James Gunn just lately clarified the timeline of Creature Commandos with regard to Superman and Peacemaker. However is the animated sequence instantly related to his earlier DC initiatives? Are the present and its characters additionally part of the brand new DCU timeline and when precisely does Creature Commandos happen in it? Right here’s all you want to know.
When does Creature Commandos happen within the DCU after The Suicide Squad?
Creature Commandos is about two years after the occasions of The Suicide Squad. Within the first episode of James Gunn’s Creature Commandos, Rick Flag Sr. mentions that his son died two years in the past. The precise date of his loss of life is listed as August 17, 2021. So, Creature Commandos seemingly takes place someday in late 2023 or very early 2024.
Is The Suicide Squad canon to the DCU’s occasions?
Solely elements of previous James Gunn initiatives comparable to The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker are canon to the DCU. Previously when James Gunn was requested about what’s canon to the DCU from The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, he responded, “no matter we point out in something” in future initiatives.
In his interview, with Collider, he additional defined:
“Pay attention, Peacemaker is fairly simple. Peacemaker Season 1 is principally canon outdoors of the looks of the Justice League on the finish, which you’ll see one thing about that in Peacemaker Season 2. Suicide Squad might be a little bit bit looser.”
Gunn clarified:
“We all know that Rick Flag Sr. is offended as a result of his son was killed by Peacemaker, so we all know that scenario occurred prior to now, we’ve got one thing to seek advice from to consider what it is perhaps like that that occurred, however that exists as canon as a result of it was talked about in Creature Commandos, not essentially as a result of it existed in Suicide Squad. I consider Suicide Squad and Peacemaker as fairly unreliable reminiscences of what occurred within the DCU.”
Including to his assertion, Creature Commandos Episode 1 confirms many occasions from The Suicide Squad to be canon. In addition to Rick Flag Jr.’s demise, Amanda Waller additionally confirmed that Undertaking Starfish occurred within the DCU timeline, and Weasel managed to come back out of that alive, simply because it was proven on the finish of The Suicide Squad.
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see which different elements of The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker might be revealed as canon in upcoming initiatives comparable to Superman and Peacemaker Season 2.