Creature Commandos

Creature Commandos
Weird War Tales #93 (November 1980), the first appearance of the original Creature Commandos, art by Joe Kubert.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceWeird War Tales #93 (November 1980)
Created byJ. M. DeMatteis (writer)
Pat Broderick (artist)
In-story information
Type of organizationMilitary unit
Base(s)Project M (modern version)
Agent(s)
List
  • Aten
    the Bogman
    Gunner
    Hunter
    Medusa
    Patchwork
    Velcoro
    Wolfpack
    G.I. Robot
    Matthew Shrieve

The Creature Commandos are a fictional DC Comics team of military superhumans originally set in World War II.[1] The original team was introduced in Weird War Tales #93 (November 1980),[2] created by J. M. DeMatteis and Pat Broderick. The team was composed of a human team leader, a werewolf, a vampire, Frankenstein's monster, and a gorgon.

The modern team first appeared in their own miniseries Creature Commandos #1–8 (May–December 2000); this version was written by Tim Truman and drawn by Scot Eaton.[3]

Marc Singer portrayed team leader General Matthew Shrieve in the third season of the Arrowverse series Arrow. An animated series centered on the team is in development at DC Studios for the streaming service Max, as the first installment of the DC Universe (DCU).

  1. ^ Jimenez, Phil (2008), "Creature Commandos", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 88, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017
  2. ^ Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. A battalion of horror icons created by the U.S. government to aid the American war effort made its debut in an off-beat story by writer J. M. DeMatteis and penciler Pat Broderick.
  3. ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.