Creature Commandos concluded its seven-episode run on January 9, 2025. Ever since its finale, people thought the animated series, Peacemaker Season 1, and The Suicide Squad were canonical to the DCU.

Creature Commandos kicks off James Gunn’s darker DCU vision, exploring moral ambiguity, shocking losses, and the human cost of superhero conflicts.

James Gunn's recent social media clarification hints at the character's status in the DCU. A fan on Bluesky asked Gunn whether the DCU version of Clayface was dead. Gunn responded

Disgusting, the late Return of the Living Dead actors James Karen and Don Calfa will appear in Linnea Quigley’s meta-sequel, Trash’s Revenge, “with the magic of CGI.” In response to a fan on Threads (via Screen Rant),

James Gunn has offered an explanation as to how Peacemaker Season 1 and The Suicide Squad fit into the DCU's canon following the release of Creature Commandos. Creature Commandos is the first official project that is part of Gunn and Peter Safran's DCU.

For Superman, one of these baddies is Conduit, a villain who started with potential but fell out of the spotlight until a recent reappearance in Action Comics #1044. Created by long-time Superman talents Dan Jurgens and Louise Simonson,

James Gunn's Superman movie is still months away from its theatrical release, but the DC Studios boss already has a big update on his next DCU film.