Who Is Vincent Velcoro? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Vincent Velcoro is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 88 comic issue appearances. Member of the Creature Commandos who was physically altered to resemble a vampire as an experiment in psychological warfare to fight in World War II.

Who is Vincent Velcoro?

Little is known of the life of Vincent Velcro before he volunteered for Project M ("M" for "Monster") or why he was serving a thirty-year sentence in an army brig. Upon volunteering for six months Velcro was injected with a compound composed of experimental chemicals and blood extracted from the New Mexican Vampire bat. This gave him the appearance of a vampire with their bloodlust and the ability to change into a human sized bat. He, alongside the others changed by Project M, became the part of the military unit known as the Creature Commandos led by U.S. Army Intelligence officer Lt. Matthew Shrieve . The Creature Commandos were sent on missions no sane unit would touch and became a scary story men would tell each other on the battlefield. At the waning days of the war the Creature Commandos and the G.I.

Key facts

Vincent Velcoro is of human origin and first appeared in "The Creature Commandos". The character is published by DC Comics. With 88 recorded issue appearances, Vincent Velcoro ranks among the most featured characters in comics.