Howling Commandos

The Howling Commandos is the name of three fictional groups led by Nick Fury in the Marvel Comics universe.

World War II

The first group of Howling Commandos was an elite special unit formed in World War II. The original team consisted of Nick Fury, Corporal Thaddeus Aloysius Cadwallander "Dum Dum" Dugan, Private Gabriel Jones, Private Robert "Rebel" Ralston, Private Dino Manelli, Private Isadore "Izzy" Cohen and Private Jonathan "Junior" Juniper who was killed in action after the first few issues. He was replaced by Private Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton, a British soldier, in issue #8. Later, Private Eric Koenig, a defector from Nazi Germany, joined the squad in issue #27. Occasional other members would join for an issue or two before being killed, transferred, or otherwise leaving (such as Fred Jones in issue #81). Also daringly for the time, the series killed Fury's girlfriend, British nurse Pamela Hawley, introduced in issue #4 and killed in a London air raid in #18.

Nick Fury's Howling Commandos

A second Howling Commandos team was introduced in the 2005 series, "Nick Fury's Howling Commandos". Its members were:

* Clay Quartermain, the commanding officer of Area 13. He takes over in the first issue from Dum Dum Dugan.
* Warwolf (real name Vince Marcus), the field leader. He is a werewolf who can transform voluntarily whenever Mars is in the night sky.
* Nina Price, a half-vampire and half-werewolf.
* N'Kantu, the Living Mummy a previously existing character. N'Kantu is an undead prince of Ancient Egypt.
* Frankenstein, an intelligent clone of the original Frankenstein's Monster. How this process didn't produce different clones of the various individual body parts making up the original monster was briefly mentioned in issue #1. The response was, "Don't go there".
* Gorilla-Man, a previously existing character. Kenneth Hale is a man trapped in a gorilla's body. He is now a member of the Agents of Atlas.
* John Doe, a zombie depicted as having normal human-level intelligence, in contrast to other zombie characters in the Marvel universe.

ecret Invasion

A third group of Howling Commandos are introduced in "Mighty Avengers" #13. After discovering the Skrull invasion, Nick Fury assembles a team made up of the offspring of various super heroes and villains. This team members are:

* Quake - Former S.H.I.E.L.D. member and daughter of Mister Hyde. She possesses the power to create earthquake like vibrations.
* Phobos - The ten year old son of Ares. He possesses the power to cause fear in others by looking in their eyes.
* Druid, the son of Doctor Druid who has inherited some of his father's skill with magic
* Yo Yo - the daughter of the Griffin. She can run at superhuman speed and bounces back to the point where she began running.
* Hellfire - The grandson of the Phantom Rider, is able to charge a chain with fire to wield as a weapon
* Stonewall - Daisy Johnson bails him out of jail he is imprisoned for hitting a cop. Possesses superhuman strength. Very little has so far been revealed about the character.