PEACEMAKER Episode 7 Features Another SUPERMAN Character: Here's What It Could Mean For MAN OF TOMORROW

PEACEMAKER Episode 7 Features Another SUPERMAN Character: Here's What It Could Mean For MAN OF TOMORROW

Another Superman character appeared in last night's episode of Peacemaker, and we're now taking a closer look at what that could mean for the upcoming Man of Tomorrow. Be warned that SPOILERS follow...

By JoshWilding - Oct 03, 2025 07:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Peacemaker

Peacemaker season 2's "really, really, really big cameo" appears to have been Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor. The villain's deal with Rick Flag Sr. looks set to be a crucial plot point in the upcoming Man of Tomorrow movie, but he's far from this show's only Superman connection.

In last night's "Like a Keith in the Night," Sydney Happersen (Stephen Blackehart) is revealed as the mystery man whom Luthor said could help Flag figure out how to find Chris Smith's Quantum Unfolding Chamber. 

Returning to the LuthorCorp command centre from Superman, Happersen tracks it down in a matter of moments and seems to win Flag's approval. Trailers for Peacemaker have indicated that he'll end up working for A.R.G.U.S., implying that Flag will continue heading down a dark path now that he has Amanda Waller's job and power. 

The trailer for next week's episode suggests that he's searching for something in the QUC, with one of the most popular theories being that he's seeing out an alternate reality version of his son, Rick Flag Jr. 

We'll have to wait and see on that front, but what does all this mean for Man of Tomorrow? James Gunn has described Peacemaker as a "prequel" to the movie, and it won't be until "Full Nelson" hits HBO Max that we see if he was referring simply to Lex's deal with Flag Sr. or something more. 

The upcoming Superman sequel may be a Multiversal tale, and if so, that's a bold move when Marvel Studios has struggled to sell moviegoers on the concept (it will also have to "compete" with Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars). 

Still, Brainiac is expected to be Man of Tomorrow's big bad, so we're anticipating him somehow factoring into the Peacemaker season 2 finale. The villain miniaturises cities and collects them in bottles, so it's not outside the realm of possibility that, in the DCU, he's a Multiversal threat who created the QUC as a collection of alternate realities he's conquered. 

Perhaps Gunn isn't planning anything quite so grand, but Flag surrounding himself with the likes of Luthor and Happersen creates an intriguing status quo for A.R.G.U.S.' place in this world heading into Man of Tomorrow

The filmmaker's priority, however, may be redeeming Lex as a hero, a route his comic book counterpart has gone down many times on the page over the years.

"There's something, despite everything, that is incredibly heroic about Lex," Gunn recently said. "Take aside morality, which is hard to do, but here is this guy who’s saying, 'You can hold up a building. You can shoot down planes with your eyes. F*ck you, I'm going to kick your a*s because I'm better than you.’ I can't help but admire his tenacity and his ego. I mean, his ambition is beyond compare."

Seven episodes of Peacemaker season 2 are now streaming on HBO Max. Let us know your thoughts on this latest chapter in the comments section below. 

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ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 10/3/2025, 7:34 AM
Cringemaker
HelloBoysImBack
HelloBoysImBack - 10/3/2025, 7:39 AM
@ProfessorWhy - cope cry more
SteviesRightFoo
SteviesRightFoo - 10/3/2025, 7:55 AM
@ProfessorWhy - 🤣 an integral part of the beginning of a new cinematic universe by the way.....baffling
HelloBoysImBack
HelloBoysImBack - 10/3/2025, 7:39 AM
Oh look this is the room where Luther fought superman

Oh wow oh yes

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WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 10/3/2025, 8:20 AM
Everything I read and see from this show looks incredibly awful. How do people genuinely enjoy this slop?

Reboot the MCU and DCU
HelloBoysImBack
HelloBoysImBack - 10/3/2025, 8:45 AM
"Stephen Blackehart is a frequent collaborator and best friend of director James Gunn, having known each other for over 30 years. Blackehart has appeared in many of Gunn's projects, including Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, and will also play the character Sydney Happersen in the upcoming DC Universe film Superman. "

Makes sense now. It all fits
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 10/3/2025, 8:51 AM
@HelloBoysImBack - Gunn loves his nepotism
HelloBoysImBack
HelloBoysImBack - 10/3/2025, 8:56 AM
@WalletsClosed - he thinks if he gives people things hell be liked more. How insecure can someone be. As if his wife would be him if he wasn't a director
HelloBoysImBack
HelloBoysImBack - 10/3/2025, 8:54 AM
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What the actual [frick] was this line in the show. Do people not realise what the Nazis did. How dare they insinuate their world is comparable to what the Nazis did. How shameful

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