'Peacemaker' Reveals Who Adopts the White Dragon Villain Alias
By Allison DeGrusheJan. Thirteen 2022, Published 5:27 p.m. ET
Spoiler alert: This article comprises spoilers for the first two episodes of HBO Max's Peacemaker.
The DCEU is officially expanding with its first-ever tv series, Peacemaker. The eight-episode superhero show acts as a spinoff of James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, proceeding the tale and exploring the origins of Peacemaker (John Cena), a patriotic murderer who believes in attaining peace no matter the costs — even though it means slaughtering all males, ladies, and kids in his manner.
As consistent with his conventional model, James Gunn loves exploring the extra eccentric aspect of comedian e-book characters (i.e., the Guardians of the Galaxy); this time around, he is resuming his venture into the difficult to understand DC Comics characters, such as Vigilante (Freddie Stroma) and Judomaster (Nhut Le).
However, the most surprising persona in the series is none other than White Dragon, who just so happens to have a close-knit connection to the titular anti-hero. Let's to find out who he is, and have in mind, SPOILERS ahead!
Peacemaker and Vigilante in Episode 2 of 'Peacemaker.'
Who is White Dragon in 'Peacemaker'?
White Dragon first arrives in DC Comics in 1987's Suicide Squad #4. Created by way of John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell, White Dragon is a character utilized by a number of supervillains, in particular those associated with racism and white supremacy. Not to say, in step with the DC Fandom web page, the name White Dragon references the Ku Klux Klan, aka the white supremacist terrorist group based totally in the United States.
The supervillains who've assumed the notorious White Dragon legacy include William Heller, a Neo-Nazi racist who budget and paperwork white supremacist teams. Another White Dragon iteration is Daniel Ducannon, a white supremacist racist who tries to eliminate minorities.
But, in the Peacemaker streaming series, White Dragon is none rather then Peacemaker's hypermasculine racist father, August "Auggie" Smith (Robert Patrick).
WHITE DRAGON??? PEACEMAKER SERIES IS WILDING
— MJ(oker) (@otpjoker) January 13, 2022Auggie's White Dragon expose comes all the way through Episode 2, in which the workforce of A.R.G.U.S. agents manages to keep Peacemaker, whose real title is Christopher Smith, out of prison for homicide. Instead, John Economos (Steve Agee) changes Peacemaker's car and fingerprints to sign up under Auggie's identification; in consequence, Auggie will get arrested for a murder he didn't devote.
While in prison, Auggie takes a seat on his favorite bench, and a group of white supremacists gather round him, hailing Auggie as the White Dragon.
What are White Dragon's powers?
If we're being fair, White Dragon doesn't have any distinctive powers — he's more so an experienced marksman and in a position to dealing with shut combat. Rather than his wickedness emanating from his lifestyles as a metahuman, White Dragon's villainous goal derives from his ideology, like Lex Luthor.
White Dragon in DC Comics.
Based on what we now have seen up to now of Auggie in Peacemaker, it doesn't appear to be he is all at once going to develop superhuman powers. Like his White Dragon predecessors, Auggie will most likely create a white supremacist motion, with the help of his followers, that threatens all minorities.
So, how will this tie into the overall storyline with Project Butterfly? We are not sure right now, however it is imaginable that the series comprises two vital conflicts that must get to the bottom of via the finish of Season 1. If that is the case, Peacemaker and his gang are in for a impolite awakening.
The first three episodes of Peacemaker are actually streaming solely on HBO Max. New episodes drop Wednesdays.
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