The following contains spoilers from the Peacemaker Season 2 premiere, now streaming on HBO Max .

The knotty matter of Peacemaker ‘s place in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new, Justice League-less DCU was addressed even before Thursday’s Season 2 premiere actually got underway, through the use some editing sleight-of-hand.

The Justice League in the ‘Peacemaker’ Season 1 finale HBO Max screenshot

THAT WAS THEN….

To recap the HBO Max series’ Season 1 finale cameos: After going to war with the extraterrestrial Butterflies, Peacemaker (John Cena) & Co. marched away from the battle scene, with Chris carrying an unconscious Harcourt (Jennifer Holland) in his arms. Suddenly, with a crackle of electricity, who would appear in their path but the Justice League — in the form of Ezra Mil

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