appearances: 351

Enemy of: Desert Hawk, Desert Fox, Mr. Von Kimmer

Type of Organization/Group: military unit

Nation: USA

Number of group members listed below: 38

Character
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Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Abominable Snow Man Abominable Snow Man (Carl Hanson) hero
  The Howling Commandos Marvel 7
Aquarius Aquarius (John Garrett) hero
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos... 
[cyborg; rebuilt by SHIELD's Extechop division]
Marvel 44
Brother Voodoo Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D Vodoun houngan
black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel 110
Clone of Frankenstein Clone of Frankenstein (Frank) hero
  The Howling Commandos Marvel 6
Izzy Cohen Izzy Cohen hero
CBR Scale: M Jewish
S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos Marvel 76
Dimensional Man Dimensional Man (Joshua Farkas) hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish (ethnic); Enclave (demonolatry, lapsed)
The Howling Commandos Marvel 7
Dum Dum Dugan Dum Dum Dugan hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Deadly Dozen; Godzilla Squad...  Marvel 555
Nick Fury Nick Fury hero
CBR Scale: U secular
black; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Marvel 1,898
The Glob The Glob (Joseph Timms) villain hero
CBR Scale: S religious (devout)
The Howling Commandos Marvel 13
The Golem The Golem hero
CBR Scale: M Jewish
The Howling Commandos Marvel 11
Gorgolla Gorgolla villain
CBR Scale: I alien
Stonian; The Howling Commandos
[invasion force leader]
Marvel 1
Gorilla-Man Gorilla-Man (Ken Hale) hero
  Agents of Atlas; S.H.I.E.L.D....  Atlas Marvel 45
Grogg Grogg hero
  The Howling Commandos Marvel 11
Groot villain hero
CBR Scale: I alien
Floral Colossus; Guardians of the Galaxy... 
[tree-like; first came to Earth to capture, study humans]
Marvel 58
Happy Sam Happy Sam (Samuel Sawyer) hero
  Deadly Dozen; Maulers...  Marvel 69
The Howling Commandos The Howling Commandos hero group
  [1st app: Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (vol. 1) #1 (May 1963)] Marvel 351
It, the Living Colossus It, the Living Colossus hero
CBR Scale: I alien (briefly)
S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos
[statue animated by mind transferal of alien Kigor]
Atlas Marvel 7
Fred Jones supporting character
  The Howling Commandos
[All-American quarterback; lost part of leg in war]
Marvel 1
Gabriel Jones Gabriel Jones hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination unknown)
black; Godzilla Squad...  Marvel 125
Junior Juniper Junior Juniper supporting character
  The Howling Commandos; U.S. Air Force
[based on Jerry Lewis; had cancer; joined Howling Commandos]
Marvel 6
Eric Koenig Eric Koenig hero
CBR Scale: S Nazi (former)
S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos Marvel 35
Jerry Larkin supporting character
CBR Scale: I Jewish
The Howling Commandos
[based on Jerry Lewis; had cancer; joined Howling Commandos]
Marvel 1
The Living Mummy The Living Mummy (N'Kantu) hero
CBR Scale: S African primal-indigenous religion (Swarili)
Shock Troop; The Howling Commandos Marvel 40
Dino Manelli Dino Manelli hero
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos Marvel 81
Manphibian Manphibian hero
CBR Scale: M alien religion; vengeance
The Howling Commandos
[based on DC's Devil-Fish]
Marvel 7
Jim Morita hero
  Asian; The Howling Commandos Marvel 9
Orrgo villain hero deity
CBR Scale: S alien religion (deity)
The Howling Commandos
[extraterrestrial "space god" summoned by Headmen]
Marvel 11
Pinky Pinkerton Pinky Pinkerton hero based on a real person
CBR Scale: U Jewish; LGBT
Deadly Dozen; S.H.I.E.L.D.... 
[based on actor David Niven]
Marvel 76
Joshua Pryce Joshua Pryce hero
CBR Scale: D Cognoscenti (occult sect); Gaian
Cognoscenti; The Howling Commandos
[agent of Gaea]
Marvel 12
Clay Quartermain Clay Quartermain supporting character
  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Hulkbusters (U.S. Military)...  Marvel 116
Reb Ralston Reb Ralston hero
  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Howling Commandos...  Marvel 22
Satana Satana (Satana Hellstrom) hero
CBR Scale: M Satanism
The Howling Commandos; Witches Marvel 46
Son of Satan Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom) hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: M Catholic (former priest)
Shadow Hunters; The Defenders...  Marvel 207
Vampire by Night (Nina Price) hero
  The Howling Commandos Marvel 12
Warwolf (Vic Marcus) hero
  The Howling Commandos Marvel 6
Werewolf By Night Werewolf By Night (Jack Russell) hero
  Night Shift; The Howling Commandos Marvel 273
Duane Wilson Duane Wilson supporting character
  The Howling Commandos
[temporarily replaced Eric Koenig; deserted; court-martialed]
Marvel 1
Zombie Zombie (John Doe) hero
  The Howling Commandos Marvel 6

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This character is in the following 5 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Sgt. Fury & His Howling Commandos (vol. 2) #1 (July 2009): "Shotgun Opera!"
Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos
X-Men Forever


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://www.comicvine.com/howling-commandos/65-32653/
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Fury_and_his_Howling_Commandos