Over Comedian-Con weekend, James Gunn revealed the mom of all Superman Easter eggs: the entire mural seen within the Corridor of Justice that paperwork the historical past of metahumans within the DCU. In contrast to the MCU, which slowly constructed up its mythology over time, DCU entries like Creature Commandos and Superman have extra in widespread with Star Wars, dropping the viewers right into a world with a pre-established historical past stuffed with superhumans. Superman‘s opening textual content reveals that the existence of metahumans has been recognized for 300 years, and with Superman happening in 2025, that implies the primary encounter was roughly round 1725.
Superman
- Launch Date
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July 11, 2025
- Runtime
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130 minutes
- Director
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James Gunn
- Producers
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Peter Safran
The mural within the Corridor of Justice paperwork this historical past with 26 characters that chronicle the development of time within the DCU. Some predate the primary metahuman encounter, with folks heroes and legends making means for the superheroes that dominate the DCU, much like the transition within the comics. James Gunn and firm have pulled from the wealthy historical past of DC, together with characters not solely from DC’s Golden Age however from firms like Fawcett and High quality Comics that they acquired, in addition to some extra trendy characters who’ve been retroactively made a part of DC’s historical past. Listed here are all of the characters within the Corridor of Justice mural, defined.
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Sister Symmetry/Madame Xanadu
First Look: Sister Symetry – Justice League Darkish Vol 2 #8 (April 2019)/Madame Xanadu – Doorway to Nightmare #1 (February 1978)
Created by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno (Sister Symmetry), David Michelinie and Michael William Kaluta (Madame Xanadu)
Madame Xanadu is a DC sorceress who’s, actually, Nimue, aka The Girl of the Lake, from the King Arthur legend. She is finest recognized for her use of tarot playing cards to interpret what she senses and inform the way forward for others. When she dons the Cloak of Cyra, a magical merchandise created by a feminine Lord of Order much like the helmet of Physician Destiny, she turns into the hero Sister Symmetry. Her presence as the primary hero on the mural suggests she is likely one of the first recorded metahumans within the DCU. Nevertheless, her presence as a chunk of an Arthurian legend would imply that the DCU’s historical past with metahumans is even additional again than the 300 years teased in Superman.
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Silent Knight
First Look: The Courageous and the Daring #1 (August 1955)
Created by Robert Kanigher and Irv Novick
Silent Knight is Sir Brian Kent and was a knight in Sixth-century England. One other instance of predating the 300-year-old metahuman emergence established in Superman, Silent Knight does not contradict that, as he has no superpowers. He has ties and connections to the likes of King Arthur and Morgana la Fey, which additionally ties him in with Sister Symmetry. He’s additionally one of many reincarnated souls of Hawkman, linking him with the Justice Gang member Hawkgirl. A latest comedian has revealed that the Silent Knight may also be the ancestor of Superman’s adoptive father, Jonathan Kent, making his inclusion in Superman much more significant.
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Exoristos
First Look: Demon Knights #1 (November 2011)
Created by Paul Cornell and Diogenes Neves
Exoristos is an exiled Amazon of Themiscarya whose sword later turns into one of many signature weapons of Marvel Lady. Together with Exoristos hints that she was the primary Amazon the world encountered, and likewise pays homage to the thought of an Amazon (usually Marvel Lady’s mom, Hippolyta) being a superhero in different comics continuities. Exoristos’ inclusion right here appears like a set-up for each the Amazon-led prequel sequence Paradise Misplaced and the upcoming Marvel Lady movie.
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Black Pirate
First Look: Motion Comics #23 (April 1940)
Created by Sheldon Moldoff
Black Pirate was actually Jon Valor, a Sixteenth-century privateer who had many adventures. His story usually ends in tragedy as he’s framed for the homicide of his son, Justin. Black Pirate is hanged within the port of what’s going to develop into Opal Metropolis (residence of the hero Starman) and turns into a ghost, haunting the town to clear his title. Black Pirate is undoubtedly a deep pull, however is one other case of crime fighters within the DCU earlier than the emergence of the primary metahuman encounter.
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Whip Whirlwind/Max Mercury
First Look: Nationwide Comics #5 (November 1940)
Created by Jack Cole and Chuck Mazoujian
Maxwell Crandall seems on the Corridor of Justice mural twice, first within the 1800s period beneath his Whip Whirlwind persona, getting right into a dash pose, after which within the twentieth century as Max Mercury in a operating formation. Maxwell Crandall is a speedster, one who was a scout for america cavalry within the 1830s, who was given superspeed by a Native American shaman. Like many speedsters, Max has been recognized to journey by means of time, however solely seems to maneuver ahead versus having the ability to journey again. The mural does counsel he traveled in time and arrived within the Thirties, taking on a brand new hero mantle, Max Mercury.
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Miss Liberty
First Look: Tomahawk #81 (August 1962)
Created by Ed Herron and Fred Ray
Betty Lynn was a nurse in the course of the American Revolution who, impressed by her fellow revolutionaries, took on the mantle of Miss Liberty, carrying a masks and combating for American independence. She is the ancestor of one other hero on this mural, Liberty Belle. Whereas the Marvel Cinematic Universe established Captain America as being a significant a part of World Struggle II, the DCU is establishing that america’ origins are linked to masked crime fighters and are a part of the nation’s roots.
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Tremendous-Chief
First Look: All-Star Western #117 (March 1961)
Created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino
Tremendous-Chief is a Native American hero with tremendous power, velocity, and a protracted life-span, together with his placement on the Corridor of Justice mural implying he was alive properly earlier than he’s documented or lengthy after. Generally known as Flying Stag, he was a member of the Wolf Clan within the fifteenth century who acquired his powers from an historical meteorite. With how a lot the DC Universe has cherished to ascertain meteors as a part of the DC cosmic mythology retroactively, it’s possible Tremendous-Chief’s story might play a component within the upcoming sequence Lanterns.
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El Diablo (Lazarus Lane)
First Look: All-Star Western #2 (October 1970)
Created by Robert Kanigher and Grey Morrow
Whereas most followers may know the modern-day El Diablo from Suicide Squad, the primary was Lazarus Lane, an Outdated West hero working within the late nineteenth century. In some ways, El Diablo is DC’s Ghost Rider, as his soul is possessed by a demon to be a Spirit of Vengeance. The looks of an old-west hero actually opens the door for the most well-liked one in DC’s steady, Jonah Hex.
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Iron Munro
First Look: Younger All-Stars #1 (June 1987)
Created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, Michael Bair, and Brian Murray
Iron Munro is an attention-grabbing character. He was created to be a stand-in for Superman throughout World Struggle II tales as Superman’s present-day storylines moved additional away. Due to this, he possesses tremendous power, velocity, invulnerability, and may leap tall buildings in a single sure. Iron Munro, actual title Arnold Munro, is the son of Hugo Danner, a preferred pulp hero who’s seen as one of many main inspirations for Superman, who himself has had comics revealed by DC and Marvel. Iron Munro’s look right here serves as a homage to the hero that helped encourage Superman, and like his comedian ebook counterpart, stands in for Superman in tales set earlier than the character arrived.
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Ghost of Flanders
First Look: Hit Comics #18 (December 1941)
Created by Toni Blum and George E. Brenner
No relation to The Simpsons‘ Ned Flanders, The Ghost of Flanders was an American soldier named Rip Graves who had been reported useless at Flanders, an exceptionally bloody website in World Struggle I. Graves really survived and later discovered that he’d been honored as an Unknown Soldier on the tomb in Washington, D.C. As an alternative of reclaiming his civilian life, he let the world consider he was useless and operated as a masked vigilante, utilizing the crypt of the Unknown Soldier as his base of operations. The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is behind the Ghost of Flanders within the mural, that means the DCU is preserving this little bit of alternate historical past.