When Captain America is transformed into a werewolf on the front lines of World War II, he'll need the help of the Howling Commandos to take down a band of Nazi cultists who intend to use supernatural forces to turn the tide of battle. But can Cap control the skeptical, jaded Commandos when he can barely control himself?
Rated T+
Taking one of the most intriguing versions of Captain America and crafting a fresh historic take around him is no easy task. Combine Phillips stellar writing with the electric artwork of Magno and the team and readers get swept up into an incredible story that cant be denied on New Comic Book Day! Read Full Review
My only wish is that they pumped this out weekly starting in the last week of September. Who wants to be reading about Capwolf & The Howling Commandos come January? A story like this would be a perfect bombardment to help fortify the season well. Id definitely give Capwolf & The Howling Commandos #1 a look if youre looking for something different, action-packed, and love the 1950s monster mash motif. Let me know what you think, have a great week, and God Bless! Read Full Review
Stephanie Phillips takes the reins on the First Avenger, and the end result is something with a little more fluff than need be. Read Full Review
Capwolf & the Howling Commandos #1 is off to a rocky start with a heavy focus on the familiarity of war and continuity. Only in the final pages of the issue does the story shift gears and start to deliver on the premise. All elements of the book, from Phillipss writing to Magnos art, and even Grundetjerns coloring, feel like the safest choices, which gives the book a subdued reading experience. Only when the mystical element is interjected does the book transform into something worth reading. The hook is strong enough to warrant reading the second issue, but unless the story makes a harsh metamorphosis, it will remain just another disposable entry into the canon of supernatural World War II stories. Read Full Review
An oddly no-frills story for a World War II epic featuring werewolves, superheroes, and a lot of anachronistic dialogue, but it get the job done. Read Full Review
Stephanie Phillips understood the assignment: World War II and werewolves. Wasting no time, the story is set up quickly, moving from a World War II battlefield to a field hospital and to the conflict with a group of werewolves in swift sucession. The dynamic that will set the tone of Cap's relationship with the Howling Commandoes is set up with good diologue that seems to fit the characters. There is also a moment given to the villains of the story, helping set things up for the next issues.
The issue is a set-up issue, getting all the pieces where they need to be, but it's done efficiently and ends on a satisfying cliffhanger that will set the tone of the rest of this series.
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The dialogue is strong and the art is serviceable but I'm unsure of a few things. I don't know if Cap can rip open a tank even if he's using his shield to pry it open. I know he can block a tank shell with his shield but it should blast him backwards, here he just kind of stands there and takes it with no problems. It felt like a bit of lazy writing to me but maybe I'm too picky. I did enjoy Dum Dums logic in why he didn't want cap leading the unit and it helped flesh out the characters. Now that capwolf has appeared the series can really get going and I'm hoping the next issue will deliver the goods more so than issue #1 did.
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