Peacemaker Subtly Confirmed The DCEU’s Most Powerful Villain
In a passing comment, Peacemaker episode 6, “Murn After Reading,” confirms the existence of Dracula within the DCEU, one of DC’s most powerful villains. While Dracula first appeared in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula, the fact that the character is now public domain has led to him being introduced as a villain in both DC and Marvel comic books. This reference, along with others, helps to define the wider landscape of the DCEU and the possibilities forJames Gunn’s Peacemaker season 2.
Peacemaker episode 6 represents an important turning point in Peacemaker’s (John Cena) journey as he reaches an emotionally distraught period and is pushed over the edge by seeing Locke (Christopher Heyerdahl) kill unconscious police officers. While he later opens up to Harcourt (Jennifer Holland) about his new position on killing, he releases some pent-up frustration in the form of anger at Vigilante (Freddie Stroma) first. When Vigilante asks him about what is up with him and says, “your face looks really weird when it goes into all those various angry positions. It’s like I’m looking at a Dracula.”
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While it could be argued that Vigilante might simply be referring to the Bram Stoker Dracula in Peacemaker, and not a character within the DCEU, his choice of phrasing to say “a Dracula” rather than simply “Dracula” suggests otherwise. Multiple iterations of Dracula have appeared in DC Universe, both Pre and Post-Crisis, and the indefinite article here appears to be James Gunn’s nod to the fact that there have been so many Draculas within the DC comics. In each of his iterations, he is a particularly powerful villain whose multiple superpowers enable him to take
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