Howling Commandos

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The Howling Commandos are an elite World War II combat unit in Marvel Comics, often depicted as Captain America’s close-knit special operations squad fighting against Hydra and other Axis threats.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marvel Comics team
World War II unit in fiction
fictional military unit
affiliation U.S. Army
appearsIn Marvel 616 continuity
associatedWith Allied Forces
Captain America
combatRole commandos
infantry
countryOfFictionalAllegiance United States
creators Jack Kirby
Stan Lee
fictionalUniverse Marvel Universe
firstAppearance Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1
firstAppearanceYear 1963
genre superhero comics
war comics
hasSpinOffTitle Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos
inspiredBy real World War II commando units
languageOfOriginalWork English
McuAssociatedCharacter Bucky Barnes
Steve Rogers
McuPortrayalContext Captain America: The First Avenger
medium comic books
memberCharacteristic diverse ethnic backgrounds
highly trained soldiers
notableAdaptation Marvel Cinematic Universe
notableMember Dino Manelli
Dum Dum Dugan
Gabe Jones
Izzy Cohen
Junior Juniper
Nick Fury
Percy Pinkerton
Reb Ralston
notableStoryArc missions behind enemy lines in Europe
operations against Hydra bases
notableTheme camaraderie in wartime
heroism against tyranny
originalPublisherImprint Marvel Comics
primaryAntagonistGroup Hydra
Nazi Germany
primaryLeader Nick Fury
publisher Marvel Comics
teamStructure platoon-sized unit
teamType elite combat unit
special operations squad
timePeriod World War II

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bucky Barnes
Captain America
teamAffiliation
Steve Rogers
affiliation
Howling Commandos ("Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1")
firstAppearance
Howling Commandos ("Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos")
hasSpinOffTitle

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