DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock (2019)

DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock is an American animated short war superhero film based on the titular character directed by DC animated universe veteran Bruce Timm, written by Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson and Tim Sheridan and produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment. The short was included as part of the home media release of Batman: Hush.

Waking up months after his squadron was killed in a fierce battle and recovering from his injuries, Sgt. Rock is tasked by Lt. Matthew Shrieve to capture a German Nazi scientist, giving him the top secret Creature Commandos at his service. The Commandos consist of Pvt. Warren Griffith, a wolfman hybrid, Sgt. Vincent Velcro, a vampire, and Pvt. Elliot “Lucky” Taylor, a Frankenstein-like Monster. The squad was to infiltrate a medieval castle and capture the Nazi scientist and his assistant alive. Sgt. Rock had to keep his men restrained from going overboard especially Velcro who was literally bloodthirsty saying “Nazi soldiers are human beings, not food” when they took out a German patrol near the castle. They quietly entered the castle and found the scientist but they got ambushed by Rock’s archenemy the Iron Major and a fight ensures. The assistant scientist activated a switch to generator powering a “rumored doomsday” Sgt. Rock was informed by Lt. Shrieve but there was also a loud pounding sound coming from large steel doors in the laboratory.