Peacemaker’s current comics revival isn’t predicated on fond memories of past stories; Peacemaker’s most notable contribution at DC Comics is providing a spark of an idea for The Comedian in Watchmen. Prior to the current decade he appeared primarily in supporting and only one miniseries of his own in the 1980s, none of which require much if any comment. Yet in the past couple of years the publisher has dedicated themselves to increasing his profile as actor John Cena delivers a take more memorable than anything seen in the comics on both the big and small screens in The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, respectively. The result is the inverse of almost every superhero adaptation with comics struggling to keep up with film, but if it means placing top-tier creators like writer Garth Ennis and artist Garry Brown on projects like Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace then everyone’s a winner.
