David Dastmalchian Creature Commandos
Before heading to DC fans' screens, the Creature Commandos are hitting comic book store shelves this October thanks to veteran DC actor David Dastmalchian. Dastmalchian, who has taken to writing horror comics with aplomb, sat down with ScreenRant to discuss his first DC writing project, DC Horror Presents: Creature Commandos.
David Dastmalchian: This is one of the greatest accomplishments of my career. The fact that I am now a comic book creator and writer for a number of publishers that I'm really proud to be associated with, such as Dark Horse and Image, but that DC has given me this opportunity in DC Horror Presents - it’s such a special division of this legacy publishing company, which has shaped my life.
The Creature Commandos Have a Long DC History First Appearance: Weird War Tales #93 by J. M. DeMatteis, Pat Broderick, John Celardo, Adrienne Roy, Todd Klein, and Ben Oda DD: And now I'm a grown up! And I get to tell stories that are part of this world with these characters who are my favorite characters that have existed in comic books.
DD: When I first pitched my idea for Creature Commandos, it was directly to the master himself, Jim Lee. I was shooting Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania . Jim was there doing some DC work, and I saw, because I follow him on social media, that he was there and I just sent a message. I said “thanks for your support of The Suicide Squad and glad you like Polka-Dot Man and I hope you have a good time in London, I'm here too.
And yet within them is this burning desire, this yearning to find purpose or meaning or value in their own lives. So in the crafting of this idea, I introduce a new character to the DCU, who is now heading up this unit. She's been financed by the Army Futures Lab and a very secretive project that is mostly made fun of by the brass. But her name is Doctor Barbara West, and she is a genius. She's a bit on the border between a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde, which we'll get more into later.
Because only has one member of the team at this point, and General Eiling, who you may know from previous DC stories, is down her neck saying “we need a squad right now. There is a mission that must happen and I'm bringing in Lieutenant Matt Shrieve. He hates what you do. He hates everything about this project, but he's the best for it.
And there's our team! When they gather, it isn't a buddy story out the gate. I'll tell you that much. There is a lot of sibling rivalry between these monsters. Angling for who's the leader, who's in charge, who actually knows what they're doing, who's a liability, who's in it for what reasons. So let's just say there's a lot of tension between the team out the gate, especially between Vincent and Wanda, who seem to really enjoy one-upping each other.
But the government - and as you'll see, what the general is up to may not be exactly as it appears - the U.S. government has certain assets, certain missions, certain goals that no one can know about. Not the public and certainly not the Justice League . Because what it is, the technology and the horror that they're after in this as this story kicks off, is something that they are trying desperately to keep seen by as few eyes as possible.
We'll see! They're up against a pretty formidable foe who is really good at getting into people's brains, so…
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