Junior Juniper
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos vol. 1 #1 (May 1963) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Jonathan Juniper |
| Team affiliations | Howling Commandos |
Jonathan "Junior" Juniper is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, his first appearance was in Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos vol. 1 #1. He is known to be the first major character to find death in a Marvel comic and the only Howling Commando ever to die in battle.
Jonathan "Junior" Juniper appears in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos vol. 1 #1-4. In the fourth issue, he was killed. The death of Junior Juniper has haunted Nick Fury all the way up to modern day stories. In the same series, the character appears also in two flashbacks in "The origin of the Howlers!" issue #34 (September 1966) and in "The Howlers' first mission!" issue #44 (July 1967).
In What If? #14 (April 1979), an alternate version of the character appears in What If... Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos Had Fought World War II In Outer Space?.
The character has an entry in Marvel Legacy: The 1960's Handbook (2006) and one in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z HC vol. 6 (2008).
A second alternate version of the character appears in X-Men Forever vol. 2 #7 (November 2009).
Jonathan "Junior" Juniper was a founding member of the original Howling Commandos and fought alongside the team during World War II. He was the youngest on the team as he was still attending an unnamed Ivy League college before he enlisted in the Air Force. Juniper was later transferred from the Air Force to the Commandos because he had flown B-17 Flying Fortress in bombing raids as a tail gunner.
Juniper saves the group on its first mission. The group was surrounded by Nazis. As they were waiting in the snow, Juniper read the Biblical story of Gideon frightening his enemy with raucous noise. The commando stole a sound trunk and used its loudspeakers to frighten the Nazis with their cries. With this mission, the group earns the nickname "Howling Commandos"
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