The Kid Commandos is a fictional organization in the Marvel Universe

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Publication history

The Kid Commandos first appeared as a team in Invaders

Invaders (comics)

The Invaders is the name of two fictional superhero teams in the . The original team was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Sal Buscema in The Avengers #71 . A present-day incarnation was introduced by writer Chuck Austen and artist Scott Kolins in The Avengers vol...

 #28 (May 1978), and were created by Roy Thomas

Roy Thomas

Roy William Thomas, Jr. is an American comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics, with a series that added to the storyline of Robert E...

 and Frank Robbins

Frank Robbins

Franklin "Frank" Robbins was a notable American comic book and comic strip artist and writer, as well as a prominent painter whose work appeared in museums including the Whitney Museum of American Art, where one of his paintings was featured in the 1955 Whitney Annual Exhibition of American...

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The Kid Commandos received an entry in the original Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

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Fictional organization history

The Kid Commandos were a team of teenage costumed adventurers who aided the Allies

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...

 during World War II.

During World War II

World War II

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, teenaged Gwenny Lou Sabuki, the daughter of Japanese-American scientist Dr. Sam Sabuki, was present at a stateside battle in which sidekicks Bucky

Bucky

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 (Bucky Barnes) and Toro

Toro (comics)

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 (Thomas Raymond) of the superhero team the Invaders

Invaders (comics)

The Invaders is the name of two fictional superhero teams in the . The original team was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Sal Buscema in The Avengers #71 . A present-day incarnation was introduced by writer Chuck Austen and artist Scott Kolins in The Avengers vol...

 fought the supervillain Agent Axis. There one of Dr. Sabuki's inventions accidentally gave Gwenny Lou and her friend David "Davey" Mitchell superhuman powers. Gwenny Lou became Golden Girl, and Davey became the Human Top

Human Top (David Mitchell)

Human Top is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:The Human Top first appeared in Invaders #27-28 and was created by Roy Thomas and Frank Robbins....

. The four youthful heroes defeated Agent Axis, and later formed the Kid Commandos, who were allied with the adult Invaders

Invaders (comics)

The Invaders is the name of two fictional superhero teams in the . The original team was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Sal Buscema in The Avengers #71 . A present-day incarnation was introduced by writer Chuck Austen and artist Scott Kolins in The Avengers vol...

. The Kid Commandos fought Nazi espionage at home in America.

After the war, Golden Girl and Human Top were part of the V-Battalion

V-Battalion

The V-Battalion is the name of two incarnations of a fictional secret organization composed of Golden Age superheroes and their descendents in stories from Marvel Comics...

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