Rick Flag Sr.'s Recurring Position Defined

Warning! This submit incorporates SPOILERS for Peacemaker season 2

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Though it is solely not too long ago begun, James Gunn’s new DCU already has its personal model of Phil Coulson. Performed by Clark Gregg, Phil Coulson was a beloved SHIELD Agent featured in a number of early MCU initiatives. Now, it definitely seems to be as if the DCU is following go well with with a personality of their very personal, particularly in Peacemaker season 2.

Nearly all of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker season 1 are DCU canon, regardless of initially being a part of the earlier DCEU continuity. Nevertheless, the primary official DCU initiatives are Creature Commandos, Superman, and now Peacemaker season 2. Retaining that in thoughts, one character has been featured in all three initiatives, successfully making them the DCU’s Phil Coulson.

Phil Coulson Was A Key Participant In The MCU’s First Section

Making his debut in 2008’s Iron Man, Clark Gregg’s Phil Coulson was there for the daybreak of the MCU, having launched SHIELD even earlier than the debut of Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, who confirmed the existence of a cinematic universe and different heroes within the MCU’s very first post-credits scene.

Following that preliminary look, Phil made subsequent appearances in 2010’s Iron Man 2, monitoring Tony Stark’s actions, whereas additionally being one of many first people to come across the Asgardian God of Thunder in 2011’s Thor.

Agent Coulson finds Thor's hammer in Iron Man 2 movie.

Agent Phil Coulson would then obtain a fair larger function in 2012’s Avengers, as his demise by the hands of Loki would function a key catalyst, ensuing within the first-ever meeting of the Avengers in the course of the Battle of New York.

In consequence, Coulson was a key recurring character within the MCU’s first part of movies. Likewise, he was additionally secretly resurrected by Fury utilizing a course of reserved for reviving fallen Avengers, permitting Phil Coulson to lead the beloved multi-season Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. series on ABC (2013-2020).

Retaining all that in thoughts, it definitely seems to be as if the DCU is doing one thing related with considered one of their very own recurring authorities brokers.

Now, The DCU Has Frank Grillo’s Rick Flag Sr.

Superman is getting arrested by Ultraman in Superman

Having made his debut within the DCU’s very first official challenge, it is not exhausting to see how Frank Grillo’s Rick Flag Sr. has to this point had a really related trajectory to the MCU’s Agent Phil Coulson.

In 2024’s Creature Commandos, Rick Flag Sr. was put accountable for Amanda Waller’s brand-new Activity Power M, a covert crew of monsters deployed to Pokolistan to cope with the invading Amazonian sorceress Circe, solely to uncover a a lot larger worldwide disaster within the works.

Flag was then featured in James Gunn’s Superman assembly with members of the US Division of Protection, assembly with Lex Luthor to listen to his proposals advocating for Superman’s arrest.

Likewise, Flag himself turned Superman over to Luthor’s PlanetWatch, and was featured on the finish of the primary DCU film, listening to the Secretary of Protection’s considerations about metahumans and their interference in geopolitical affairs.

Rick Flag Sr. looking determined in Superman (2025) — Rick Flag Sr. wanting decided in Superman (2025)

Now, Rick Flag Sr. is proven in Peacemaker season 2 because the brand-new director of ARGUS, as Amanda Waller was compelled to step down and face a number of Congressional hearings after her darker operations like Activity Power X had been uncovered by Leota Adebayo (Waller’s daughter) at the end of Peacemaker season 1.

Though he’s involved about Peacemaker and his ongoing use of a pocket universe, Rick Flag Sr. additionally has a private vendetta towards Chris Smith. In spite of everything, Peacemaker killed Flag’s son in Corto Maltese (seen in The Suicide Squad).

As such, it definitely does not look like Rick Flag Sr. goes wherever anytime quickly. Likewise, Flag’s recurring function within the DCU’s first chapter very a lot mirrors Coulson’s journey past simply having a number of appearances, particularly now that he is the director of ARGUS (Coulson finally turned the director of SHIELD within the ABC sequence).

After Peacemaker Season 2, What Does The DCU’s Future Maintain For Rick Flag Sr?

Frank Grillo looking serious as Rick Flag Sr in Peacemaker season 2 — Frank Grillo wanting critical as Rick Flag Sr in Peacemaker season 2

After Peacemaker season 2, the following DCU initiatives with official launch dates are Lanterns, Supergirl, and Clayface in 2026. Nevertheless, Creature Commandos season 2 and Waller are each in energetic improvement, each of which can greater than possible characteristic the DCU’s new director of ARGUS.

Lanterns is said to be an Earth-based investigation of a murder, so maybe we might see some ARGUS involvement within the upcoming sequence. Whereas Flag did battle Clayface in Creature Commandos, the upcoming DCU villain film is predicted to be an origin story for the traditional Batman villain.

In the meantime, Supergirl is expected to be set primarily in space, an adaptation of the cosmic Girl of Tomorrow comedian sequence. As such, an look by Flag is pretty uncertain. In any occasion, it will be thrilling to see how Rick Flag’s story continues in Peacemaker season 2, and wherever he would possibly present up subsequent within the DCU’s future (Phil Coulson-style).

New episodes of Peacemaker season 2 launch Thursdays on HBO Max.