It consists of Jasper Sitwell's zombie form, Vampire by Night, Man-Thing, Manphibian, Orrgo, Teen Abomination, and Hit-Monkey.

[3] The first mission involved the Earth Idol of Golthana that was being smuggled on the S.S. Chaney and mutated its crew into humanoid plantlike monsters.

While the Howling Commandos are successful in defeating the mutated crew members, they merged into one giant plantlike monster.

[6] The series holds an average rating of 5.6 by 17 professional critics on the review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup.

[7] Doug Zawisza of CBR.com stated that the book is a fun introduction to a new concept, but wrestles a little bit to find its identity.