| Creature Commandos | |
|---|---|
 Weird War Tales #93 (November 1980), the first appearance of the original Creature Commandos, art by Joe Kubert. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Weird War Tales #93 (November 1980) |
| Created by | J. M. DeMatteis (writer) Pat Broderick (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Military unit |
| Base(s) | Project M (modern version) |
| Agent(s) | List
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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).
- ^ Jimenez, Phil (2008), "Creature Commandos", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 88, ISBN 0-7566-4119-5, OCLC 213309017
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.