This
issue reprints the first appearance of the Peacemaker from Charlton Comics. A
few months ago, I finished the DC’s The L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons.) It was
a tribute to the Charlton Comics characters that DC had purchased the rights to
in 1984 or 85. I was interested to learn more so when I found this reprint for
cheap, I got ultra-excited. Man was that a bust.
The
Peacemaker is a ‘man who loves peace so much that he is willing to fight for
it.’ Though he carries a gun, it’s not his first means of offense. By day, the
Peacemaker is an American ambassador of some sort. He’s always traveling to the
next peace conference or trying to
diffuse a trade dispute. No, really, the first story is about the Peacemaker
trying to negotiate fishing rights. But when a pirate with a sub threatens to
hold the world’s seas hostage, our politician turns secret agent and saves the
day.
Let’s
just say that nuclear explosions occur and that Peacemaker survives them in a
way that makes Indiana Jones outliving an exploding nuke in a lead lined frig a
heck of a lot more plausible.
There’s
also a back-up feature called The Fightin’ Five. It was awful from the first
panel. The story ending on a cliff-hanger to which I say “let ‘em hangs there
for all I care.”
I am so
glad I didn’t pay more than a buck for this. It’s lame. Why DC decided they wanted
the property is beyond me. I thought Peacemaker was the weakest character in
the L.A.W. mini-series. But because I read it, I decided to give this a try. I
don’t just want my dollar back on this book. I want the 20 minutes or so I
wasted reading this drivel back as well.
Not Worth
Consuming.
Rating: 2
out of 10 stars.
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