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Peace(maker) Sells, But Who's Buying?
BY MATT TUCK IG@matt.tuck.writer FB@ The Comic Blog HBO Max has a major hit with Peacemaker. The streaming series has catapulted Christopher Smith to the top of the DCEU, and his key issues are spiking as a result. From the squared circle to the silver screen, John Cena has won over fans with his portrayal of one of the DCEU’s most morally misaligned superheroes, the Peacemaker. Over the past year, the character has gone from virtually unknown to being one WarnerMedia’s top properties. The Suicide Squad writer/director James Gunn had so much fun with the character that he moved straight...
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Keys You Need: Modern Star Wars
“Dark Knights of Steel” is Where High Fantasy Meets Superheroes, by Angela Rairden
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When your most notorious characters have been around for decades, it becomes necessary to mix things up a little bit from time to time, which is exactly what Dark Knights of Steel does. Set in medieval times, the comic takes DC’s most venerated characters such as Batman and Superman and reinvents them as knights and kings while still keeping true to their core personalities. With Krypton nearing its inevitable end, Jor-El and his pregnant wife Lara flee the doomed planet and crash land in a medieval landscape where Jor-El is forced to protect Lara from an incoming band of knights...