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FIRST APPEARANCE Slingers #0 (December 1998)

HEALNAME Eddie McDooough

OCCUPATION Adventuref BASE New Yofk City

HEIGHT S fil 1 in WEIGHT I75lbs EYES Blue HAIR Black

SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Cybemetic suit bas built-in

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H OWARD THE DUCK

FACTFłLE REAL NAME

Simdi u-Man created the niemiły of the Hornet during a linie when he adopted (oiir separate person,is in response to a bogus inurder charge. The discarded costunies later found tlieir way iiuo the liands of che Black Marvel, who gave thcm to four youths to crcatc the Slingers. Empire State Umwrsiry student Eddie McDonough became the new I lornet, and found chat the armored exoskelcton permitted him to use his normally palsietl right arni.The Slingers soon disbandcd when the members discovercd that the Black Marvel had received the costunies frum the demon MEPIIISIO, and the Hornet later died •it the liands ofa brainwashed Woi vkki\'f. dvv

Howard the Duck was boni on Duckworid, a planet in another dimension. whcrc the most inteÓigent life cvolved from waterfowl. When the demon Thog the Nether-Spawn caused tłu* Interdimensional Cosmic Axis to Shift, Howard was dropped into the Florida Everglades on Earth, the site of the Newiis of Ali Realities, where many dimensions mect.

Hoping to correct the Cosmic Axis and get homo,

Howard joined up with Korrek the Barbarian. the Earth sorceress Jcnnifer Kale.

Dakimh the Enchanter, and the Man-Tiiing.As this group battledThog in an inter-dimensional nielee, Howard fell off the Stepping-Stoncs of Oblivion and tumbled back to Earth, ianding in the city of Cleveland. Ohio.There he met Beverly Swi i /i kit. when the two were attacked by the costumed criminal accountant Pro-Kata. Howard and Beverly escapcd, and began living together, attempting to have as normal a life as possible in a human-duck relationship. mt

Howard flast na me unknown) OCCUPATION Many, including form er candidate for President of the United States; most often unempioyed.

BASE

Cteveland, Ohio

HEIGHT 2 ft 7 in WEIGHT <10 IbS EYES Brown

FEATHERS Yellow

FIRST APPEARANCE

Fear*19 (December 1973)

Howard is skiled in the tllte-known martiul an ot Ouock ko. and a formidabte opjjonenl in hand-lo hand combat.

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The Howling Commandos was the tirst attack squad ofAhlc Company during World War II, a unit spccifically designed and peopled so as to tako on the most dangerous missions of the w ar. Under orders from Captain “Happy" Sam SAWYŁR, Sgt. Nr k I liry led his ragtag group of soldiers against the worst the Axis po wers could throw at thcm, including the legeiulary Blitzkrieg Squad of Baron Von Sirucker. and the nulevolem lUn Skuli himself.The Howlers raekcd up an impressiee record during the war, and many members of the unit survived to become the nuelcus of the UN peace-kecping force know-n as SHIRlD. Recently. the Howling Commandos lianie has been reactiyatcd within SHIELD, and used to refer to a top-scerct squad comprised ofnionstcrs and dedicated to battling supcrn.mir.il forces against w hich normal SHIELD operatives would prove incffcctive. TB

FACTFILE

MEMBERS

Sgt. N*ck Fury, Corporal Thaddeus *Dum Dum" Dugan; Pnvates Dino Manelh. Izzy Cohen. Gabe Jones. Perctval Pinkerton. Reb ‘RebeT Ralston. Jonathan -Junior' Juniper (kiiied in action), Erie Koenig

BASE

Pacific Theater of Operat >oos. World War II

FIRST APPEARANCE

Sgt Fury and His Howhng Commandos #1 (May 1963)

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