Dino Manelli

A celebrated Hollywood actor before World War II, Dino Manelli traded the silver screen for the battlefield, enlisting in the U.S. Army and becoming a founding member of Sgt. Nick Fury's elite Howling Commandos. His acting and impersonation talents proved invaluable on covert missions behind enemy lines.

Dino Manelli is one of Marvel's enduring Silver Age soldiers, stepping onto the scene in The Avengers #2 in 1963 courtesy of the legendary Stan Lee and Jack Kirby before finding his true home in the rough-and-tumble pages of Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos. Over six decades of publication history, he's kept remarkable company — sharing adventures with fan favorites like Dum Dum Dugan, Gabe Jones, Percival Pinkerton, Izzy Cohen, and Rebel Ralston — a roster that reads like a who's who of Marvel's wartime comics. With six key-issue appearances to his name and a presence stretching all the way to 2026, Manelli is a testament to the staying power of Marvel's combat-era storytelling. If you have a soft spot for the gritty, gloriously entertaining war comics that gave the Silver Age some of its most human drama, Dino Manelli is absolutely worth tracking down.