Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #1 - First Appearance of Rommbu, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: December 2005
Key date: December 2005
On-sale date: October 19, 2005
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $2.99; 4.25 CAD
Pages: 52
Barcode: 75960605769600111
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Rommbu - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Gargantus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Eduardo Francisco; inks: Kris Justice	Frankenstein Monster, Living Mummy, Vic Marcus, N'Kantu, Nina Price, Clay Quartermain, Vampire by Night, Warwolf
1	Creatures on the Loose!	comic story	22	script: Keith Giffen; pencils: Eduardo Francisco; inks: Kris Justice, Terry Pallot; colors: Sotocolor's J. Tai; letters: Artmonkeys' Dave Lanphear	Bradley Beemer, Dum Dum Dugan, Frankenstein Monster, Nick Fury, Gorilla-Man, Grogg, Ken Hale, Living Mummy, Vic Marcus, Buzz McMahon, Merlyn, N'Kantu, Nina Price, Clay Quartermain
2	Nick Fury's Howling Commandos	text article	1	script: Mark Paniccia; pencils: Eduardo Francisco, James Jean, Eric Powell; inks: Eduardo Francisco, James Jean, Eric Powell; colors: James Jean, Eric Powell	Bruce Banner, Beast, Thanasee Rappaccini, Frankenstein Monster, Gargantus First, Giant-Man, Ben Grimm, Groot, Grottu, Hulk, Hank McCoy, Hank Pym, Rommbu First, Scorpion

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Amazing Spider-Man #524	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel 1602: New World #3	2005	On eBay ›
Road to Annihilation ISBN 978-1-302-90442-5	2017	On eBay ›

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Series context

1 of 7#1 [Director's Cut] ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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