The Howling Commandos is the name of several fictional groups appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Fictional team history World War II The 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 Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury Corporal Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan Private Isadore "Izzy" Cohen Private Gabriel Jones Private Dino Manelli Private Robert "Rebel" Ralston Private Jonathan "Junior" Juniper Private Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton: A 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 "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 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 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 (real name Vince Marcus): The field leader. He is a werewolf who can transform voluntarily whenever Mars is in the night sky. 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: An intelligent clone of the original 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. John Doe: A zombie depicted as having normal human-level intelligence, in contrast to other zombie characters in the Marvel universe. Secret Invasion A third group of "Commandos" are introduced in Mighty Avengers #13. After discovering the Skrull invasion, Nick Fury assembles a team made up of the offspring of various superheroes and supervillains. This team members are: Quake: Former S.H.I.E.L.D. member and