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Eric
Koenig Personal
Bio Data Known Relatives Sister: Ilsa Koenig |
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"You underestimate my countrymen...there is always one more aching to give his life for the fuehrer! And I am always willing to oblige his death wish!" -Sgt
Fury and his Howling Commandos #108: |
Appearances Avengers 1959: 2 Life-Model-Decoy** Appearance
Highlights
Sgt
Fury & His Howling Commandos #27 Sgt
Fury & His Howling Commandos #106,108 Captain
America #145 Secret
Warriors #4 Secret
Warriors #19 |
German defector who despised what the Nazi party had done to his homeland, Eric Koenig had been a member of the Hitler Youth and later joined the Luftwaffe only to be transferred from the air force and made an aide to a Nazi doctor. Koenig defected and joined the Howlers after helping Fury escape from Berlin. Koenig was called to fill in for Dino Manelli after he was seriously injured and made an official Howler soon thereafter. It was also soon evident that his skills as an expert pilot served him well on the team and his German background allowed Koenig to play crucial roles during missions behind enemy lines. Koenig forged a firm friendship with the loyal team, always setting out to prove his worth to them, and especially to Nick Fury, who shared a special relationship with his sister, Ilsa. After
the war, Koenig become a US citizen and was recruited into the US Foreign Service. While stationed in Latveria in 1959, he reunited with Fury to put down some leftover Nazis. In
1971 Koenig
followed his former commander into SHIELD.
Although not a part of the long established inner circle
of SHIELD as Dum
Dum and Gabe Jones, Koenig nonetheless had earned Fury's
unwavering trust and quickly put his flying skill to work
as a Fury's personal pilot. Among his missions, Koenig flew
an attack mission against the island base of Centurius where
he aided Iron Man and Ulysses Bloodstone. Koenig also
flew on a mission with the newly inaugurated Femme Force
and Captain America. Later Koenig was once again reunited
with his Howler teammates
in a bid to rescue their former commanding officer, Gen.
Sawyer
from
a LMD of
Von
Strucker. Following the Skrull invasion, Koenig remained in the replacement agency for SHIELD created by Norman Osborne, HAMMER, as a pilot. He served as a mole for the rouge Nick Fury and the mercenary group Howling Commandos, led by Dum Dum Dugan. He was instrumental in helping to steal several SHIELD helicarriers from HAMMER.. Eric fought alongside fellow Howlers Dugan and Jones in a pitched battle against the Gorgon and his contingent of HYDRA soldiers where he lost his life. Following the loss of one of the stolen helicarriers, Koenig was killed in combat moments before Gabe Jones. |
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