How Blue Beetle can connect James Gunn\u2019s new DCU to Peacemaker DC Comics\/MaxJames Gunn\u2019s new DCU is in an unenviable spot, picking and choosing what worked and what didn\u2019t to make a cohesive universe. Fortunately, one of The Suicide Squad\u2019s most popular characters, Peacemaker, has a connection to the upcoming Blue Beetle. Blue Beetle is potentially the first round of James Gunn\u2019s DCU, bringing the popular young hero to the big screen. The version coming to cinemas is the third Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes, who debuted in the 2005 event Infinite Crisis. When Jaime first arrived, he chased a mystical origin for the scarab that gave him his powers. However, he soon learned from a mysterious figure calling himself Mitchell Black that the scarab was a piece of alien technology. It\u2019s soon revealed that Mitchell Black is an alias. Instead, Jaime was receiving help from an old Blue Beetle ally: Christopher Smith, the vigilante known as Peacemaker. Jaime Reyes\u2019 first mentor figure was Peacemaker This version of Peacemaker has ditched his trademark costume but does have a giant PEACEMAKER tattoo along his arm. He\u2019s gruff, demanding, and haunted by his past, but he doesn\u2019t let on too much about his feelings. Blue Beetle #9 explores Peacemaker\u2019s connection to the scarab. While on a mission, he falls into a pyramid decorated with scarab carvings. He soon realizes it\u2019s the same pyramid the original Blue Beetle, Dan Garrett, had fallen into decades earlier. Peacemaker had worked with Garrett when they were both superheroes and was well aware of the scarab. He soon discovered the pyramid was actually full of alien technology and had part of the scarab\u2019s infiltration program downloaded into his brain when interacting with it. Peacemaker took on something of a mentor role to Jaime, despite not really wanting to be one. It comes to light that he has a scarab inside him as well, which is exacerbated when a yellow power ring attempts to recruit him for the Sinestro Corps. Blue Beetle & Peacemaker can connect the DC film series Peacemaker watching over Blue Beetle makes a lot of sense, considering they\u2019re both Charlton Comics characters purchased by DC. For the film, though, connecting the two offers the unique opportunity to bring the Peacemaker character into the DCU. While the Max Peacemaker series is undeniably a hit, it\u2019s also squarely in the previous DC film universe. Not only does it include existing DCU characters like Emilia Harcourt and John Economos, but the series also ends with cameos from Ezra Miller\u2019s Flash and Jason Momoa\u2019s Aquaman. In the comics, Peacemaker left after cutting the scarab out of his back and seeing Jaime through defeating the Reach. Post-Flashpoint, the characters have had no interaction, with Peacemaker being more in line with his original depiction. The Blue Beetle connection could be an easy way to include a fun cameo while canonizing this version of Peacemaker for the new film universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How Blue Beetle can connect James Gunn\u2019s new DCU to Peacemaker DC Comics\/MaxJames Gunn\u2019s new DCU is in an unenviable spot, picking and choosing what worked and what didn\u2019t to make a cohesive universe. Fortunately, one of The Suicide Squad\u2019s most popular characters, Peacemaker, has a connection to the upcoming Blue Beetle. Blue Beetle is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}