Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace (2022) #1

DC Black Label Originals

by Garth Ennis, Garry Brown (Penciller), Lee Loughridge (Colorist)

The breakout character from The Suicide Squad gets his own tale of peace ahead of the upcoming HBO Max TV show! Long before joining the Suicide Squad, Christopher Smith, code name Peacemaker, meets with a psychiatrist-a woman dangerously obsessed with his bizarre and violent past. From his tragic childhood to his military service overseas to his multiple missions with Special Forces, Smith has more than his share of skeletons in the closet. But who’s actually analyzing whom? And will this trip down memory lane result in yet more fatalities? Garth Ennis and Garry Brown delve deep into Christopher Smith’s history of violence, and reveal what might bring peace-or not-to the Peacemaker.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Superheroes, Comic Book

41 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 25, 2022

About the author

Ennis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar.

Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.

Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.

Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.

While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.

Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.

After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.

In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.

Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.

In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.

In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).

Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis

Reviews

[Sam Quixote · Rating 2 out of 5]

In Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace, Peacemaker/Christopher Smith undergoes a psych eval (he’s applying for a spot on a “new team”, whatever that is) in a military cemetery where he relates his bloody life story and warped personal philosophy of justice to a psychiatrist. Disturbing indeed…

I still haven’t seen the James Gunn Suicide Squad movie or read many comics featuring Peacemaker, so I don’t really know much about the character besides picking up through the cultural ether that he’s struck a chord with many people, so now we have more comics featuring the guy, like this one-shot, and he’s got his own HBO series that just started a couple weeks ago.

But I am a Garth Ennis fan and he’s (usually) at his best when writing military comics so I hoped this one would be a banger - and unfortunately it’s not. It’s a snorer.

Death seems to follow old Chris from childhood on: his birth parents, his foster parents, his varied and increasingly secretive roles in the army, right up to wearing the funny helmet (which he doesn’t put on in this comic, except on the cover). It reads quite flat and I don’t see why people seem to respond to this character - he comes off as a second-rate Punisher with a similar but more trite reason for his namesake (he gives people/makes “peace” - durr…).

I’m definitely not a fan of Garry Brown’s sketchy art either. It’s serviceable for the comic but not very appealing and doesn’t elevate Ennis’ uninspired script any either.

My sense of why people like Gunn’s Peacemaker is that he’s a fun and funny chap but you definitely don’t get that here, which is odd because Ennis can write that kind of character but chooses to play it straight here. As it is, the comic is very forgettable and unimpressive. It’s not terrible or totally boring, but I found Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace to be underwhelming and I’m not sure who it would appeal to.

[A.J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

"My point is that everywhere you go...in every unit you've served with or alongside for 25 years...something's happened. People have died."

Garth Ennis and Garry Brown team up for a gnarly, yet fantastic prestige Black Label one-shot following Peacemaker through his disturbing past. While this was clearly greenlit to coincide with James Gunn’s Peacemaker show on HBO, Ennis very much does his own thing with the character, not worrying about synergy at all. Don’t go into this expecting anything like the show at all, as this is the complete tonal opposite of that. Sadly it’s only a one-shot, as I really wouldn’t have minded a 6 issue mini or ongoing after reading this.

The story is told through a conversation Christopher Smith A.K.A. Peacemaker is having in a cemetery with psychiatrist Dr. Sedgewick, as he recounts his life story to her, from his tragic childhood to his years of military service overseas, but who is actually analyzing who here? And what will Dr. Sedgewick think when she discovers what might finally bring peace for Peacemaker? Showing his life story pretty much in full, this origin is very different from the one we were partially shown in the show, and not connected to it at all, not even loosely. You can tell Ennis doesn’t care at all what Gunn has done with the character, which isn’t a bad thing at all as he gets to do his own thing with Peacemaker. A lot of Ennis’ love for war comics is seen throughout, with grim humor and ultra-violence sprinkled in when necessary (Bob was Bob). The story unfolds in a pretty awesome and unexpected manner, and while Peacemaker doesn’t wear his absurd outfit at all in this book, you can tell Ennis doesn’t hate the idea behind him, leading to him writing a great voice for the character. This also thankfully isn’t just a Punisher-lite story, with a pretty solid ending justifying its existence. While there is some gore and action here and there, this is 100% more of a character study rather than a full balls-to-the-walls action comic, which I appreciated.

The artwork is solid as well, which is great because I was frankly quite nervous when I heard Brown was drawing this, but thankfully this is some of his better work. The action scenes are kinetic and crazy, with gore that isn’t too prevalent, but when it is shown, it is the perfect balance between over-the-top and realistic. It reminded me of a mix between interiors of Wolverine Max and Goran Parlov’s Punisher Max work. It’s pretty fantastic, but not to everyone’s taste.

This is one of the better one-shots to come out in the last couple of years, as Ennis recounts the horrid backstory of a character most don’t even know, giving him an interesting origin that explains his ideology in only a way Ennis could write. Impressive how good this one-shot is, especially considering, as I mentioned earlier, Peacemaker isn’t seen in his costume once during this, and it is mostly just a character study, rather than an action comic. We really do need this to be turned into a mini-series because Peacemaker is another character Garth Ennis just gets.

And remember: Bob was Bob.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

You won't find much of the James Gunn Peacemaker here or even the DC Comic's version. This is a Garth Ennis military story with a little ode to the Peacemaker name tacked onto the end. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, it's just what it is. It's about a guy who is being visited by a psychiatrist who will decide if he gets to join a covert military team or not. We revisit his life from a tragic childhood through a lifetime of military service where bad people, perhaps, had something happen to them on mission. It's a decent enough story with decent enough art but Ennis has told better.

[Al · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m not particularly familiar with the HBO series Peacemaker and I am not even sure that I would try to be, but I am a Garth Ennis fan and I just about pick up everything he does, so here we are.

I doubt it’s that far off the series. Peacemaker here is a prototypical Ennis character- a bunch of The Punisher with bits of Hit-Man, Judge Dredd and Nick Fury.

Designed as a stand alone origin story, it works well. Indeed, it would have been nice if this evolved into a mini series. Garry Brown’s sketchy art doesn’t do much to differentiate it from Ennis’s related work, though I thought it was fine.

I only have minor quibbles. Peacemaker is a pretty generic antihero, but I’m not sure that’s Ennis’s fault. Also the story goes back and forth between over the top Boys type gross out horror and some tense military/police drama.

The back and forth worked more against the story than for it. They don’t sit well together. It’s not that Ennis isn’t good at the extreme stuff- but it doesn’t gel with the realistic stuff as say, Preacher. You can’t go easily go from Marjorie Finnegan style (interspersed with Tarantino) bedlam to a sense of some gravitas with an introspective Steve Canyon character.

Then again, not much does and you probably need a Steve Dillon to pull off that trick. Even if Peacemaker feels like ground that Ennis has turned into a well trodden trail, this one delivers enough of a punch to stand out.

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. Not bad but not great. Kind of boring. The show is amazing though, go watch it.

[Frédéric · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good enough deadpan Ennis story but calling it a Peacemaker story is somehow dishonest if compared to the James Gunn’s series (which is my sole point of comparison).

Here Peacemaker- never seen in costume- is an ice-cold and intelligent Spec Ops soldier telling the sordid story of his childhood to his psychiatrist. He is so far from John Cena’s character he could be as well in another galaxy.

Honestly I don’t know which is true to core and I don’t care either way. The story is good, period. Just don’t expect anything related to the tv series is all.

Artwise: Never liked Gary Brown, probably never will. But like I said the story’s good.

[Vinicius · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pacificador: Pertubando a paz, é um quadrinho one-shot, com 48 páginas, escrita por Garth Ennis, publicada no Brasil pela editora Panini em 2025.

Na história, vamos acompanhar um dialogo entre uma terapeuta/psiquiatra, que é interessada na história do Pacificador, inclusive sua história antes de se tornar o Peacemaker. Assim, toda a história ocorre em um banco, no cemitério, em forma de entrevista, com a premissa de que a psiquiatra irá avaliar a psique do personagem para aprova-lo ou não para fazer parte de uma equipe.

Dessa forma, o Pacificador, de maneira fria e tranquila, abre o jogo com a psiquiatra. Tudo que ela queria saber, desde sua infância perturbada, até suas últimas missões no exército, foram mencionadas e contadas pelo personagem.

A partir de cada história, vamos conhecendo a construção do personagem e como a banalização da violência se tornou algo comum em sua vida, estando presente desde sua infância, quando seus pais faleceram. Apesar de parecer clichê essa ideia da morte dos pais ser um estopim para que o personagem se torne um herói, vilão ou anti-herói, Garth Ennis retrata o Pacificador como uma figura que ao ver a morte dos pais, analisa o contexto de paz e toma como objetivo esse aspecto, e não a causa morte. Em outras palavras, eele reflete sobre como seus pais eram e o que gerou a morte, sendo esse estado de morte/paz, algo que ele valoriza, e busca entender como seus pais chegaram a isso.

Desse modo, Christopher Smith vê seus alvos como pessoas perturbadas que precisam da paz. Elas agem e são problemáticas, independente do motivo, mas estão precisando de paz, e ele é a figura encarregada de levar isso até as pessoas.

Assim, a psiquiatra, buscando entender o Pacificador como alguém traumatizado, acaba saindo do dialogo perplexa com o modo de pensar do personagem, sabendo que tudo que ela o questionou a respeito de suas missões, foi realizado com base nessa maneira de pensar do Pacificador.

[The Wintermute System · Rating 5 out of 5]

I must admit I'm struggling to come up with a review that will explain how disquieting this short character study is while I make my five star rating seem not... like I'm off, I guess?

As I read this, I kept getting more and more tense and anxious, but I suppose that's proof of what a fine piece this is. I almost knocked off a star for seeming like it didn't really go anywhere, but I think that's only fair if you view this as a traditional comic: something evil does something, and the heroes rally. Even if the arc isn't finished by the end, some progress has been made on one side.

I'd say Ennis surprised me, but that isn't quite true: I've read Ennis' work before. But this still managed to subvert my expectations. The violence and trauma is loud in this work of art, but Christopher Smith's narration is so quiet and even that I didn't realize how much I was disturbed by the end.

This goes over Peacekeeper's violent history, as we see why and how Smith went from an eerily calm child during the face of one bloody trauma after another into the man who becomes Peacemaker. I could list the horrors he faces, but that wouldn't even go into the hypnotic rhythm this comic creates, because it's the slowly unfurled realization of just how messed up Smith is - and was before it all happens - is the true horror. There's no way to for me to build a review that will convince anyone to read this based on the events themselves; it's the tone of the whole thing, wrapped up in Smith's recounting of his childhood.

I'm not sure a comic character has ever unsettled me so much as Peacemaker in this. I will come back to reread eventually, but I have to shudder a little a the thought of a reread soon. I need to pace this, maybe in a year or two, but right now, I want to put it out of sight and out of mind.

How odd that a book where the punchline is about bringing peace through death has left me quite this rattled, but I suppose that's another way that I think this is so effective.

Okay, I'm literally going to hide this amongst my other comics, because I don't even want to look at the cover anymore. I want to put some distance between myself and this before I think I can really grasp this book, but I honestly think I'm going to have work some of this out subconsciously - and I've never really had to do that with a comic book either. Superb work, highly recommended, prepare to be disturbed if you dive into this. It's worth it, and I probably would have laughed it off and dove in more quickly if someone had told me that, so the warning might just spur you on but you can't say I didn't warn you.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mais uma doideira narrativa de Garth Ennis bem do jeito que ele costuma fazer com super-heróis (ou nem tanto super-heróis) estremamente violentos. Desta vez o alvo do irlandês é o Pacificador, que ganhou detsaque primeiro no filme do Esquadrão Suicida e, depois na sua própria série homônima. Não conheço muito do passado do Pacificador, que começou na Charlton Comics e depois foi adquirido pela DC Comics. Contudo, acredito que Ennis teve bastante liberdade para reinventar sua história, já que esta publicação está fora da cronologia oficial da editora e figura com o selo Black Label. Na trama, o Pacificador e uma analista, a Dra. Sedgewick, conversam em um banco de cemitério. O anti-herói conta para a terapeuta as razões de por que faz o que ele faz. Em meio a muita violência e matança, sanguinolência e tiros, sabemos do background da mente perturbada do Pacificador. O roteiro é Enniseano, mas o que me incomodou mais foram os desenhos de Garry Brown, que dão a impressão de pressa e inacabamento. Fora isso, quem entender pra valer a ironia de Ennis vai entender as motivações por trás desta história em quadrinhos.

[Ahmed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Peacemaker! What a joke
Loved this one shot comic

[Lucas Savio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Para alguém que veio da série de Tv venha com a mente aberta!! pois a origem aqui tem algumas diferenças que não sei se de fato é canônico pois meu primeiro contato foi pela série de Tv. Gostei bastante da arte e do roteiro que caminha para algo que você não está esperando e isso que é o mais legal. Creio que não seja um one-shot perdido como muitos outros que estou lendo atualmente valendo sim seu investimento se quer ler uma história do pacificador com a carga mais pesada e inesperada de garth Ennis

[Mitch Kukulka · Rating 4 out of 5]

More in line with Ennis' trademark brand of nihilistic military tales than the much more comedic HBO series it was released to promote, but hey -- there's not much to complain about in getting one of the best modern comic writers to do what he does best.

[Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

Garth Ennis, historically, doesn't enjoy the massive amount of superhero comics that are flooding the industry. He's worked in both Marvel and DC and a majority of his writing has been military (or ex military) antiheroes. This story is similar to others he's written in both studios.

That being said, it's still an interesting spin on the character. We see how he twists logic to suit his own code. While being a sympathetic character at first, he's lost all credibility in that field by the end. You should avoid dark alleys and poorly lit intersections when Peacemaker shows up

Bonus: This isn't the Tim Gunn 'Peacemaker'
Bonus Bonus: This version of 'Peacemaker' is a certified mess. No step-mom is safe!

[Diego Galvão · Rating 2 out of 5]

uma grande perda de tempo

[Orson Codd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not really a Peacemaker comic, minus the title, cover, and few tiny details. Pretty solid, though. Way darker than I expected. Focused more on the childhood trauma the titular anti-hero went through that led him to becoming the Peacemaker.

[Mariah · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars

CW: graphic violence, suicide.

I'm currently watching Peacemaker right now on HBO Max and I have been loving the show so far. It's wild and the dark humor appeals to me. As such, I saw this Peacemaker comic at my local comic book store and figured why not learn more about this particular character. This was a comic where I felt the story lagged whereas the art was awesome.

Christopher Smith is unwinding in a graveyard where he meets Dr. Sedgewick. She interviews Christopher about his life as it appears he will be joining a military team. From there, the panels show major events in Christopher's life leading him to where he is today. Christopher's family is murdered by his father in a series of gruesome murders. Christopher finds them all dead after coming home from school. Christopher is adopted or kidnapped by Scooter and Slinky who are redneck thieves. They are seemingly killed by police until it's revealed later that Christopher leaves Scooter to burn in a car and suffocates Slinky to put her out of her misery. Christopher later enrolls in the army. He discovers quite a bit of corruption including soldiers who were running a human trafficking ring. Dr. Sedgewick is left to die as her employer leaves here there alone with Christopher. It's unclear whether Christopher passes his psych eval The back story between Peacemaker in this comic versus the show is different. If I had to choose, I think I prefer the show more and the way they portrayed Peacemaker versus this comic. I think if I didn't watch the Peacemaker show and read this first, I probably would have been more interested in the story.

For those unfamiliar, Garth Ennis is the writer of the Boys which is extremely violent. If violence isn't your thing, this is not a comic for you. I personally found that Garth was the perfect writer for Peacemaker, I just think the story wasn't all that exciting. Granted, this is the first issue and the first issues are tough to engage the reader.

The art in this was perfect. It fit alongside Christopher's origin story. It's graphic, violent, and offers a certain amount of shading to help convey Christopher's pain and why he is the person he is today.

Overall, I liked this. I'm glad I bought it. I hope if there is a second issue that this series picks up.

[Shane · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are two types of Garth Ennis books: gritty, true crime/war/epic confrontation, or an over the top and satirical play on excess. Given the tone of the HBO PeaceMaker show, which is actually where this character as we know it now emerged, the second would have made sense. But instead, he chose the former, to have a fairly humdrum, uninventive story of a military killer. You learn nothing interesting about the character, the format of talking in the cemetery is trite, and it is forgetfully short and uninteresting. The more serious approach (only slightly more serious because it's still silly) is better for setting up the Peacemaker in the DCU, but as a Black Label book it won't have any affect on continuity. So this is for its own amusement, which it lacks. That said, Ennis is still a good writer and the art is dependable, so it's not the worst book, particularly if you are a Black Label completist.

If you have Garth Ennis behind the helm of a character like the Peacemaker, which makes total sense, you should at least give him a few issues to tell a real story and do more than just justify a TV tie-in one-shot.

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Está bien encontrarse con una apuesta totalmente opuesta en tono sobre este personaje que acaba de reventar en popularidad en su debut audiovisual con el rostro de John Cena (aunque quien siga la serie de HBO Max no puede decir que esa versión de Chris Smith es un cachondeo total). Garth Ennis revela una nueva historia de origen de este personaje en forma de impasible conversación en medio de un cementerio. Alejado de las génesis conocidas del personaje, el pasado de Peacemaker encuadra muy bien con el estilo de thriller sarnoso (esos Bonnie and Clyde rednecks de padrastros temporales) que ya hemos podido terminar asociando a muchas obras de este autor. Supongo que esta obra no tendrá muchas salidas "Pijameras" y se adscribirá todo lo posible a la máxima de las obras del sello Black Label de historias independientes y de corte totalmente "adulto". Si es así, pues supongo que acabará siendo una lectura cumplidora pero poco más (por ejemplo, el Suicide Squad: Kill the Joker parte bastante del tono de esta propuesta pero no niega su naturaleza superheroica).

[Benjamin Closier · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty great military story accented with the obligatory satire, nihilism, and political commentary of Garth Ennis' other works. Here, to my surprise, he does not really use much, if any at all, outlandish language or shock tactics... he is actually fairly and unsettlingly reserved, and the silence of this story is felt and it is so very loud. I am still deciding whether this is due to a writer who is uninterested in the project itself, or of a writer who is actively intending to get this sense of disinterest across, which once you read you will understand, and either way the "bored " effect works.

Rest assured, you WILL feel disturbed throughout, as you realise this is a very, very realistic and serious take on Peacemaker who feels worlds away from his DCEU live-action counterpart (thanks to James Gunn's The Suicide Squad and Peacemakers tv series). He feels like Garth Ennis' attempt at creating a DC version of Punisher from Marvel, which is interesting as he mentioned this in a forbidden planet tv interview, and even though you can tell, it works on its own and does not feel like "Peacemaker is just a DC Punisher" so he accomplished what he wanted.

Honestly, I would not recommend this to someone who is a fan of Peacemaker from the movie/tv show and wants to read him like he is portrayed in those projects, and definitely NOT kids... This comic is best read by those who are into Garth Ennis' other DC Vertigo and Marvel MAX comics or of fans of the DC Black Label comics who want to read a gritty, darker take on a superhero and to see where a (now) comedic character can be taken without age restriction on comics.

[Josh Burkey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having finished HBO Max's series on the character I have been curious about what his comic counterpart had to offer. There is a scarce amount of his solo stuff out there. However, I love Garth Ennis because of Preacher I was intrigued about this one-shot. Ennis doesn't disappoint. Presenting a grounded take on the character that shows the damage of long-term trauma and the depths of darkness it can have on us. As someone who has lost a friend to suicide, this story hit me deeply. Ennis crafts a tragically heavy tale that is beautifully broken, honest and yet somehow, still true to the character of Peacemaker. The art is stunning and the story is simple yet effective.

[Mark Plaid · Rating 2 out of 5]

Admittedly, I read this book hoping to find something more akin to the Peacemaker character as depicted in James Gunn's movie Suicide Squad and HBO Max series based on the character and didn't find that much of it here. It's not that it had to be exact but the writer of Hitman, Preacher, and the Boys gave me high hopes for something a bit more wild than this comic.

[Rodolfo Santullo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Especial unitario con el origen -o al menos un orígen posible- del personaje. A las claras algo inventado para potenciar/aprovechar la popularidad del personaje en cine y TV, es de agradecer que termina siendo un historia solvente en vez de la guarrada tradicional que podría ofrecer Ennis con este material.

[Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

A dark serious counterpoint to the current Peacemaker show from James Gunn. This book is one I will be keeping up with. The Black Label titles have been hit (Mr. Miracle) and miss(Adam Strange), but I see promise in this one.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really hate that Garth Ennis doesn't get more work than he does but I treasure each and every time I can read one of them. This was both awesome and seriously messed up all at the same time. Loved it.

[Alex Sarll]

Ennis by numbers, but that still beats most people on a good day. And hey, at least I can legitimately read this in the UK, which is more than can be said of the TV series with which it's meant to synergise.

[Timo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have no knowledge of Peacemaker as a character or HBO series, but hey, it is a Garth Ennis scripted story and they are almost always good.
This time he did not fail either. Such good and tight and very disturbing story in which I found very black humor also. Good one.

[Rick Ray · Rating 2 out of 5]

Exposition heavy and kind of boring to be honest. Doesn't really connect to any continuity - it's basically Garth Ennis repackaging a story of trauma from violence and slapping the Peacemaker name onto it. A pretty forgettable one-shot comic overall.

[Arian Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dark, brooding and traumatizing. Helps us to know about the past origins of Peacemaker and make us feel what he went through in his initial phases of life before turning into the non-apologetic killing machine.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whoa! This was DARK. Not at all what I expected from a Peacemaker story, although is definitely IS a Garth Ennis story. I was thinking that this would be a 3-star review, but the end of the story notched it up. If you like Ennis’ war comics, this is a good fit for you.

[Jon Ninneman · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a background.