New PEACEMAKER Comic Series Announced By DC Ahead Of Season 2

New PEACEMAKER Comic Series Announced By DC Ahead Of Season 2

Christopher Smith/Peacemaker thinks he can be a "regular" superhero taking down terrorists despite being looked at as a failure. He'll have to save his new four-legged friend in Peacemaker fashion!

By MadJack - Feb 21, 2023 07:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Comics

Thanks to John Cena's breakout performances as Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad and HBO Max's Peacemaker, the character has gone from a footnote in DC lore to a bona fide household brand. The character has been a staple in comics for some time now, and he's even got his own six-issue series. DC announced (via Popverse) on Thursday that their Black Label imprint will be publishing a new series titled Peacemaker Tries Hard! Kyyle Starks (I Hate This Place, Assassin Nation) will be writing the series, with Steve Pugh (Flintstones, Harley Quinn: Broken Glass) on art, and Jordie Bellaire (colors).

The official DC synopsis states that now that he has been released from the Suicide Squad, Peacemaker wants to try his hand at more "regular" superhero activities. Unfortunately, everyone, villains included, considers him a failure at superhero duties. Christopher Smith has never known love, but throughout the course of foiling a terrorist plot, he meets the prettiest creature to ever walk (awkwardly) on four legs, and in her, he discovers the unconditional love he has been searching for his entire life. That is until a supervillain with very unsuperheroic ambitions for Peacemaker's brand of ultraviolence kidnaps the dog out from under him. Will he aid a criminal with superpowers who has a history of mental instability in stealing the most sought-after and potentially lethal DNA in the world? As Christopher is somewhat lonely, their chances of getting a date are directly proportional to how polite they are.

HBO's Peacemaker Season 2

The second season of Peacemaker has been confirmed, although it will likely be some time before we see it because Gunn is currently overseeing multiple other DC Universe projects. Waller, a new spinoff centered on Viola Davis's Amanda Waller, will air in the interim to bridge the story gap between the two seasons. It's safe to presume that Peacemaker will continue from where Season 1 left off with Waller's situation. The character of Waller's daughter, Leota Adebayo, revealed her mother's involvement with Task Force X and the Suicide Squad in the HBO Max series (Danielle Brooks). Since that episode aired, viewers have been curious about Waller's future plans for the Suicide Squad and his place in the DC canon.

James Gunn had stated during the announcement of the DCU slate, "This is also going to have some of Team Peacemaker in it, as the regulars on the show... This basically follows up on Peacemaker and is going to be done. We have two great creatives working on it. Christal Henry, who is a writer on Watchmen, and Jeremy Carver, who created Doom Patrol, have thhasncredibly marvelous story worked out that I think is really fantastic and HBO loves. So they're putting this all together."

Do you look forward to Peacemaker Tries Hard? How about your level of excitement for Season 2 of Peacemaker? Share your thoughts in the comments!

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AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 2/21/2023, 5:07 PM
Peacemaker is just a bad version of The Boys💁
BGarlz92
BGarlz92 - 2/21/2023, 5:35 PM
Do you really wanna, do you really wanna read it?
NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 2/21/2023, 8:46 PM
They should continue Grant Morrison´s Pax Americana instead of just doing solo Peacemaker
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 2/22/2023, 4:52 AM
@NicolausCopernicus - that's a pretty cool line-up. That's a great idea
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/21/2023, 8:54 PM
Peacemaker is overrated. Not “bad” by any means though.
OriginalGusto1
OriginalGusto1 - 2/21/2023, 9:00 PM
I recently made my own Peacemaker helmet out of old delicious Bud Light cans, duct tape, and some of those styrofoam peanut things they pack my Amazon stuff in. Then, I attempted to defend my neighborhood from a bunch of stray cats, from the safe haven of my garage roof. Needless to say, my face now looks like a pile of over sauced spaghetti, and I have no ears. Also, I'm fairly sure I'm bleeding internally. Stay tuned for updates.
OriginalGusto1
OriginalGusto1 - 2/21/2023, 9:01 PM
Cats 1, me 0. Little [frick]ers.
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 2/21/2023, 9:10 PM
@OriginalGusto1 - too bad you didn't have a monkey to help you.
OriginalGusto1
OriginalGusto1 - 2/21/2023, 9:11 PM
@GreedoSarducci - I did. He took my wallet and car keys. Last seen heading down I-75.
OriginalGusto1
OriginalGusto1 - 2/21/2023, 9:12 PM
Bonkers, you little [frick]er!
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 2/21/2023, 9:33 PM
@OriginalGusto1 - did he take your Bacardi too?
OriginalGusto1
OriginalGusto1 - 2/21/2023, 9:56 PM
@GreedoSarducci - I'm still splayed out in my backyard. Haven't checked inventory yet...Dear Lord...
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 2/21/2023, 10:23 PM
@OriginalGusto1 - uh oh... this could be a bad night...
OriginalGusto1
OriginalGusto1 - 2/21/2023, 10:50 PM
@GreedoSarducci - Ahh...Just another Tuesday.
ImBatman4realz
ImBatman4realz - 2/21/2023, 9:23 PM
Yeah, the tv show was very overrated. Gunn’s sophomoric sense of humor with ill-times college jokes missed more than they hit. It’s an even worse degradation of the DCEU from his SS2 movie.

Needless to say both projects don’t give me much confidence in his self-righteous/self-praised adaptation of Superman.
Why would DC Comics make a story arc now in line with the tv show? 🤨
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 2/21/2023, 9:47 PM
S1 of the show actually made me like the character. Will give it a chance.
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 2/21/2023, 9:53 PM
S1 seemed good for awhile then it fell apart the last 3 episodes. Got tired of Cena too.
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 2/21/2023, 10:59 PM
Peacemaker was a fun one time watch but there was nothing about it that made me want to rewatch it so if I’m gonna spend money on a comic of him it better make me wanna reread it and enjoy it over and over.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 2/21/2023, 11:51 PM


Peacemaker was okay, better at times, but is very highly overrated.

Show me a GREAT Superman movie, and then I'll think further about all this other DCU stuff.

Asterisk
Asterisk - 2/22/2023, 12:08 AM
So now we are on a “Peacemaker is overrated” kick huh?
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