Peacemaker
Summary
DC Comics ' upcoming effect is at last break to givePeacemakerthe chance to be the champion the DCEU has shown he can be . Absolute Powerdraws closerand it look like it ’s run to alter thing for a caboodle of different character reference , include Christopher Smith .
This July , Amanda Waller is going to take the DC Universeby storm inAbsolute Power , an issue that come across her team up with the Trinity of Evil to steal the power of Earth ’s metahumans . Throughout her mission , Smith has been by her side to help see her work through , but a variant back suggests Peacemaker is turn against his employer .
Peacemaker Fights Amanda Waller’s Forces in Shocking Variant Cover
Absolute Power : Task Force VII ( 2024 )
Release Date :
August 14th , 2024
author :
Pornsak Pichetshote
Artist :
Clair Roe
Cover Artist :
Pete Woods
Variant Covers :
Steve Beach , Belen Ortega , Steven Platt , John Timms , and Dan Mora
ailsafe — the relentless android with all of Batman ’s attainment and none of his ethics — hunts Nightwing and his newest recruit in a scary issue from acclaimed writer Pornsak Pichetshote ( Infidel , The Sandman Universe : Dead Boy Detectives ) and creative person Claire Roe ! On the run from Amanda Waller and her Amazo United States Army , Dick Grayson is gathering heroes to pad the growing resistance . But even his surprising new allies may not be enough to protect them from brutal upshot when Failsafe finds their hidden den !
DC Comics has bring home the bacon a face at what lies before subsequently this summer with its mess of August solicitations . This calendar month will see the second moving ridge of deed of conveyance tying into this event , including the fourth and fifth yield ofAbsolute Power : Task Force VII , the side series sharpen on Amanda Waller ’s squad of Amazos with Justice League mightiness . TheAbsolute Powerreleases all get with a swarm of variant covers , including an interconnectedseries of variants by John Timms that shows the DC Comics ’ event ’s major players .
The Task Force agents have their guns make like a shot on the two costumed fighter as Peacemaker and Peacewrecker dive direct into the battle .
Absolute Power # 2comes with a Timms edition that prominently have Amanda Waller while her late plus , the Brainiac Queen , looms in the background . Several Justice Leaguers are showcased on the alternating cover forAbsolute Power : Task Force VII # 5 , which has both Flashes , Aquaman and Martian Manhunter facing down an off - screen scourge . Absolute Power : Task Force VII # 4also comes with a Timms variant , this one to a great extent feature Peacemaker and his alternate population doppelganger Peacewrecker fightingoutside the re - baptize Hall of Order .
What ’s peculiar about this variation is that Peacemaker and Peacewrecker , despite being portrayed as Amanda Waller ’s lackeys , are n’t fighting on her side . They ’re shew to be attacking an ground forces of masked Task Force agent . The Task Force agents have their grease-gun pull in directly on the two costumed fighters as Peacemaker and Peacewrecker dive directly into the fight . It ’s severe to say what ’s going on in the picture , but italmost certainly seems like Peacemaker is campaign Waller ’s US Army , not fighting with them .
Peacemaker and His History with Amanda Waller
Christopher Smith , aka Peacemaker , joined Amanda Waller ’s Suicide Squad during the Infinite Frontier period where he became one of her most loyal assets . short afterDark Crisis on Infinite solid ground , Waller re - come forth with a plan to eliminate the metahumans of the human race . After pairing up with the Council of Light , Waller commence her work in the shadows . While Waller remained veil from the world , Peacemaker was her primary playing area private investigator , keep an centre on metahuman teamslike the Titans and the Doom Patrol .
Peacemaker showed how consecrate he was to working for Waller inDawn of DC Primer Special Edition # 1 ( 2023 ) !
Peacemaker has been by Waller ’s side every step of the way , up to her recent acquirement of the Hall of Justice , she ’s renamed the Hall of Order , to discase it for anything of use . He ’s even press poor boy like Nightwing when the situation requires it , like Green Arrow and Nightwing . That being tell , Peacemaker has show up a softer side for some grinder . When Arsenal wanted to interrogate Count Vertigo , Peacemaker allowed it on the status that Roy could beat Smithin a target shooting rival .
Why Peacemaker is Turning Hero and Why it Works
For a montage that showcasesAbsolute Power’smajor players , it seems a routine leftover to show Peacemaker in struggle with Waller ’s forces . After all , he ’s been ok with everything she ’s done so far . The thing masses ask to remember is that Smith value peace above all , and while that ’s what Waller ’s claiming she ’s going to do , it ’s clear her plans around going to bring nothing but chaos to the world . Perhaps in her pursuance for power , Waller ’s going to gotoo far for even Peacemaker to fend by her .
… based on this Timms ’ variant , it seems like something is setting Peacemaker off …
The timing of Peacemaker turn to the good side make water sense . Fans of the DCEU are all cognizant of his late live - action adaptationPeacemaker , a show that presents Smith as a flawed , but at long last well - entail individual . The late DC Black Label seriesPeacemaker examine Hard!had a version of Smith who was a bite of a dork , but he was someone who desperately wanted connection with others . Every alternate interpretation of Peacemaker has been founder a deeper characterizationwhile the Prime version has remained a minute stagnant .
Despite his incessant presence around Amanda Waller throughout the Dawn of DC , Peacemaker ’s thoughts and feelings have n’t really been explored . It ’s not known how he feels about Waller ’s program or if he ’s give birth dubiousness regarding her plans to denudate metahumans of their index and put away them . But base on this Timms ’ variation , it seems like something is gear up Peacemaker off enough to go head - to - school principal with Waller ’s enforcers . PerhapsDC Comics is finally letting Peacemaker rise and allowing him to become the bomber lover know he can be .
Peacemaker Deserves the Chance to Be a Hero
While this variant could be a misdirect , it seems pretty intentional . Most of the public knows that Peacemaker , for all of his faults , is a hero . With Amanda Waller going off the deep end to take restraint of the DC Universe , now is the time for Smith to truly show how much he evaluate peace by turning against Waller and side with the heroes . It ’s a long delinquent character ontogenesis for Smith and one that fans are certain to bang . Hopefully , things will work out for the near ifPeacemakerreally does in the end decide to become a true - naughty hero .
Absolute Power : Task Force VII # 4is available from DC Comics on August 14th .
