Eric Koenig
Eric Koenig is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Eric Koenig
As a young man, Eric Koenig was a member of the Nazi Youth Group alongside his friend Wilhelm Hauser. When Hitler came to power in 1935 they both joined the Wehrmacht, but in the 1939 invasion of Poland Eric began to doubt Hitler's leadership. However, Wilhelm was completely devoted to Hitler, and the two men drifted apart. (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos v1 #36) Eric joined the Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany, but was transferred out of that service when he became an aide to Dr. Draus. Koenig came to resent how Draus treated him as a mere underling. (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos v1 #35) Eric was attending Dr. Draus at an inn where Draus met with Hermann Goring himself. Eric was humiliated to be serving drinks. When the American commando Sgt. Fury was discovered in the inn and started a fight with the soldiers present, defeating many of them, Draus ordered Koenig to defend him. Finally tired of Draus' constant abuse, Eric was persauded by Fury to switch sides and come work for people who would appreciate his talents. Eric turned on Dr. Draus and, under Fury's directions, they hijacked a plane and forced Draus to pilot them to England. When they arrived at Able Company base, Fury introduced Eric to his commanding officer, Captain Samuel Sawyer, and they placed Dr. Draus into custody. (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos v1 #27) Eric shared all the intelligence he knew with the Allies as part of his defection to their side. (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos v1 #35)
Eric was assigned by Captain Samuel Sawyer to assist Sgt. Fury, and Bull McGiveney and "Rickets" Johnson of the Maulers in rescuing the other Howling Commandos from Germany. Bull and Rickets did not trust Eric, and even got into a fight with him, but he remained honest in his wish to defect and aide the Allies. Eric piloted the team in a captured German plane, and shot down another German plane when it realized they were enemies, but they had to abandon the plane in case the enemy pilot radioed ahead about them. Eric brought them to his sister Ilsa, and she informed them that the Howlers were going to be executed at a theatre in Berlin by Hitler himself on film. They managed to sneak in and save the Howlers, although Dino Manelli was badly injured during their escape. Ilsa helped them get out of Germany, and they all returned to England. Dino was forced to leave the Howling Commandos because of his injuries, and Captain Sawyer made Eric his replacement. (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos v1 #35) The Howlers placed Eric through training alongside them, though he was driven to exceed all of their expectations. On their first mission together, they were sent to Switzerland to hijack Colonel Ludwig von Baum, a top military strategist on his way to Italy. They confronted von Baum on a train, and Eric had to fight his childhood friend Wilhelm Hauser, who was von Baum's guard. As Eric and Wilhelm clashed on the train, Eric tried to appeal to their old friendship, but Wilhelm considered Eric a traitor. When Eric saw a tunnel coming up ahead on the track he warned Wilhelm to duck, but Wilhelm refused to listen and was killed. They succeeded in the mission, and Eric flew them back to England in a stolen plane. Eric apologized to Fury for not simply killing Wilhelm, but Fury and Sawyer had both known of their old friendship, and now knew without a doubt that Eric could be relied upon. Captain Sawyer made Eric's appointment to the Howling Commandos permanent. (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos v1 #36)
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Notes
- Eric Koenig was created by Stan Lee and Dick Ayers where he made his first appearance in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos v1 #27 (February, 1966).
In other media
Television
- In Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Eric Koenig appeared in the setting of the live-action television series starting from the episode "Providence" where he was portrayed by actor Patton Oswalt.
Appearances
- Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos v1: (1966)
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