Peacemaker just proved an old rule: the only good DC sidekicks are animals

There have been nearly a dozen live-action movies starring Batman since Tim Burton rebooted the character in 1989, yet only two of them feature a costumed Robin. We’ve had two live-action Aquaman movies without Aqualad, and across Henry Cavill and David Corenswet’s Superman movies, Jimmy Olsen is either killed off or barely connected to Superman at all. By default, that leaves Peacemaker’s best friend Eagly as one of the few active sidekicks in the DCU, new or old, apart from Superman’s recently revived buddy Krypto.