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Capwolf and the Howling Commandos (2023 series) #1

on-sale: Oct 11, 2023
Stephanie Phillips | Carlos Magno

Capwolf and the Howling Commandos (2023 series) #1 cover

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Synopsis

Capwolf and the Howling Commandos (2023 series) #1 synopsis by Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars

On a WW2 battlefield in France, Sergeant Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos Dum Dum Dugan, Rebel Ralston, Junior Juniper, Gabe Jones, Dino Manelli, Izzy Cohen) are engaging the enemy in a running battle when a massive Nazi tank appears. Fury barks some orders, the tank fires at him and rubble from a collapsing wall buries his legs trapping him. The tank fires again…and Captain America is there to block the missile with his shield. Cap frees Fury then leaps on the tank, rips the hatch off, heads inside and clobbers all of the Germans….

In the field hospital, a general informs Cap and Fury about a new mission. The Germans are heavily fortifying a bunker called Wolfsschanze—Wolf’s Lair. Spies they have sent to investigate have failed to return. The Allies need to know what is going on there and to have it destroyed. As Fury is out of commission, Captain America must lead the Howling Commandos on the mission….

On the way by plane, the Howlers are all expressing misgivings and their lack of faith in Captain America, perceived as a walking gimmick with no real combat or leadership experience. They reach the drop point and Cap jumps without a parachute and the Howlers follow….

At Wolfsschanze, a Nazi witch named Ros rolls the bones and predicts death. Nazi Commander Witt promises ten new recruits and she assures him that will be enough….

Cap and the Commandos land and there is immediate conflict as Dugan doesn’t agree with Cap’s tactics, insisting he take over for Cap, who is merely a marketing scheme. Then they are attacked by a pack of werewolves. Their bullets do no damage; Cap intervenes to protect the others, holding off a monster with his shield. The beast slashes Cap across the chest with its claws and then the sunrise causes the werewolves to retreat. Reb and Dino get into an argument over whether werewolves are real, interrupted when Cap transforms into a wolf-man himself. He stands revealed as one of them…and tells Dugan to kill him….

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Main/1st Story Full Credits

Carlos Magno
Carlos Magno
Espen Grundetjern
Ryan Brown (Cover Penciler)
Ryan Brown (Cover Inker)
Ryan Brown (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Travis Lanham.



Review / Commentaries


Capwolf and the Howling Commandos (2023 series) #1 Review by (April 1, 2025)

Review: The silliest Captain America story is, by general consensus, the Capwolf saga wherein good ‘ol Cap is turned into a werewolf and the sight of him running around in his intact uniform with a wolf head is a real hoot in the midst of a silly storyline. So imagine my surprise that a recent attempt to revive Capwolf was actually good. The secret? Playing it for chills.

See, werewolves are the scariest classic monster on a visceral level: the fur, the claws, the fangs, the fierce attitude, something mummies and zombies and masked serial killers can’t match. And the art takes great advantage of the creatures’ fearsome appearance, though no one will draw a scarier werewolf than Berni Wrightson, Carlos Magno does very well, also giving us a scary Russian witch working with the Nazis. The gruesome visuals also help us overlook a few implausible bits where bands of werewolves are standing around apparently doing nothing. Examples: Issue #1: While Cap is holding off the werewolf with his shield, none of the other three werewolves attack the Howlers. Issue #3: Capwolf fighting a band of furballs when Ros turns wolf and jumps in and the others apparently vanish. Issue #4: The Howling Commandos are facing a band of werewolves, Frankie throws a grenade then all of a sudden the Howlers are regrouping outside and all are present, without a scratch, so where were the wolves they were facing?

Be that as it may…this is an exciting alternate history adventure with some realistic friction between Cap and the Howlers who resent their leader Nick being supplanted by a guy they do not respect and why should they? So…pretty cool.

Comments: This alternate timeline has been dubbed Earth-TRN1097. The original Capwolf saga was in CAPTAIN AMERICA #402-408; Sam Cap underwent the same silly transformation in CAPTAIN AMERICA: SAM WILSON #3-6.






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