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The '''Howling Commandos''' is the name of several [[fiction]]al groups appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The team also appears in the franchises developed for other media.

==Fictional team history==

===Original Incarnation (1963)===
{{Main|Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos}}
The [[Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos|first group of Howling Commandos]] (introduced in their own 1963 comic book series) was an elite unit of the [[United States Army Rangers]] formed in [[World War II]]. The original team consisted of:

* '''[[Sergeant]] [[Nick Fury|Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury]]'''
* '''[[Corporal]] [[Dum Dum Dugan|Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan]]'''
* '''[[Private (rank)|Private]] [[Izzy Cohen|Isadore "Izzy" Cohen]]'''
* '''Private [[Gabe Jones|Gabriel Jones]]'''
* '''Private [[Dino Manelli]]'''
* '''Private [[Rebel Ralston|Robert "Rebel" Ralston]]'''
* '''Private [[Junior Juniper|Jonathan "Junior" Juniper]]'''
* '''Private [[Pinky Pinkerton|Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton]]''': A [[United Kingdom|British]] soldier, in issue #8.
* '''Private [[Eric Koenig]]''': A defector from [[Nazi Germany]]. He joined the squad in issue #27.
* '''Private [[Jim Morita]]'''
* '''Private [[Jacques Dernier|Jacques "Frenchie" Dernier]]'''

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]] [[strategic bombing|air raid]] in #18.

===Nick Fury's Howling Commandos===
{{Main|Nick Fury's Howling Commandos}}
A second Howling Commandos team was introduced in the 2005 series ''[[Nick Fury's Howling Commandos]]'' as a supernatural unit that works for [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] Its members were:

* '''[[Clay Quartermain]]''': The commanding officer of Area 13. He takes over in the first issue from [[Dum Dum Dugan]].
* '''[[Warwolf (Marvel Comics)|Warwolf]]''' (Vince Marcus): The field leader. He is a [[werewolf]] who can transform voluntarily whenever [[Mars]] is in the night sky.
* '''[[Vampire by Night|Nina Price, Vampire by Night]]''': A woman who is half-[[vampire]] and half-werewolf.
* '''[[N'Kantu, the Living Mummy]]''': A previously existing character. N'Kantu is an undead prince of [[Ancient Egypt]].
* '''[[Frankenstein's Monster (Marvel Comics)#Howling Commandos' clone|Frankenstein]]''': An intelligent clone of the original [[Frankenstein's Monster (Marvel Comics)|Frankenstein's Monster]]. How this process did not 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]] I''': 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]].
* '''[[Zombie (comics)|John Doe]]''': A [[zombie]] depicted as having normal human-level intelligence, in contrast to other [[Zombie (comics)|zombie characters]] in the Marvel universe.

===Secret Invasion===
{{Main|Secret Warriors (Team White)}}
A third group of "Commandos" are introduced in ''[[The Mighty Avengers|Mighty Avengers]]'' #13. After discovering the [[Secret Invasion|Skrull invasion]], Nick Fury assembles a team made up of the offspring of various superheroes and supervillains. This team members are:

* '''[[Daisy Johnson|Quake]]''': Former [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] member and daughter of [[Mister Hyde (Marvel Comics)|Mister Hyde]]. She possesses the power to create earthquake-like vibrations.
* '''[[Phobos (Marvel Comics)|Phobos]]''': The ten-year-old son of [[Ares (Marvel Comics)|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 Rodriguez|Yo-Yo]]''': The daughter of the [[Griffin (Marvel Comics)|Griffin]]. She can run at superhuman speed and bounces back to the point where she began running.
* '''[[Hellfire (J. T. Slade)|Hellfire]]''': The grandson of the [[Phantom Rider]]. He is able to charge a chain with fire to wield as a weapon.
* '''Stonewall''': The son of the [[Absorbing Man]], who possesses superhuman strength. Daisy Johnson bails him out of jail after he is imprisoned for hitting a cop.

===''Dark Reign''===
In ''Secret Warriors'' #4 and #5 as seen during the ''[[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign]]'' storyline, it is revealed that 1,200 [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] agents refused to join [[H.A.M.M.E.R.]] following [[Norman Osborn]]'s rise to power. Under the leadership of Dum Dum Dugan and Gabe Jones, they became a [[private military company]] which is hired by Nick Fury to fight against both Hydra and H.A.M.M.E.R.

===Black Ops version===
A new incarnation of the Howling Commandos is ordered to apprehend the [[Punisher]] after he relocates to [[Los Angeles]]. The [[Black operation|black ops]] version is led by Sidewinder and its members include Ruby Red, Myers, and Buzzkill.<ref>''[[Punisher]]'' (vol. 10) #1 (April 2014)</ref>

===Phil Coulson's Howling Commandos===
[[Phil Coulson]] later formed his version of the Howling Commandos to combat [[Dormammu]]'s Mindless Plague. 
The team consisted of:
* '''[[Frankenstein's Monster (Marvel Comics)|Frankenstein's Monster]]'''<ref name=":0">''[[S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014 series)|S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' (vol. 3) #6 (July 2015)</ref>
* '''[[Man-Thing]]'''<ref name=":0" />
* '''[[N'Kantu, the Living Mummy]]'''<ref name=":0" />
* '''[[Zombie (comics)|Zombie]]'''<ref name=":0" />

===Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D===
{{Main|Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D.}}
A new team of Howling Commandos under the command of [[S.T.A.K.E.]] were part of the [[All-New All-Different Marvel]] led by the rebuilt [[Life Model Decoy|LMD]] of [[Dum Dum Dugan]] and under the supervision of [[Warwolf (Marvel Comics)|Warwolf]]. It consists of:
* '''[[Jasper Sitwell]]''' (zombie form)
* '''[[Vampire by Night]]'''
* '''[[Man-Thing]]'''
* '''[[Manphibian]]'''
* '''[[Orrgo]]'''
* '''[[Teen Abomination]]'''
* '''[[Hit-Monkey]]'''<ref>{{cite web |last=Guerrero |first=Tony |url=http://www.comicvine.com/articles/frank-barbiere-and-brent-schoonover-talk-about-shi/1100-152826/ |title=Frank Barbiere & Brent Schoonover Talk About S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Dirty Little Secret and the Howling Commandos |publisher=[[Comic Vine]] |date=July 6, 2015}}</ref>

==Other versions==
===MAX===
An alternate universe incarnation of the Howling Commandos appears in ''[[Fury: Peacemaker]]''. This version is an [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] special operations unit created by Nick Fury. Most of the unit's lineup were killed following [[D-Day]], with only Fury and two unidentified members surviving.

===Ultimate Marvel===
Two incarnations of the Howling Commandos from Earth-1610 appear in the [[Ultimate Marvel]] imprint:

* The members of the first Howling Commandos were killed by the [[Republican Guard (Iraq)|Iraqi Republican Guard]], with only [[Nick Fury (Ultimate Marvel character)|Nick Fury]] and [[Dum Dum Dugan#Ultimate Marvel|Dum Dum Dugan]] surviving.<ref>''[[Ultimate X-Men]]'' #11 (December 2001)</ref>
* The second incarnation of the Howling Commandos is formed during the [[Dark Avengers|Dark Ultimates]]' attack on Earth and consists of Nick Fury, [[Monica Chang]], [[Abigail Brand#Other versions|Abigail Brand]], [[Punisher#Ultimate Marvel|Punisher]], [[Falcon (comics)#Ultimate Marvel|Falcon]], [[Cassie Lang#Ultimate Marvel|Stature]], Dum Dum Dugan, [[Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch)#Ultimate Marvel|Danny Ketch]], [[Abomination (character)#Ultimate Marvel|Abomination]], and [[Hercules (Marvel Comics)#Ultimate Marvel|Hercules]].<ref>''[[Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates]]'' #27 (September 2013)</ref>

===Mrs. Deadpool and the Howling Commandos===
An alternate universe incarnation of the Howling Commandos appears in the ''[[Secret Wars (2015 comic book)|Secret Wars]]'' tie-in ''[[Mrs. Deadpool and the Howling Commandos]]'', consisting of Frankenstein's Monster, Invisible Man, Man-Thing, Marcus the Centaur, N'Kantu the Living Mummy, and Werewolf by Night.<ref>''[[Mrs. Deadpool and the Howling Commandos]]'' #1 (August 2015)</ref>

==In other media==
===Marvel Cinematic Universe===
The WWII Howling Commandos appear in media set in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], consisting of [[Steve Rogers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Steve Rogers / Captain America]], [[Union Jack (Marvel Comics)|James Falsworth]], [[Bucky Barnes (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Bucky Barnes]], [[Dum Dum Dugan (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Dum Dum Dugan]], [[Gabe Jones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Gabe Jones]], [[Jim Morita (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Jim Morita]], [[Jacques Dernier (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Jacques Dernier]], [[Samuel Sawyer (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Samuel Sawyer]], [[Pinky Pinkerton (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Pinky Pinkerton]], and [[Junior Juniper (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Junior Juniper]]. Following their first appearance in ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'', the Howling Commandos appear in ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]'' as part of an in-universe [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] exhibit. The group also appears in the ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' episode "[[Shadows (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)|Shadows]]" and the ''[[Agent Carter (TV series)|Agent Carter]]'' episode "[[The Iron Ceiling]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2015 |title=DEBRIEFING MARVEL'S AGENT CARTER: THE IRON CEILING |url=http://marvel.com/news/tv/23954/debriefing-marvels-agent-carter-the-iron-ceiling |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301220437/http://marvel.com/news/tv/23954/debriefing-marvels-agent-carter-the-iron-ceiling |archive-date=March 1, 2015 |publisher=Marvel.com}}</ref> Additionally, an alternate timeline incarnation of the Howling Commandos appears in the ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]'' episode "[[What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?]]".

===Television===
* The WWII incarnation of the Howling Commandos make a cameo appearance in the ''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Old Soldiers."
* The WWII incarnation of the Howling Commandos appear in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]''.
* Nick Fury's Howling Commandos appear in ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]''.
* Nick Fury's Howling Commandos appear in ''[[Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.]]''.

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