Creature Commandos is an American adult animated superhero television series based on the eponymous team from DC Comics. After the events of the first season of Peacemaker (2022), Amanda Waller assembles a black ops team of monsters led by General Rick Flag Sr. The team’s mission is protecting the princess of a fictional Eastern European nation from an attack by Circe and her army of thugs who call themselves the Sons of Themyscira.

Produced by DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation, it is the first television series and the first installment in the DC Universe (DCU). All seven episodes of the first season were written by series creator James Gunn (director of the Guardians of the Galaxy series, but now head of DC).

The series of seven half-hour episodes feature an ensemble cast of voices including Indira Varma, Sean Gunn, Alan Tudyk, Zoë Chao, David Harbour, and Frank Grillo. The team includes The Bride, an immortal woman created by Victor Frankenstein to be a bride for his other creation, Eric Frankenstein, but who rejects her destiny to strike out on her own. There’s also Nina Mazursky, a woman who resembles the classic image of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, but who is far more gentle and may not be quite what she seems. Doctor Phosphorous’ powerful radiation can burn a hole through nearly anything. G.I. Robot enthusiastically blasts Nazis across the decades. Weasel alters expectations and adds mystery to his origin and identity.

What makes Creature Commandos different from most of the animated DC series is the level of violence–extreme with a high body count–and the addition of some sexual content. This James Gunn series does not disappoint. GRADE: B