This article contains spoilers for Creature Commandos. Why Creature Commandos? When DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn announced the first slate of new DC Universe projects since his annointment as creative lead of the embattled DCU,

Gunn also explained that Creature Commandos felt like a good jumping off point because of its ability to convey to audiences that DC Studios isn’t limiting its output to family-friendly fare.

James Gunn’s new DC Comics cinematic universe, which aims to rival the MCU, kicks off with the zany animated show “Creature Commandos.”

When asked which superhero had his favorite origin story, co-president of DC Studios James Gunn quickly went to one name: Batman. He also, however, made it pretty clear that as much as he loves Batman’s origin, maybe its time on the big screen is over. At least for a while.

Creature Commandos, the first DC project under James Gunn and Peter Safran’s revitalized DC Studios, premieres today at Max.

THE CHARACTERS OF DC Comics have taken many on-screen forms through the years, on both the big screen and the small, and getting the most iconic characters in that world right has long been a high priority for Warner Bros.

In an interview with Variety, Gunn explained that Creature Commandos is just a small taste of what to expect. “I just liked the idea of a soft intro to our universe in which met

James Gunn can confidently say that his superhero animated series “Creature Commandos” is the “best thing” he has ever done, even “loving” it more than his other successful projects like “Guardians of the Galaxy.