Matthew Shrieve

Matthew Shrieve is a military figure in DC's wartime supernatural corner, operating alongside unusual allies including G.I. Robot and Warren Griffith in stories blending combat with the uncanny.

Matthew Shrieve stepped onto the Bronze Age stage in 1982, debuting in DC's gloriously offbeat Weird War Tales — the kind of anthology that reveled in the strange corners where military action met the uncanny — with legendary artist Curt Swan bringing him to life. Over a surprisingly long arc stretching from that debut all the way to 2018, Shrieve carved out a niche in DC's more unusual wartime mythology, sharing pages with an eclectic cast that includes G.I. Robot, Warren Griffith, and Elliot "Lucky" Taylor — company that tells you everything about the wonderfully weird world he inhabits. His profile was notable enough to earn a place in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe, DC's gold-standard roster of characters worth knowing, and at least one of his appearances carries genuine key-issue significance for collectors. With a run spanning nearly four decades and a cult corner of the DC universe all his own, Shrieve is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through back-issue bins so rewarding.