Why James Gunn Changed Peacemaker's Origin - Brother Death Explained
Warning: Contains spoilers for Peacemaker episode 4.
In Peacemaker episode 4, the DC TV series gives the first glimpses of Peacemaker’s origin story and hints at the changes that make it different from the comics. John Cena’s Peacemaker first appeared in The Suicide Squad, but aside from a quick introduction from Amanda Waller, he was not given an origin story. While the Peacemaker TV show had already hinted that he was formed by his father’s ideals, it was not until episode 4 that a more concrete origin was shown.
In Peacemaker episode 4, “The Choad Less Traveled,” Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks) mentioned to Peacemaker that she read his file about what his father did to him as a child. Peacemaker is made uneasy and asks Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland) what the file says and she claims it is vague, that his brother died, and that he was involved. The episode closes with a montage that sees Peacemaker remembering his youth including his father driving him to make what appears to be his first kill, the young Chris Smith spending time with his brother, and his brother falling and dying in front of him.
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James Gunn has become known for pulling out more obscure characters from comics and reviving them in the public consciousness. This is true of Peacemaker, but his father, Auggie Smith (Robert Patrick), is an original invention formed by combining White Dragon with Peacemaker’s father from the comics. Here’s how Chris Smith became Peacemaker in the comics, how Peacemaker is changing it, and why it makes his origin story better.
In the original comics, Christopher Smith was born in New York in 1950 to the American Elizabeth Lewis and the Austrian Wolfgang
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