Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1

Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D.

by Frank J. Barbiere, Brent Schoonover (Illustrator)

Hidden deep beneath AREA 13 lies the clandestine headquarters of S.T.A.K.E. - a top secret division of S.H.I.E.L.D. housing aliens, mythical beasts, and all manner of extra-normal entities. Under the command of legendary soldier Dum Dum Dugan, these monsters step out of the shadows and defend the world against super human threats too dangerous for normal men as the All New, All Different Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D.!

Genres: Comics, Comic Book, Superheroes, Marvel

22 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 28, 2015

About the author

Frank J. Barbiere is a #1 Amazon.com best-selling writer from New Jersey.

Frank is a former English teacher with degrees from Rutgers University and the Graduate School for Education.

After breaking into the comics industry with the creator-owned hit Five Ghosts (Image Comics), Frank has since worked for every major publisher in the U.S., as well as having a global presence in France (Glenat Comics), Italy (Cosmo Editoriale), and Spain (Norma) with his creator-owned work. He has written notable runs on Avengers World and Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. at Marvel Comics, as well as the creator-owned series Black Market and Broken World (BOOM! Studios), The Revisionist (Aftershock Comics), Violent Love (Image Comics), and The White Suits (Dark Horse Comics).

In 2017, Frank began working as a writer and narrative designer in the video games industry. He has since contributed to the Destiny franchise and was lead writer on Darksiders Genesis and Ruined King: A League of Legends Story. He currently works as a Lead Writer at Skydance Interactive.

Reviews

[Terence · Rating 3 out of 5]

The STAKE devision of SHIELD has their own version of the Howling Commandos and some of them certainly do howl. These Howling Commandos are made up of monsters and they fight monsters along with other supernatural threats.


So the Howling Commandos of SHIELD are basically Marvel's version of Hellboy's team, at least as it is in the movies since I never read the comics. Monsters fighting monsters and other supernatural problems. In this issue they go after an idol that transforms people into plant zombies. I was curious to see how this would go, but I'm not impressed. I'm just not overly interested in this type of story especially the fact that everyone except for Dum Dum Dugan and Captain Reyna get locked up after each mission somewhat like the members of Suicide Squad.

2.5 out of 5 stars

[Mr. Cody · Rating 3 out of 5]

Awesome ideas, flawed execution.

[James Rodrigues · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book based around a S.H.I.E.L.D. team composed of horror style monsters, led by Dum Dum Dugan? It sounda like an awesome idea, but on the basis of this first issue, is incompetently handled in a disappointing manner. Shame.

[Midgey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Delightfully cheesy. Reminds me quite a bit of the movie Monsters vs Aliens- but in a good way.

[Babs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit meh, even with Man-Thing.