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Sgt. Fury & his Howling Commandos: Shotgun Opera
Cover by John Paul Leon.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
Publication date2009
No. of issues1
Main character(s)Nick Fury
Howling Commandos
Creative team
Written byJesse Alexander
Artist(s)John Paul Leon
Penciller(s)John Paul Leon
Inker(s)John Paul Leon
Letterer(s)John E. Workman Jr.
Colorist(s)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.

Background

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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.[5]

Publication history

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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.[6]

Plot

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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, Reb, Izzy, Gabe and Pinky.[7]

Reception

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The comic holds an average rating of 6.4 by 2 professional critics on the review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup.[8]

Jesse Schedeen of IGN expressed that he thought the story was a rather generic Howling Commandos story. He also criticised Alexander's character dialogue.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "CCI: Loeb and Alexander on "Shotgun Opera"". 28 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Newsarama | GamesRadar+".
  3. ^ "SDCC 08: Nick Fury Sings a Deadly Opera". 28 July 2008.
  4. ^ "Howling Commandos #1 Review". 14 May 2009.
  5. ^ "Newsarama | GamesRadar+".
  6. ^ "Marvel, los héroes mas poderosos (2016) #21 - Comic Book DB". Archived from the original on 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  7. ^ "Newsarama | GamesRadar+".
  8. ^ "HOWLING COMMANDOS #1". Comic Book Roundup. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  9. ^ "Howling Commandos #1 Review". 14 May 2009.
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