''Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is a comic book series published by

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in 2015. The series was a spinoff of the 2014 series ''

S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage, special law enforcement, and counter-terrorism agency appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in ''Strange Tales'' #135 (August 1965), it often deals ...

'' by Mark Waid. It lasted for 6 issues.

Publication history

The series was part of

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. The team first appeared in issue six of ''

'' and picked up after issue nine.

Plot

A new team of Howling Commandos under the command of the

subsidiary

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led by the rebuilt LMD of

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and under the supervision of

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. It consists of

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's zombie form,

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, and

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. The first mission involved the Earth Idol of Golthana that was being smuggled on the S.S. Chaney and mutated its crew into humanoid plantlike monsters. While the Howling Commandos are successful in defeating the mutated crew members, they merged into one giant plantlike monster. Man-Thing used his touch to burn the giant plantlike monster where its link to the Earth Idol of Golthana caused it to burn as well. The next mission that S.T.A.K.E gives to the Howling Commandos involves them fighting

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and Adversary which led to them getting

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on their team. During the '' Avengers: Standoff!'' storyline, Paul Kraye caught Orrgo going through some S.T.A.K.E. files and informed

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enough for Orrgo to be sent to Pleasant Hill. The rest of the Howling Commandos rescued Orrgo and were teleported back to S.T.A.K.E. HQ by Kobik where they found that Paul Kraye had released every monstrous inmate there. This causes the Howling Commandos to spring into action.

Reception

The series holds an average rating of 5.6 by 17 professional critics on the

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website

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. Doug Zawisza of CBR.com stated that the book is a fun introduction to a new concept, but wrestles a little bit to find its identity.

Prints

Issues

Collected editions

References

External links

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