Sgt. Fury & his Howling Commandos: Shotgun Opera

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Sgt. Fury & his Howling Commandos: Shotgun Opera
Sgt. Fury Howling Commandos 2009 cover.jpg
Cover by John Paul Leon.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
Publication date2009
No. of issues1
Main character(s) Nick Fury
Howling Commandos
Creative team
Written by Jesse Alexander
Artist John Paul Leon
Penciller John Paul Leon
Inker John Paul Leon
Letterer John E. Workman Jr.
Colorist John Paul Leon
Editor(s) Mark Paniccia
Joe Quesada
Lauren Sankovitch

Sgt. Fury & his Howling Commandos: Shotgun Opera also known as simply Shotgun Opera or Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, Vol. 2 is a 2009 comic book one-shot published by Marvel Comics. [1] [2] [3] [4] The story was written by Jesse Alexander and drawn by John Paul Leon.

Contents

Background

The one-shot was Alexander's first time writing a comic book and he stated in a pre-release interview that he had always loved war comics and was very happy to do it. The series was intended as a tie-in to Captain America: White , the delay of which resulted in this comic to be delayed. [2]

Publication history

The story was first published in 2009 as a one-shot. It was reprinted in the hardcover collected edition named Marvel, los héroes mas poderosos #21: "Nick Fury", in December 2016 which also collected the original series of Secret Warriors issue 1 to 6. [5]

Plot

The story has Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos on a mission behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. It's in the early days of the war, when Germany had just invaded the country. Alexander chose to use the characters of Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Rebel Ralston, Izzy Cohen, Gabe Jones, and Pinky Pinkerton. [2]

Reception

The comic holds an average rating of 6.4 by 2 professional critics on the review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup. [6]

Jesse Schedeen of IGN expressed that he thought the story was a rather generic Howling Commandos story. He also criticised Alexander's character dialogue. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Renaud, Jeffrey (July 28, 2008). "CCI: Loeb and Alexander on "Shotgun Opera"". Comic Book Resources . Archived from the original on January 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Smith, Zack (March 24, 2009). "Jesse Alexander: TV to Comics with the Howling Commandos". Newsarama . Archived from the original on July 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ George, Richard; Schedeen, Jesse (July 28, 2008). "SDCC 08: Nick Fury Sings a Deadly Opera". IGN . Archived from the original on September 22, 2019.
  4. 1 2 Schedeen, Jesse (May 14, 2009). "Howling Commandos #1 Review". IGN .
  5. ↑ "Marvel, los héroes mas poderosos (2016) #21 - Comic Book DB". Archived from the original on November 22, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  6. ↑ "HOWLING COMMANDOS #1". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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