There are three major commandos in the DC Universe… two of them are groups of fighters and one is a fighter unto his own right.. Let’s start with the boys.

Led, perhaps irresponsible so, by Rip Carter, the Boy Commandos charge into battle against the Axis. Alfy, Andre, Brooklyn, Jan, Percy, and Tex served as the Lil’ Rascals of War time from the DC Stable. As you can expect this comic and the group appealed more towards kid readers than regular G.I.’s. The Boys were extremely popular in their day and their comic book appearances outlasted WWII. The Boys appear later on in the DCU here and there, most notable is Brooklyn evolving into hard nosed Metropolis Detective Dan Turpin.

Nothing quite says “hard nosed” like a big red bowler style hat and a guitar case, now does it?

What’s better than Kids + War ? Monsters + War of course! The Creature Commandos. mwuahahaha!

Yeah, scared now, right Nazi?

The Creature Commandos were born out of Project M, a top secret government military project to fuse the American soldier with monstrous traits. The original Creatures are:

  • Shrieve, a normal looking soldier.
  • Griffith, a werewolf.
  • Rhodes, a medusa and the group’s only female.
  • Taylor, a frankenstein’s monster.
  • Velcro, a vampire.

Now, no “normal” human would volunteer for this stuff, right? Well, you are right. Griffith already suffered from the textbook definition of lycanthropy, Taylor is a landmine survivor stitched together as best as possible, and Velcro volunteered for vampirism to get himself out of trouble with the military. Dr. Rhodes was another case of wrong place, wrong time and she inhaled fumes that caused her hair to grow into snakes, but sadly she could not turn men to stone. That would have been much handier in WW2. The Creatures are cool and monstrous at the same time, sort of like a Monster Squad and they’ve been revamped since and gotten a few new members.

Time for the ONE MAN Commando…

Aye, and you thought Thor belonged to the other company? Nay, says I!

Here be Valoric, Norse God of DC’s Battlefields! Born Scandinavian, we believe, he wields his blade Iron Fang through the Axis along with the standard machine guns and cuts a swath of blood that Asgard and the Valkyries yet sing about! Not much is known about the Viking, except he is a killing machine, and not much is known about him outside of WW2, so it is unclear if he survived.

Tired of war time? Well hang on little DCites, we have three more to go and we’ll hit them next time!

Next up! Gravedigger, G.I. Robot, and Hunter’s Hellcats!