James Gunn revived interest in high-profile DC characters while using Peacemaker as a space to push extremes and comedic violence. Gunn transformed fringe and disliked characters into vehicles for visceral humor and dark tone. After facing backlash and temporary MCU ouster, fan and cast support led to rehiring, while he had already accepted The Suicide Squad, which presented brutal, black comedy and lethal antiheroes. Peacemaker originated as a murderous zealot who evolves amid the Squad's chaos. The Peacemaker series assembled non-superpowered misfits—including Leota Adebayo, Emilia Harcourt, John Economos, and Vigilante—to confront a covert alien parasite invasion.
If was James Gunn's ego-the new co-head of DC Studios' demonstration that he can breathe new life into the company's most valuable character and restore fond feelings to a tarnished brand-then Peacemaker is his id, the place where he can take characters no one cares about and do whatever he wants with them. When the world turned against David Corenswet's stalwart Kryptonian, he knuckled down and vowed to do better.
When John Cena's Peacemaker hits bottom, he breaks out the bong, snorts a baggie full of white powder, and hosts an orgy. Gunn's edgelord tendencies very nearly cost him his career, but the outcry that followed his temporary ouster from the Marvel Cinematic Universe wound up being a blessing in disguise. The combined support of cast and fans got him rehired to direct the third Guardians of the Galaxy,
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