New Look for Creature Commandos Unveiled with DC Variant Covers

It has been a few weeks since the first trailer for Creature Commandos made its debut, providing a sneak peek at the initial title in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe. This adult-oriented animated series is poised to deliver a fresh take on the monster-inspired antihero team, which has sporadically appeared in the comics since its debut in 1980. As Creature Commandos‘ December release date approaches, excitement among fans is mounting, and DC is prepping a unique promotional strategy for the show.

On Friday, as part of DC’s November 2024 solicitations, the publisher announced the release of four Creature Commandos variant covers. These covers will grace that month’s issues of Action Comics #1076, Batman and Robin #15, Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #33, and Superman #20. Additionally, the DC Horror Presents: Creature Commandos title, written by The Suicide Squad star David Dastmalchian, will feature prominently.

This announcement follows the unveiling of a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive reprint of Creature Commandos #1, which showcased new key art from the series.

Initially created by J.M. DeMatteis and Pat Broderick in Weird War Tales #93, the Creature Commandos are a group of human-monster hybrids executing military missions for the government. The television adaptation’s roster includes Eric Frankenstein (David Harbour), Bride of Frankenstein (Indira Varma), Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo), Dr. Nina Mazursky (Zoë Chao), Doctor Phosphorus (Alan Tudyk), G.I. Robot (Sean Gunn), and Weasel (Sean Gunn).

The series will also feature Anya Chalotra as Circe, Maria Bakalova as Princess Ilana Rostovic, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, and Steve Agee as John Economos.

The cast of Creature Commandos is confirmed to reprise their roles in live-action, with characters set to appear in Gunn’s Superman movie, slated for release in the summer of 2025. Frank Grillo will also reprise his role as Rick Flag Sr. in the upcoming second season of Peacemaker. In a series of interviews last year, Harbour remained tight-lipped about the possibility of appearing as his character in this new context.

“It’s a very interesting take on Frankenstein because one of the great things about Frankenstein is he was sort of raised to be this erudite model of a man, and he still has this weird inhuman rage and confusion within him,” Harbour remarked in an interview with Happy, Sad, Confused earlier this year. “So it was a great character to play. It’s very funny. And James is just such an incredible guy. I’ve always wanted to work for him, and I suppose in terms of building this universe there’s a lot of opportunity for these characters to be all sorts of different iterations. There might be a live thing, there might be a cartoon, there might be whatever.”

Creature Commandos will debut exclusively on Max in December. Fans can look forward to the first look at DC’s November 2024 variant covers for the series.