Amongst other powers, he can also fly, but when you can travel through time, other superpowers tend to pale in significance. Sometimes there are comics within comics, and Blaze Comics are just that: comics within the Superman universe, best known for sharing the adventures of Booster Gold, a showboating one-time Justice Leaguer who rocks sweet yellow shades and the ability to time travel. We always thought that was Pinky & The Brain. Incidentally, John 'D.J.' Des Jardin has previously worked with Snyder on Watchmen and Sucker Punch, and boasts one of the weirdest pieces of IMDB trivia out there: “Famous for making the word ‘gadzooks’ popular.” Huh. As we all know, Snyder was keen to announce that there was none of the green glowing crystal to be seen in Man Of Steel, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t crop up next time around – watch this video interview for more details – and perhaps Gallo might have something to do with it…
In the comics, the owner of the Utopia Casino was Tony Gallo, an unscrupulous businessman from Nevada involved in first bringing Superman into contact with Kryptonite. “He snuck that in there and I was like, ‘That’s awesome.’” “ The, yeah, well that’s John 'D.J.' Des Jardin, my visual effects supervisor,” says Snyder. D Neg is the visual effects company here in London that worked on all the Dark Knight movies, and they definitely did that.
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“When Zod’s tearing the building apart with his heat vision, there’s a Be Calm And Call Batman sign on the wall there, just really small,” says Snyder, “You might even have to stop the movie to see it but it’s definitely in there. Any we’ve missed? Let us know in the comment box below.
After speaking to the two of them for our spoiler podcast and video interviews, we’ve collated some of the stand-out bits of geekery from Kal-El’s cinematic return. Goyer are self-confessed comic book nerds, the kind of guys who casually reference classic Superman covers and are more than happy to sneak geeky references into a multi-million dollar superhero movie. The publisher recently reunited the fan-favorite couple Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, and introduced high-profile, attention-grabbing storylines in which Alan Scott/Green Lantern, Tim Drake/Red Robin, and Jon Kent/Superman all began journeys discovering and embracing their queerness.Man Of Steel director Zack Snyder and co-writer / producer David S. The Supergirl-Wonder Woman relationship and passionate kiss also further DC's ongoing embrace of the LGBTQIA+ community in more recent years, and especially in 2021. In creator Mariko Tamaki and Joëlle Jones's 2016-2017's out-of-continuity Supergirl: Being Super limited series, Kara is not expressly codified as being queer, though writer Tamaki has related the emotions and experiences of her version of Supergirl to her own experience as a queer woman. And though she's never been outwardly portrayed as queer, she's been perceived as 'queer-coded' before, meaning aspects of her story and personality are relatable to queer fans, despite there being no official confirmation of the character's sexuality. The comic book version of Kara/Supergirl herself is something gay icon.
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The moment adds a second upending of Earth-Prime continuity and its traditional relationships and a fun twist to what's been a decades-long flirtation between Superman and Wonder Woman over their history, which was fully consummated during the 'New 52' era when the publisher rebooted the Man of Steel's long-time relationship with Lois Lane and Clark and Diana officially but briefly became a couple.Īnd while it's not Kara per se, the moment could be seen as something of DC's answer to another version of Supergirl, the WB's live-action Kara Danvers, whose romantic relationship with Lena Luthor that was never fully embraced onscreen despite loyal fans clamoring for confirmation of their romance before the series ended last month - a media trope sometimes derisively called 'queer-baiting' in which characters are implied to be queer with stories and subjects that relate to queer fans, without ever confirming the character's sexuality or place in the queer community. Diana and Zala share a moment (Image credit: DC)