DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock (2019)

DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock (2019) is an action-packed animated short featuring the iconic war hero, directed by Bruce Timm and written by Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, and Tim Sheridan. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, it was originally released alongside Batman: Hush. After waking from a coma following a devastating battle, Sgt. Rock is given a mission by Lt. Matthew Shrieve to capture a female German Nazi scientist, with the assistance of a team of top-secret Creature Commandos. This elite group includes Pvt. Warren Griffith, who has wolfman-like abilities; Sgt. Vincent Velcoro, who possesses vampiric traits; and Pvt. Elliot ‘Lucky’ Taylor, a Frankenstein-inspired monster. As they sneak into the castle to complete their objective, they are suddenly attacked by Rock’s arch-nemesis, the Iron Major. The scientist activates a dangerous weapon, but Lucky Taylor takes care of it before their undead comrades from Easy Company are released from captivity – all thanks to him destroying the generator powering the ‘rumored doomsday weapon’.

The Creature Commandos successfully eliminate five zombie threats, only to find out that the generator had been intended for bringing Bulldozer, Rock’s comrade, back to life. Bulldozer proves to be an evenly matched opponent for Taylor, as neither Velcoro nor Griffith can contain him. However, Sgt. Rock takes charge and uses his Thompson submachine gun to put an end to Bulldozer’s rampage. The laboratory becomes engulfed in flames and Iron Major and the scientists make a run for it, but are stopped by Rock and his team. The Major taunts them, confident that Rock cannot shoot them due to orders to capture them alive so that the Americans can coerce them into creating their own ‘army of the dead’.