In DC Comics’ “Peacemaker Tries Hard” #4 (by Kyle Starks, Steve Pugh, Jordie Bellaire, and Becca Carey), Peacemaker and the Red Bee continue their quest to find Bruce Wayne — not the billionaire, but the adopted dog of Christopher Smith (Peacemaker’s civilian identity), who has been kidnapped by the classic Doom Patrol villain, the Brain. After the duo head into the Amazon to look for the lost pup, they are taken captive by a group of gun-wielding locals. The cocaine-fueled villain Snowflame is revealed to be their leader, who tells the heroes he used to work smuggling guns, drugs, and more contraband for the Brain. But now, the operation has changed; instead of drugs and weapons, Snowflame is smuggling counterfeit copies of rare trading cards and knockoff sneakers — which, while highly profitable, is starting to bore Snowflame.
In order to bring some excitement back into his life, Snowflame tells Peacemaker and Red Bee he’s going to murder them. But before he can take them out, Red Bee calls on one of his trained bees to break the pair from their constraints, leading to the issue’s major fight. After ingesting a large amount of cocaine, Snowflame knocks Peacemaker to the ground with his drug-based powers. Just as Snowflame appears on the brink of victory, he drives his face deep into a massive pile of cocaine. However, Peacemaker reveals he’s put poisonous frogs into the drugs, and as a result, Snowflame screams out in horror when a deadly frog climbs up his nose. He hangs onto life as the poison infects his body, causing him to fall to his knees. When the cocaine dust settles, Peacemaker and Red Bee are the only fighters left standing, and with Snowflame seemingly dying, the duo immediately heads deeper into the jungle, preparing for their next encounter with the Brain’s minions.
