Creature Commandos on Max has given DC Comics fans yet another comic book cameo. And this time, it’s not a superhero or supervillain. In the episode “Cheers to the Tin Man,” we get several flashbacks to G.I. Robot’s early days, fighting Nazis in World War II. And in one of those scenes at the top of the episode, we see G.I. Robot fighting alongside war hero Sgt. Rock, and his infamous battalion, Easy Company. This is our first indication that Sgt. Rock exists in the new DCU. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, as reports surfaced recently that DC Studios is planning a Sgt. Rock feature film.
You may be asking, “Who the heck even is Sgt. Rock?” And we wouldn’t blame you. It’s been over three decades since DC Comics regularly published a Sgt. Rock comic. In the comics, Sgt. Franklin John Rock first appeared in the series Our World at War in 1959. DC introduced him as the quintessential All-American soldier. Writer Robert Kanigher, famous for his Silver Age Wonder Woman comics, and legendary artist Joe Kubert created him. Rock leads his battalion, Easy Company, through many battles in World War II. In 1977, the gruff but kind soldier received his own series, which lasted until 1988. He’s made sporadic appearances ever since.
It was very recently that news came of a Sgt. Rock feature film in development from director Luca Guadagnino, who recently directed Challengers. It seems that James Gunn might be laying down the groundwork for Sgt. Rock in other media, and Creature Commandos is the first one. Although Gunn has stated that he wants the voice actors in animated projects to play those same roles in live-action, the actor playing Sgt. Rock is not Daniel Craig. It’s character actor Maury Sterling. But it’s such a small cameo, who cares? All we know is that this definitely proves that James Gunn has Sgt. Rock on his mind. And bigger things are sure to come.
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