David Dastmalchian discusses Creature Commandos in pop culture, developing the comics for 2024

#creaturecommandos #daviddastmalchian #dccomics David Dastmalchian has become one of the most sought after performers in modern Hollywood, known for featuring in blockbusters, including The Dark Knight, and Suicide Squad and Oppenheimer. Cinema's favourite goth has also lent his immense creativity to horror movie hits, including Late Night With The Devil, alongside comic books, including writing for his own Count Crowley, and the brand new series, Creature Commandos.

Here, David reflects to Screensphere about the impact of the Commandos' impact on his life, having grown up reading the original Weird War Tales, featuring the team, created by J. M. DeMatteis and Pat Broderick. "I love monsters, I love comic books and I love stories about characters seemingly overcoming something insurmountable," he says. "As a kid, to me [Creature Commandos] were the coolest because it was military battle-adventure-superhero-style, but it with very classic, almost universal-style monsters." In Dastmalchian's 2024 limited series take on the comic, the characters include a new team of supernatural soldiers made up of a vampire, Vincent Velcro; a werewolf, Wanda; the Frankenstein-like Lucky Taylor and his carer—who just happens to be a gorgon—Mina Rhodes.

The writer/actor seems so excited to be writing for the mega monster team, which will also see its debut on our screens before the end of the year as part of James Gunn's DCU relaunch, produced by DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation to be released on Max in the US. "Writing these comics for me, is like if you grew up always wanting to be Mario Andretti and all of a sudden you find yourself out on the track getting to drive! I am getting to metaphorically put on the cape, and create and tell this story."

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