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Creature Commandos
The Creature Commandos is the name of several military special forces groups appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Co-created by writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Pat Broderick, the team first appeared in Weird War Tales #93 (November 1980).
The Creature Commandos are a special forces group consisting of individuals either resembling or are in some way a monster or robotic entity. Led by, in most instances, a seasoned human general officer, the team tackles missions that are often fantastical or too dangerous for ordinary soldiers.
The team has been adapted into a HBO Max animated series of the same name (2024–present) and appeared in the third season of Arrow (2012–2020), with the former being the first installment in the DC Universe (DCU) series of films and television shows.
Asked how the Creature Commandos came about, writer J. M. DeMatteis recalled:
I was doing [Weird] War Tales for about six months before the DC Implosion put me out of work for almost a year. And the last idea I had... I took a look at the title, Weird War, and I said, "Ya gotta have a lot of monsters". ... then after I was getting work there again was when they were trying to revivify the mystery books by putting series in them. So I went to Len [Wein, editor] with the Creature Commandos—the actual title may have been Len's; I think it was—and he said the same thing: "That's so silly that it will work. Let's do it". And we did it and it was silly and nothing came of it and the book died anyway.
DeMatteis did not stay on the feature very long, and his replacement was Robert Kanigher, who wrote the series until Weird War Tales was canceled in 1983.
Project M is a secret government organization that began during World War II and specializes in experimental biotechnology and necromancy. Known creations of the Project beside the Creature Commandos include Miss America and G.I. Robot. The Project's main scientist is Professor Mazursky. He was aided by Robert Crane. As told in Young All-Stars #12, they operated from a secret underground complex on the mythical Ferris Island in New York.
In 1942, Project M created the Creature Commandos. They were: Lt. Matthew Shrieve (a normal human), Warren Griffith (a werewolf), Sgt. Vincent Velcro (a vampire), Pvt. Elliot Taylor (a Frankensteinian monster) and Dr. Myrna Rhodes (a gorgon).
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Creature Commandos
The Creature Commandos is the name of several military special forces groups appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Co-created by writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Pat Broderick, the team first appeared in Weird War Tales #93 (November 1980).
The Creature Commandos are a special forces group consisting of individuals either resembling or are in some way a monster or robotic entity. Led by, in most instances, a seasoned human general officer, the team tackles missions that are often fantastical or too dangerous for ordinary soldiers.
The team has been adapted into a HBO Max animated series of the same name (2024–present) and appeared in the third season of Arrow (2012–2020), with the former being the first installment in the DC Universe (DCU) series of films and television shows.
Asked how the Creature Commandos came about, writer J. M. DeMatteis recalled:
I was doing [Weird] War Tales for about six months before the DC Implosion put me out of work for almost a year. And the last idea I had... I took a look at the title, Weird War, and I said, "Ya gotta have a lot of monsters". ... then after I was getting work there again was when they were trying to revivify the mystery books by putting series in them. So I went to Len [Wein, editor] with the Creature Commandos—the actual title may have been Len's; I think it was—and he said the same thing: "That's so silly that it will work. Let's do it". And we did it and it was silly and nothing came of it and the book died anyway.
DeMatteis did not stay on the feature very long, and his replacement was Robert Kanigher, who wrote the series until Weird War Tales was canceled in 1983.
Project M is a secret government organization that began during World War II and specializes in experimental biotechnology and necromancy. Known creations of the Project beside the Creature Commandos include Miss America and G.I. Robot. The Project's main scientist is Professor Mazursky. He was aided by Robert Crane. As told in Young All-Stars #12, they operated from a secret underground complex on the mythical Ferris Island in New York.
In 1942, Project M created the Creature Commandos. They were: Lt. Matthew Shrieve (a normal human), Warren Griffith (a werewolf), Sgt. Vincent Velcro (a vampire), Pvt. Elliot Taylor (a Frankensteinian monster) and Dr. Myrna Rhodes (a gorgon).