

Their plan was to unlock the secrets of cloning, in order to create a new body for the Brain, so he and Monsieur Mallah " finally be happily ever after." Ignominious EndĪs a means of trying to eradicate villainy through means beyond traditional jailing and execution, Checkmate elected to transport many of the world's supervillains to a planet lightyears away.

Returnĭue to fluctuations of the timeline, Mallah and the Brain resurfaced unscathed, and the Brain was returned to just an organ floating in a jar.įor a while, the Brotherhood raided genetic research facilities. It had vowed never to be enslaved by a brain again, and, when Mallah placed his lover in the body, he accidentally triggered a self-destruct mechanism, which exploded as they kissed, seemingly killing both Mallah and the Brain. However, Robotman's body had temporarily developed sentience due to a faulty Responsometer just before the criminals' break in. Mallah revealed he felt the same way, and the two kissed. With a renewed sense of life, the Brain confessed to Mallah he was in love with him. Altering their plan, Mallah placed the Brain inside the robot body, giving his master appendages again. Their criminal activities would also put them into opposition with the Teen Titans.Īt one point, after the Broterhood of Evil had gone dormant and the Doom Patrol had both broken up and reformed, Mallah and the Brain invaded Doom Patrol headquarters to exact revenge on the super team in their own home.Ĭoincidentally, the pair had arrived while the team was elsewhere, and Robotman's brain was left outside his robotic body for maintenance. Setting out to destroy the Chief's 'pets', the Brain, Mallah, and their Brotherhood became enemies of the Doom Patrol.
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Now known simply as "the Brain", the scientist and Mallah gathered together the criminal organization known as the Brotherhood of Evil in hopes of conquering the world and getting revenge on Niles Caulder.Ĭaulder, now known as the Chief, through a series of other accidents that he manipulated, would form the superhero group known as the Doom Patrol.

Mallah rescued the scientist however, taking his brain and transferring it to a computer network that kept it functioning. However, the man's brain survived, and Caulder planned on putting it in a robot body as a way to control him. The scientist's colleague Niles Caulder grew jealous of his work and arranged for the scientist to get caught in an explosion, which destroyed the scientist's body. The scientist originally planned to implant his own brain within Mallah's body, but decided against it after bonding with the gorilla, eventually making him his personal assistant instead. He named the gorilla Monsieur Mallah and educated him for almost a decade, proving the philosopher René Descartes wrong that animals are mere automata. In one of his experiments, he captured a gorilla and raised its I.Q. Until then, excelsior.As a scientist, the man who would one day become known as the Brain experimented on animals to raise their intelligence. but has yet to receive a live-action version. He was recently a major character in the HBO Max Harley Quinn series as well. He doesn’t have powers but uses kite-based weapons and gadgets. Kite-Man is traditionally a Batman villain named Charles “Chuck” Brown. That one could be any of the previously mentioned. Peacemaker does mention having fought a gorilla at Burning Man that was far stronger. Unfortunately, this isn’t any of the famous gorillas from the comics Gorilla Grodd, Ultra-Humanite, or Monsieur Mallah. The butterflies took over a gorilla from the zoo. Not much of an easter egg, but yeah, he mentions Superman. You can also check out my previous breakdowns of Peacemaker Episode 1, 2 and 3 here, as well as Episode 4 here. In the meantime, you can check out my breakdown of the ending and easter eggs in The Suicide Squad by heading over here. The series also stars Danielle Brooks as Adebayo, Freddie Stroma as Vigilante, Jennifer Holland as Harcourt, Steve Agee as Economos, Chukwudi Iwuji as Murn, and Robert Patrick as Auggie Smith. The series will explore the origins of the character that Cena first portrayed in James Gunn’s 2021 film, The Suicide Squad, which is already currently available on HBO GO. Peacemaker  is a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it. I’ll be discussing heavy spoilers so if you haven’t seen it or want to avoid spoilers, now’s your chance to stop reading. The fifth episode of Peacemaker Season 1 is now streaming on HBO GO and HBO Max.
