Creature Commandos

RELEASED 5 Dec 20242h 45m · 8 episodes★ 7.8 TMDB★ Essential pick

Follow the exploits of the Creature Commandos, a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans. When all else fails... they're your last, worst option.

WATCH NOTE

Covers the 2024 DC Studios animated parent series. Season one premiered December 5, 2024 with two episodes and concluded January 9, 2025. Studio-supplied credits identify Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Alan Tudyk as Clayface and Sean Gunn as Weasel; Diedrich Bader voices King Shark. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Hawkgirl, Peacemaker and Starfire appear silently in episode four’s vision, which does not establish future chronology. Rick Flag Sr. is distinct from the younger Rick Flag profiled by the existing dc-rick-flag identity. Existing unresolved principal profile matches, additional supporting identities, complete episode-specific credits and silent appearance coverage remain under review. Exact individual runtimes, the representative 45-minute estimate and the complete announced season-two inventory remain unverified.

Why it matters in DC

A team of imprisoned monsters broadens the range of characters who can lead a DC story. Their use on dangerous missions also makes the series a useful counterpoint to conventional superhero teams: service here begins with coercion, not a shared public ideal.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Creature Commandos is title 5 of 7 in our DC Universe viewing sequence. Begin with The Collywobbles and continue in episode order through the seven-episode first season. This animated series launches the new DC Universe, introducing Amanda Waller’s monster team and its mission in Pokolistan. Its episodes are covered here as a parent series.

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Seasons & episode progress

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Season 1 · 7 episodes

E1 · The Collywobbles5 Dec 2024 · 0h 23m E2 · The Tourmaline Necklace5 Dec 2024 · 0h 22m E3 · Cheers to the Tin Man12 Dec 2024 · 0h 21m E4 · Chasing Squirrels19 Dec 2024 · 0h 25m E5 · The Iron Pot26 Dec 2024 · 0h 22m E6 · Priyatel Skelet2 Jan 2025 · 0h 25m E7 · A Very Funny Monster9 Jan 2025 · 0h 27m

Season 2 · 1 episodes

E1 · Starry NightDate to be announced · ~0h 45m