As he was making the rounds promoting Season 2 of Peacemaker, James Gunn touted the sixth and eighth episodes of the HBO Max streaming series as perhaps his favorite work on an incredibly impressive superhero resume. More recently, the DC Studios co-chair and Superman Saga creator has described the sophomore season of Peacemaker as a prequel to his next film, Man of Tomorrow…and now fans can understand where Gunn was coming from on both counts.
Episode 6 of Peacemaker Season 2, “Ignorance is Chris”, sees Frank Grillo‘s Rick Flag Sr. grow frustrated with the inability to track down John Cena‘s Christopher Smith on the alternate Earth he’s chosen to call home and turn to the DCU’s resident expert on the subject: Lex Luthor!
Serving a 265-year sentence in Belle Reve for his actions as seen in Superman, Luthor trades a chance at redemption to help Flag locate Peacemaker.
Given that Superman stands as the only DCU film, there certainly weren’t a lot of characters from which to choose for cameos; however, even given a full roster of characters, Luthor is one of the greatest villains in all of comics and using him in this way is a major fLex.
Luthor may not be back in Peacemaker but his appearance teases just how connected and comic booky Gunn’s DCU will be…and it’s phenomenal!
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