SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in Season 2, Episode 6 of “ Peacemaker ,” currently streaming on HBO Max.

James Gunn said in a new interview with GQ magazine that he heard from “a few racists” after “Peacemaker” dropped its bombshell Nazi twist during Season 2 Episode 6. Much of the new season of the DCU series has taken place on Earth X, which fans now know is an alternative universe where Nazi Germany won World War II. So yes, Gunn’s new DCU has a planet out there run by Nazis. The second season of “Peacemaker” is set after Gunn’s “ Superman ,” with Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor recently making a cameo on the show.

“I really do whatever I want with ‘Peacemaker’ — and I mean, in one respect, I do whatever I want with anything, because I am able to mak

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