History: The Boy Commandos were orphans who served as mascots for the American Army, until they were stationed in Britain during WWII and taken under the guardianship of Captain Rip Hunter. Hunter made them a fighting force equal to any, and they performed special missions until the surrender of Japan in 1945. At wars end they formed a commando patrol on call to take care of trouble anywhere in the world. 

As an adult Brooklyn became a police officer and earned the nickname "Terrible" Turpin.

(New Gods I #5) - An Intergang hideout was busted by Dave Lincoln and Orion, and Turpin picked up the pieces, interested by the Apokoliptan tech found in Intergang's hq. He visited Detective Nolan in the hospital and got a clearer picture of the battle the New Gods of New Genesis and Apokolips were waging on Earth. He thought it was like the old days when he busted up gangs and syndicates, except the players were weirder.

(New Gods I #8) - The Metropolis police commissioner confirmed Turpin’s hunches of a phantom war between superpowered entities when Kalibak went on a rampage and demanded that his rival Orion confront him. The commissioner wanted Turpin to stay out of it, saying the men he’d trained in the past would contain the problem. Turpin knew the commissioner wanted to see him retire in one piece, but he refused to back down, and led his men into the field. Kalibak scattered his men, and Turpin heedlessly confronted Kalibak one-on-one. Kalibak battered him brutally, but he refused to give up. His life was saved by Orion and Lightray, but he proclaimed that all three New Gods were under arrest, and that he didn’t want to see Metropolis torn apart by their senseless battles. While Orion and Kalibak engaged in battle Turpin hooked up every power generator into the city into one device, and used it to shock Kalibak into unconsciousness. He had his men take Kalibak into custody, and then passed out.

(Action Comics #650) - Turpin and the SCU guarded Sazu in her holding sell and had to restrain her when her lawyer Ron Hamel mentioned Superman and she went berserk.

(Action Comics #709) - Maggie Sawyer gave Turpin some time off. He hoped to go fishing but got caught in traffic in the Queensland Tunnel when Guy Gardner went on a rampage. He stopped a carjacking, grabbed a motorcycle and rammed Guy, distracting him long enough for Superman to defeat him.

(Action Comics #710, Superman: The Man of Steel #45, Adventures of Superman #524) - Lois Lane sent a radio message to Terrible Turpin asking for his help because the Pipeline was trying to kill her. He arrived in a battlesuit to take her into protective custody, but a Pipeline member had infiltrated the S.C.U. and planted a bomb at their meeting place, causing a massive explosion, and apparently killing Lois. Robotic duplicates of Conduit tried to kill Turpin, Maggie and members of S.C.U. that responded to the explosion, but Superman fought them off. Turpin gave a downhearted interview to a Metropolis TV station, saying he would remember how Lois did the S.C.U. proud when she served with them.

(Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #4) - Turpin was pleased when Shazam took DMN addicts off the hands of the SCU by magically purging the drug that caused their demonic possession. Turpin observed Bibbo and Shazam arguing over who was stronger, Captain Marvel or Superman, so he proposed the two heroes put on an athletic competition broadcast from GBS with all proceeds going to the police athletic fund.

(Action Comics #722) - Acting on an anonymous tip Turpin and the SCU executed a search warrant on LexCorp Tower. They discovered that the person who had three Team Luthor members killed and remotely controlled their suits to cause chaos at the Mars Mission Testimonial did their dirty work from LexCorps.

(Adventures of Superman #624) - B-Tech caused a time storm in Metropolis, threatening to wipe it from the continuum, and the Masters of Disaster used the chaos as an opportunity to escape from prison. They steamrolled over Turpin and the Metropolis S.C.U., but were stopped by Majestic, a hero from the Wildstorm Universe.

Comments: Created by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby

Brooklyn received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #3 under the Boy Commandos entry.

Terrible Turpin’s appearences in New Gods I #5, 8 were reprinted in New Gods II #3,4.

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