Creature Commandos is wrapping up its first season on Max, and ahead of the Season 1 finale, creator James Gunn is teasing what viewers can expect.

Celebrating the news that Creature Commandos had been renewed for a second season, James Gunn took to social media to explain why the show is released episodically, rather than releasing all at once.

Over on X (formerly known as Twitter), Gunn, who runs DC Studios with Peter Safran, responded to a fan who was wondering why Creature Commandos episodes aren’t released all at once given that “streaming has made this practice common and more enjoyable for the viewer” with the following statement:

James Gunn revealed why Creature Commandos opted for a weekly episode release on Max, not a binge release like Netflix.

Max has renewed its adult animated series Creature Commandos for a second season. The pickup comes midway through the show’s seven-episode first season, which premiered Dec. 5.

James Gunn's Creature Commandos animated streaming series has officially been renewed for a second season according to Gunn himself, who shared the good news on social media just in time for Christmas, along with a holiday card featuring the show's unlikely mascot Weasel.

Before Creature Commandos Season 2 comes out, the DCU continues with July 2025’s hotly anticipated Superman movie. IGN has an explainer on all the DC Heroes and Villains in the new Superman trailer, comments from James Gunn on Krypto actually being a pretty terrible dog in the movie, thoughts on how Superman is about hope, and more.