James Gunn and John Cena have lifted Peacemaker from an obscurity into a star. Before "The Suicide Squad," Peacemaker's biggest contribution to comic history was inspiring a different character. Originally, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' beloved "Watchmen" was about investigating the murder of Peacemaker, not the Comedian.

Peacemaker's story does not begin at DC Comics. He was first created in 1966 by writer Joe Gill and artist Pat Boyette, debuting in the issue "Fightin' 5" #40 — which was published by Charlton Comics, not DC. During its forty years of publishing comics, Charlton amassed a decent-sized library of superhero characters, such as Blue Beetle (acquired from the defunct Fox Comics) and the Question (created by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko after he left Marvel ). By 1

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