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While Rick Flag Sr. leads the monsters in the animated series, he’s onto bigger and worse things. As the head of A.R.G.U.S., he’s been working with Lex Luthor to devise a plan to rid the world of dangerous metahumans in Peacemaker Season 2. The rails fall so badly that a good chunk of Flag Sr.’s subordinates jump ship and start Checkmate, a spy organization that wants to do things better than A.R.G.U.S. While Flag Sr. might view Checkmate as a threat in and of itself, he should be looking in another direction because his plan might pave the way for another dangerous team.
Salvation Run Is All About Villains Teaming Up
Getting his hands on the Quantum Unfolding Chamber means Flag Sr. can search for a habitable planet, one that doesn’t have any strings attached. That way, rather than rounding up metahumans and letting them rot in a jail cell that they’ll eventually escape, he can send them to a different reality. He calls the mystery planet “Salvation,” which has a history in DC Comics. Amanda Waller and Rick Flag devise a similar plan in the source material, using the Suicide Squad to gather the worst of the worst and send them to a planet millions of miles from Earth.
The usual subjects end up there, including Lex Luthor, The Joker, Catwoman, and Clayface. While everyone bickers at first, it becomes clear that they have to work together if they want to survive, as DeSaad, one of Darkseid’s closest allies, is planning to use them as food for his Parademons. Fortunately, Abra Kadabra, a member of the Rogues, a group of villains that consistently pick fights with The Flash, learns of a safe zone that provides at least a little bit of comfort. Whenever Salvation returns in the DCU, the Rogues could be present to offer Peacemaker a helping hand. Their return to live-action would be welcomed with open arms because the last time they appeared, they didn’t get the moment they deserved.
