The popularity of peace maker The DC Universe continues to climb, and now the anti-hero made famous by John Cena is back with his best friends for a miniseries. The newly announced Peacemaker Presents: The Vigilante/Eagle Double Feature! Puts the title characters in a standalone adventure, taking place between season 1 and season 2 of the Max TV series.
The publisher announced the new project during its “Jim Lee and Friends” panel at New York Comic Con, along with the first details, cover art and preview pages of the incoming story. As the name implies, The five-issue series stars Eagly, Peacemaker’s avian sidekick, and his friend and ally VigilanteIn separate (but related) stories. With the Eagle side of the story entrusted to Rex Ogle and Matteo Lolli, and the story of Vigilante coming from Tim Seeley and Mitch Gerads, James Gunn is also on board as a story consultant, with the storylines giving fans a glimpse of where season 2 of peace maker will be headed. Check out the first few pages and the synopsis below:
In the Eagly story, we see exactly where Christopher was: in the Alaskan outdoors to get some fresh air, with his real-life best bird-friend, Eagly. On their small-plane trip, they and the other passengers are gassed and knocked out. When they wake up, they find themselves hunted for sport by a dangerous group of super-villains… a far cry from the peaceful vacation Chris had in mind! But little do the hunters know that they have bitten off more than they can chew…
In the vigilante story, Adrian goes to the House of Peace for beers and blowing things up, but Chris and Eagly are gone. Whether they’re kidnapped or worse, Vigilante goes on a revenge-filled spree against the local criminal community. Meanwhile, Chris and Eagly are on their romantic vacation to Alaska, with Chris completely forgetting to ask Adrian out… or even tell him he’s gone!
What the ‘Eagle/Vigilante Double Feature’ Means for Peacemaker Fans
The comic series picks up right after Peacemaker season 1
There was a time when such a spotlight was placed on “Peacemaker” Christopher Smith may have been a long shot before James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad And follow-up peace maker series made John Cena’s incarnation of the character one of DC’s most rapidly rising stars. With both projects a success with fans and critics, and Cena humanizing Peacemaker for a new generation, the comics saw the character (in an incarnation closely resembling Gunn and Cena’s version) gain prominence. For writer Rex Ogle, this means an opportunity to once again tell a story about, as he puts it, “a lost optimist.”
“When [DC editor] Katie Kubert asked me to do a short for DC’s Strange Love Adventures, I was stoked to write a Peacemaker story. So getting to dive in and play with this iconic antihero again (and in a miniseries this time!) is a total dream come true. Part of what makes him so great is that at his heart, Peacemaker is a hopeless optimist. He wants the world to be a better place, not just for himself, but for others. He doesn’t always go about achieving peace the right way, but he brings an incredible lifestyle to the violence that is already ever-present in our world. And sometimes we have to laugh at the bad – so that we don’t break down and cry…
“I write a ton of books and graphic novels for middle grade and young adult readers, which I love. But there’s nothing like going back to my comic book roots to work on something where I can unleash my inner creative beast. Writing Christopher Smith lets me do just that—go wild—not just with some good old-fashioned violence, but with humor and unnecessary nudity. “Peacemaker lets me live the dream of writing stories I wanted to read as a kid.”
Our take on DC’s new Peacemaker comic series ahead of Season 2
Will Vigilante and Yagli return with Peacemaker?
While peace maker was John Cena’s time to shine, there’s no denying that Eagly and Vigilante were also integral to the show’s success, and Peacemaker Presents: The Vigilante/Eagle Double Feature! is banking on exactly that fact. So with audiences waiting for Peakmaker Season 2 to arrive, or even land an official launch date, the time couldn’t be better to promise a new adventure with the entire trio of characters.
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With the creative team promising to maintain the same energy, irreverence, action and sense of humor that made both the character and series such a refreshing win for DC’s live action adaptations, the audience for the TV and comic should overlap. Especially with the promise (albeit without too many details yet) that the comic series will help lead the way in the upcoming season, the ‘double feature’ should give fans a clue as to what to expect when peace maker Returns in 2025.
Peacemaker Presents: The Vigilante/Eagle Double Feature! It begins its five-issue run in March 2025, with DC’s age 17+ content descriptor (for mature readers).