The beginning
Everything starts in 1941, when Nicholas Fury decides to enlist in the American Army, with his best friend, Red Hargrove. After weeks of training, where Nick Fury shows incredible shooting skills and powerful bare-hand fighting techniques, the duo is finally assigned to the Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii.
On December, 7th, this base is attacked by the Japanese. Despite the huge death count and damage taken on the base, Nick survives. However, his best friend didn’t have this chance. A desire of avenging Red born, and on the proposal of “Happy Sam”, a well-known American commander, he is assigned to join a British military base and set up the first American Commandos squad: The Howling Commandos. Composed of 7 members, the squad’s purpose is to oppose Nazi forces during the World War II. They have acted in many places of Europe, such as Belgium, France, Germany, Greece or even Sicilia.
The Howling Commandos were created by Jack Kirby, the creator of Marvel Comics, and Stan Lee, the creator of many superheroes of this well-known publishing house, such as the Fantastic Four, Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men, Daredevil… he is the most famous scenarist of Marvel Comics. The Howlers begin their adventures in 1963, when the first issue of the comic book was released.