You’d be hard-pressed to find a traditional hero in DC’s upcoming animated series, Creature Commandos. The first officially canon project in James Gunn’s DC Universe, Creature Commandos features a fearsome lineup of monsters and straight-up villains like the Bride, Doctor Phosphorus, Weasel, and GI Robot. But the leader of the renegade team might fit the definition closest: Rick Flag Sr., the father of the doomed Rick Flag Jr. (Joel Kinnaman), who met his demise at the hands of Peacemaker (John Cena) in Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.
Voiced (and played in live-action) by Frank Grillo, Rick Flag Sr., is a stalwart soldier who doesn’t ask questions when he’s brought in to lead the Creature Commandos. But Gunn has teased that he’s a “morally complex” character with shades of grey that have yet to be unveiled, a sentiment Grillo agrees with.
