Questions tagged [dc]
For questions about all DC Comics' properties or the company as a whole, including decisions made by the studio regarding those properties. Only use with tag [comics] if limiting answers to comics, not movies or other works. When asking questions about the film universe, Arrowverse, or animated universe use the relevant tags, i.e., [dc-animated-universe], [dc-extended-universe] or [arrowverse].
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DC crossover from the 70s or 80s: Aliens try to steal the Earth, the Spectre moves it back to the right position
As a child, I read a DC crossover comic. Here is what I remember:
Aliens are trying to move the Earth towards their home. Mankind is to be sold or used as slaves, because human hands with their ...
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The Art behind Bruce Wayne’s visual design
When Bill Finger and Bob Kane first introduced Bruce Wayne in detective comics 27, was he visually inspired by any actor like Clark Kent was by Harold Lloyd or Joker with Conrad Veidt ?
If he was ...
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Who invented the Kryptonian language spoken in My Adventures With Superman?
I got dropped into My Adventures with Superman, and in season 1, episode 9, we get some Kryptonian, which...very obviously is based on Romance languages. I believe the phrase was something like
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How could Engineer be neutralised if both she and Ultraman could fly?
In this scene, when Superman started to descent at super high speed, Engineer was seen saying,
I won’t be able to sustain the impact at this speed.
But, why was this a problem given both Engineer ...
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Which comic book elements inspired Rachel Dawes' portrayal as Bruce Wayne's childhood friend?
Has Christopher Nolan ever talked about the idea behind Rachel Dawes? Especially her depiction as Bruce Wayne’s childhood sweetheart, a concept I loved about her character. She was originally created ...
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Does "one tyrannical regime" refer to Boravia?
In Superman (2025), Superman tells Lane he flew Ghurkos into the desert, pressed him against a cactus, and warned him to stay away from Jarhanpur. Lane says Superman broke laws and acted without US ...
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Why did Lex Luthor order the comms channel switched?
In Superman (2025), inside LuthorCorp Tower, Lex Luthor is directing the Hammer of Boravia through coded commands (12C, 18A, 34B, 8H):
[woman 2] Lex, we have the Engineer.
[Engineer] The target has ...
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Superman TV episode, probably 1990s: he is in a foggy dark place, with his parents and a monster
This is possibly an episode of Lois and Clark from the early 1990s, though I am not sure about that. I only remember one scene and I hope somebody can identify it.
Scene:
Superman is in dark place, ...
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When were Superman's parents first portrayed as having sinister intentions for Kal-El on Earth?
(Spoilers ahead!) Early in Superman (2025), we see a touching message from Superman's biological parents, Jor-El and Lara, delivered via a hologram while he's healing:
Jor-El: We love you more than ...
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The Flash and very fast tortoises
I read this story probably in the early-to-mid 1960s. I believe the Flash (Barry Allen) either went to another planet or (more probably) a parallel dimension (possibly by means of his Cosmic Treadmill ...
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Is the apocalyptic dimension with giant skull spiders in Peacemaker Season 2 based on the comics?
In the Peacemaker Season 2 trailer, we get a glimpse of the Quantum Unfolding Chamber from Season 1, the one in Christopher Smith's closet. It's revealed that it has a dimensional doorway leading to ...
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When did Batman’s personality become so brooding, compared to the Golden Age?
I know that Golden Age Batman was a dark hero based on the fact that he killed criminals, but in terms of personality, was he the stoic, dark brooding character he’s now known to be? And if not, when ...
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Has there ever been a Green Lantern vow against getting involved in politics?
In Superman (2025), there's a humorous exchange between Lois Lane and Green Lantern (Guy Gardner) where Guy refuses to help break a US government-incarcerated prisoner out of jail. He claims that as a ...
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When did the Green Lantern Corps start to refer to themselves as such?
I recently finished a TPB of Green Lantern's early adventures presented in the exact order they were published. In Hal Jordan's very first appearance, he is brought to a dying Abin Sur to inherit his ...
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batman comics within batman story
I came across this image from "The Phantom Eye of Gotham City" (Detective Comics #192), showing a boy reading a Batman magazine (see the attached image). It occurred to me that it was quite ...
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