Whereas James Gunn’s Superman set the stage for a future Justice League with Maxwell Lord’s Justice Gang, the DCU’s latest launch has arrange the return of one other superhero crew fully. Going additional, it is doable that we might even see an epic crew crossover within the close to future.
Because of the just lately concluded Peacemaker season 2, James Gunn has sown the seeds for a really thrilling adaptation from the unique DC Comics. Retaining that in thoughts, I do suppose the DCU’s “Salvation Run” might function the proper framework for a serious crew’s return (maybe even two).
Peacemaker Season 2’s Ending Debuted Salvation, A Jail World From DC Comics
In Peacemaker season 2’s remaining episode, ARGUS director Rick Flag Sr. partnered with LuthorCorp to discover a seemingly uninhabited world utilizing Chris Smith’s Quantum Unfolding Chamber. Naming it “Salvation”, Flag offered this world to the US Authorities as a jail to dump rogue metahumans, as amenities like Belle Reve and Arkham Asylum had been reportedly failing to maintain them contained.
Moreover, Peacemaker season 2’s final scene noticed Flag capturing Chris Smith and making him Salvation’s first “inmate” as revenge for murdering his son in 2021’s The Suicide Squad. Additionally, Salvation wasn’t as empty as Flag and LuthorCoro believed, as evidenced by the monstrous sounds coming from a close-by treeline.
That is all based mostly on the 2007 “Salvation Run” storyline within the authentic comics. In it, Amanda Waller and Rick Flag equally discovered a world they thought was distant and uninhabited to rid themselves of supervillains and rogue metahumans as soon as and for all.
The consequence was a Lord of the Flies-esque story the place the exiled villains fashioned factions for survival, whereas additionally contending with the reality that this world was really a coaching floor for the parademon armies of Apokolips.
With out query, it is evident that Salvation is about to play an enormous position within the DCU’s future, although precisely how stays unclear. That mentioned, one thrilling thought might see a Salvation Run adaptation facilitating the return of a serious DCU crew.
How A DCU Salvation Run Story Might Convey Again The Suicide Squad
It is properly price mentioning that after Rick Flag used members of the Suicide Squad to seize different supervillains and dump them on Salvation within the comics, he then exiled those self same members of Job Power X themselves. As such, it is the proper precedent to justify the Suicide Squad’s return within the DCU following their 2021 film from James Gunn.
Think about if the DCU’s Job Power X will get exiled by Flag on Salvation in a future mission. As a substitute of one other government-sanctioned black-ops mission for a possible The Suicide Squad sequel, it turns into a survival saga with members of the surviving Squad reuniting with Peacemaker whereas combating to flee a world in search of to destroy them.
The planet’s isolation in one other dimension supplies the proper sandbox for Gunn to have every kind of narrative freedom. Salvation could possibly be the bridge between Gunn’s earliest DC mission and the broader cinematic universe that is actively being created with new and upcoming initiatives. As such, it is fairly doable that Peacemaker Season 2 could have already rewritten the Suicide Squad’s subsequent chapter.
In spite of everything, who would not need to see John Cena’s Peacemaker butt heads with Idris Elba’s Bloodsport once more, or see the return of fan-favorites like Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn or Sylvester Stallone’s King Shark?
That mentioned, the unique Salvation Run storyline within the comics featured a large roster of rogues and villains. In that very same vein, a DCU Salvation Run adaptation might equally function a a lot wider solid by that includes two key groups (not simply the Suicide Squad).
Salvation Is Additionally The Excellent Set Up For A Suicide Squad/Creature Commandos Crossover
Salvation doesn’t simply work as a spot for a possible Suicide Squad return within the DCU. It may be the backdrop that brings collectively Job Power X and Job Power M aka The Creature Commandos.
Up to now within the DCU, Frank Grillo’s Rick Flag Sr. has appeared in each 2024’s animated Creature Commandos sequence and this yr’s Peacemaker Season 2, a serious bridge character between live-action and animation. Assuming Rick Flag goes alongside along with his plan to ship incarcerated metas to Salvation, that might simply embrace the members of Job Power M whom he as soon as led.
Up to now, we have solely seen the Creature Commandos in animation. Nevertheless, a Salvation Run adaptation might see the varied members of Job Power M making their live-action debuts for the primary time. The chance to see a live-action G.I. Robotic could be very thrilling, and the identical goes for David Harbour’s Frankenstein, Indira Varma’s Bride, and Alan Tudyk’s Physician Phosphorus.
As a substitute of needing a Justice League film instantly, the DCU’s first main crossover might revolve round its most unconventional heroes: the misfits and monsters that make up James Gunn’s Gods and Monsters (the identify of the DCU’s first chapter).