James Gunn Reveals The DC Characters He Cut From CREATURE COMMANDOS, Including One of His Favorites

James Gunn has once again given fans a little tease regarding his DCU plans, this time he reveals which characters he ended up cutting from Creature Commandos, and one of them is a personal favorite of his.

During a Q&A on Threads, a fan asked Gunn if he went through multiple character choices before settling on the final lineup for the animated series. Gunn confirmed that he did and dropped some interesting names.

Gunn shared: "I definitely considered Wolfpack, and, especially, Man-Bat (one of my faves). But I knew I wanted to tell Weasel’s story, so it felt like too many rabid and fuzzy characters.

“I considered Vincent Velcoro but wanted to choose a ‘creature’ far outside the usual roster from another part of DC—so I went with Dr. Phosphorous instead. I also considered Solomon Grundy, another favorite, but was pretty set on Frankenstein."

That’s quite an interesting lineup of characters that I would’ve loved to see brought to life in the show, especially Man-Bat!

Meanwhile, Vincent Velcoro is a scientific vampire who was part of the Creature Commandos and Solomon Grundy is a supervillain zombie originally introduced as a Green Lantern villain.

Gunn’s reasoning for axing the characters makes sense as he wanted a variety of character types from across different corners of the DC universe.

It would’ve been cool to see some of these character show up in the series, but maybe they’ll be utilized in aother DC projects somewhere down the line.