The second season of Peacemaker is rapidly expanding the roster of the new DC Universe, solidifying the 11th Street Kids as canon while introducing a host of new heroes and villains. Among the fresh faces created specifically for the series are the breakout comedy genius Langston Fleury (Tim Meadows) and Eagly’s dedicated nemesis, Red St. Wild (Michael Rooker). The show also weaves in connections to the broader DCU, featuring characters from 2025’s Superman and even a brief appearance by the Batman villain White Rabbit (Brey Noelle). Amid these more prominent additions, another DC Comics character was quietly integrated into the ARGUS team, remaining in the background until the season’s fifth episode completely redefined her origin, severing a foundational tie to one of DC’s most important heroes.
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The new ARGUS agents in Peacemaker Season 2 include Sasha Bordeaux (Sol Rodríguez), a high-ranking officer who reports directly to the agency’s new director, Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo), and supervises the ongoing operation against Christopher Smith (John Cena). The name is instantly recognizable to longtime comic book readers, as Sasha Bordeaux has a complex history that involves training under Batman, working for and against Amanda Waller, and enduring a traumatic transformation that left her caught between human and machine. Her introduction in Peacemaker was expected to be a subtle nod to the Gotham-centric corner of the DCU, but the show has now revealed a new backstory for the character, charting a course independent of the Dark Knight. Warning: Spoilers below for Peacemaker Season 2, Episode 5.
Sasha Bordeaux’s Comic Book History
First appearing in Detective Comics #751, Sasha Bordeaux was created by Greg Rucka and Shawn Martinbrough as a highly capable Secret Service agent hired by Lucius Fox to be Bruce Wayne’s personal bodyguard. Her assignment was a constant source of friction, as her professional dedication clashed with Bruce’s need to maintain his secret life as Batman. Refusing to be just another employee he could dismiss, Sasha took her job seriously and began investigating her client’s mysterious injuries and frequent disappearances. Her investigation culminated in her discovering the Batcave and confronting Bruce, successfully deducing that he was Batman. With her knowledge of his secret, Bruce had little choice but to bring her into his world, reluctantly training her as his apprentice.
Sasha’s loyalty to Batman was put to the ultimate test during the Bruce Wayne: Murderer? storyline. When Bruce was framed for the murder of Vesper Fairchild, Sasha was implicated as an accomplice. Despite intense pressure from law enforcement, she refused to provide an alibi for Bruce that would expose his identity as Batman. Her silence led to her conviction and imprisonment in Blackgate Penitentiary. While inside, she endured brutal treatment but never betrayed Bruce’s secret. Her story appeared to end tragically when she was declared dead in the prison infirmary after a violent attack. This event was a turning point, marking the end of her life in Gotham and her connection to the Bat-Family.
In truth, Sasha’s death was faked by the clandestine intelligence organization Checkmate, which saw her potential and forcibly recruited her. Following extensive plastic surgery to alter her appearance, she was integrated into the agency and quickly rose through its ranks. She became the right-hand woman, designated the Black Knight, to Maxwell Lord, the charismatic leader of Checkmate. Her belief in Checkmate’s mission to police the world’s metahumans put her at the center of the universe-altering Infinite Crisis event. She soon discovered Lord’s true intentions to eliminate all superheroes, a plan he set in motion by hijacking Batman’s Brother Eye satellite to control an army of powerful OMAC cyborgs.
Attempting to stop Lord, Sasha confronted him, only to be betrayed and impaled by a prototype OMAC soldier. However, instead of killing her, the attack triggered a transformation. The advanced nanites within the OMAC fused with her body, rebuilding her from the near-fatal wounds and turning her into a human-cyborg hybrid. Unlike the mindless OMAC drones controlled by Brother Eye, Sasha retained her consciousness and free will, a unique result of her direct exposure to the nanite technology. This transformation granted her superhuman strength, durability, enhanced senses, and the ability to interface with technology, but at the cost of her full humanity.
Sasha eventually took control of a reformed, UN-sanctioned Checkmate, assuming the powerful title of Black Queen. In this leadership role, she frequently found herself in direct opposition to Amanda Waller, whose ruthless methods with ARGUS and Task Force X clashed with Checkmate’s more structured approach. Their relationship was one of intense rivalry and mutual distrust, two powerful women manipulating global events from opposing sides of the espionage world.
Peacemaker Season 2 Changes Sasha Bordeaux’s Backstory
The fifth episode of Peacemaker Season 2 pivots away from this rich comic book history to establish a self-contained origin for Sasha Bordeaux. During a tense ARGUS operation to capture Christopher Smith, Sasha leads the field team, including Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland). As Chris prepares to fight his way out, Sasha has him in her sights, and a conversation with Rick Flag Sr. reveals the truth about her abilities. The audience is shown the world through Sasha’s eyes, revealing a bionic interface displaying tactical data, confirming she is not entirely human.
The full story is later explained by John Economos (Steve Agee) to a curious Harcourt. In this new DCU continuity, Bordeaux was involved in a catastrophic plane crash years before the series’ events. Her body was severely damaged, and ARGUS rebuilt her, replacing nearly half of her with advanced machinery before returning her to active duty. This new origin completely removes her history with Bruce Wayne. Since Batman is confirmed to have been active for years in the DCU via Creature Commandos, this change appears to be a deliberate decision to divorce the character from her Gotham roots and tie her exclusively to the world of government espionage.
While this version of Sasha has no apparent connection to Batman, the series leaves the door open to adapt other elements of her past, particularly her ties to Checkmate and Amanda Waller. The episode portrays Sasha as actively trying to get closer to Rick Flag Sr., using flirtatious compliments to gain his confidence. Her main interest appears to be learning more about his plans to acquire Peacemaker’s Quantum Unfolding Storage Area technology. This behavior could suggest that Sasha’s loyalty is not with ARGUS. With a Waller television show in development, it is plausible that Sasha is acting as an embedded spy, feeding intelligence to her former boss as Waller (Viola Davis) orchestrates a comeback from the shadows.
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