Issue(s): Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #14
Published Date: Jan 65
Title: "The Blitzkrieg Squad of Baron Strucker"
Credits:
Stan Lee - Writer
Dick Ayers - Penciler
Dick Ayers - Inker

Review/plot:
In what sounds like a good idea until you get into the details, Baron Strucker recruits a team of Nazi Commandos with skills similar to the Howlers, with the goal of leading Fury's team into a trap and defeating them.

Unfortunately Strucker gets a little too literal, and goes as far as finding a Nazi who likes horses, one who can play music, etc.

Missing the forest for the trees (and some Colonel Klink stupidity from the regular German soldiers), Struckers team fails to defeat the Howlers.

But it was a good idea, and i like to think that Strucker's Blitzkrieg Squad followed him to Hydra.

The Skipper who brings the Howlers to the mainland will be transerred from the Navy to become the leader of a squad of Marines: Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders. He is currently unnamed here, but is depicted and described as a Navy version of Sgt. Fury.

Quality Rating: D+

Historical Significance Rating: 2

Chronological Placement Considerations: The Howlers are training for D-Day by climbing cliff walls.

References:

• Hitler says Baron Strucker is the one who has come closest to defeating Fury and the Howlers in Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #5 and Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #9. Considering what happened in #9, that's sad, really.

Cross-over: N/A

Continuity Implant? Y

Reprinted In: Marvel Special Edition #12