Captain America: The First Avenger is perhaps the MCU's most under-appreciated movie (one worth revisiting, should the opportunity arise), but it's fair to say that it underused one of its biggest draws: The Howling Commandos.
One of Marvel's most famous wartime comic book groups, the Howling Commandos (led by Nick Fury in the comics) were the Allies' premier fighting outfit, and featured the talents of Dum Dum Dugan (played by Neal McDonough), Union Jack (JJ Feild) and Jim Morita (Kenneth Choi). After appearing in The First Avenger, the group featured in the short-lived Agent Carter, although they never managed to be a key focus.
Which is a why a brand new Howling Commandos show, potentially filmed in a Band of Brothers style, would work so well. Sure, there are questions surrounding what Disney would be willing to allow on their service, but the Howling group were once one of Marvel's most popular teams - it makes sense to give them their due on the small screen.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
