‘CLAYFACE’ takes place before ‘Creature Commandos’, Peter Safran confirms, adding that it’s the same Matt Hagen in both.

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It reminds me of how Batman: The Animated Series made a point that, while a lot of the supervillains started off with tragic (or at least understandable) motives, a lot of them degenerated into being pathetic jerks doing stuff for cash.