86 Years Later, 'Peacemaker' Just Rebooted A Forgotten Superman Villain
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86 Years Later, 'Peacemaker' Just Rebooted A Forgotten Superman Villain
"At the end of the first episode of Peacemaker Season 2, before Chris encounters his other self and accidentally murders said doppelgänger, he takes a good look at the trophy room/library of his family's home in this alternate dimension. Much of what's on display are newspaper headlines trumpeting the various successes of the "Top Trio," which consists of Peacemaker, his brother, and his father. One headline reads: "Top Trio Save Gotham From Ultra-Humanite.""
"As the Ultra-Humanite explains in his first appearance, "I am known as 'the Ultra-Humanite.' Why? Because a scientific experiment resulted in my possessing the most agile and learned brain on Earth! Unfortunately for mankind, I prefer to use this great intellect for crime." Basically, the Ultra-Humanite began as a Professor Moriarty figure at odds with Clark Kent. But after the Golden Age, the Ultra-Humanite took on a much different guise as a villain who could transfer his consciousness into other bodies."
Peacemaker Season 2 blends elements of the old DCEU into the new DCU and fills its first episode with numerous Easter eggs. In the episode's alternate "perfect" dimension, a trophy room displays newspaper headlines crediting the Top Trio—Peacemaker, his brother, and his father—with heroic deeds, including saving Gotham from the Ultra-Humanite. The Ultra-Humanite first appeared in Action Comics #13 (June 1939) as a cerebral antagonist opposite Superman who claimed to possess the most agile and learned brain on Earth. The character later evolved into a villain capable of transferring his consciousness into other bodies.
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