#Howling commandos 1 series#

There isn't much in the way of continuity between issues, so no overarching soap opera to recall when taking up the book. I read one a week or so and found them familiar like an old friend, never a bore. The stories can be repetitive and should not be binge read. Ditko's inks over Ayers on #15 are an especial treat! So what that Happy Sam comes out looking a lot like J. It also reads like Ayers' penciled pages were handed to anyone who chanced by the Marvel offices that day, so inkers range from good old reliable George Roussos to Frank Giacoia to Vince Coletta to Steve Ditko.

He takes over penciling the book in #8 and his work is very good, but of course pales in comparison to the King.

In the bullpen warming up was frequent Kirby collaborator Dick Ayers, who was often relegated to the role of an inker. His initial seven-issue hitch was penciled at the same time he was drawing Fantastic Four #14-26. Kirby penciled the first seven issues, returned for #13 featuring Captain America and Bucky, and finally drew the first and last pages of #18. It's an underappreciated treasure ripe for rediscovery by fans of the Lee and Kirby team and of Silver Age Marvels. This book boasts the first 19 issues of arguably the least-read Silver Age Marvel Comic barring Millie the Model. Fury fan and probably a Merry Marvel Marcher to boot! But more on that at the close (see Appendix).

#Howling commandos 1 series#

I strongly suspect series creator Tom Gries was a Sgt. What fun stuff, punctuated by melodrama and a tragedy, but really it's The Rat Patrol several years before that iconic WWII series debuted on the small screen in 1966. Fury was a Marvel Comic I saw ads for and knew about from Nick Fury's then-current-day appearances in Fantastic Four #21 and of course the Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. I just finished reading my thus far favorite Epic Collection and am eagerly anticipating a volume 2. What fun stuff, punctuated by melodrama and a tragedy, but really it's The Rat Patrol several years before that iconic WWII series de The Rat Patrol. in (Four) Color(s) I just finished reading my thus far favorite Epic Collection and am eagerly anticipating a volume 2. Fury Epic Collection, our heroes battle more Nazis than you can shake a bayonet at, team-up with Captain America and Bucky, battle the nefarious Barons Strucker and Zemo, and set out to capture Adolf Hitler himself! COLLECTING: VOL. Nick Fury! These creative titans took the Marvel method and applied it to the combat genre, creating the 'war comic for people who hate war comics.' Starring Fury, Dum Dum Dugan and the rest of the Howling Commados, the series was an instant hit and would even inspire filmmaker Quentin Taratino's Inglorious Basterds. Nick Fury! These creative titans took the Marvel method and applied it to the combat genre, creating the 'war comic for people who hate war comics.' Starring Fury, Dum Dum Dugan and the rest of the Howling Commados, the series was an instant hit and would even From the heart of the Silver Age Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers bring you the World War II adventures of Sgt. From the heart of the Silver Age Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers bring you the World War II adventures of Sgt.