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- ReferencePatty Jenkins read Pérez
Patty Jenkins drew on William Moulton Marston's 1940s stories and on George Pérez's 1980s run, which modernized the character.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAfter the Crisis
The series restarted from scratch in 1987, right after Crisis on Infinite Earths, which Pérez himself had drawn.
source ↗ - ReferenceAres again
Ares, the god of war, is Diana's main enemy in these issues, just like in the 2017 film.
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- Behind the scenesEven issues only
Rucka ran two stories at once: Year One in the series' even-numbered issues and The Lies in the odd ones.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesRucka's return
Greg Rucka had written Wonder Woman in the 2000s. This was his return to the character, with Nicola Scott.
source ↗ - ReferenceSame starting point
As in the 2017 film, it all starts when Steve Trevor's plane goes down near Themyscira.
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- ReferencePieces of Man of Steel
Wikipedia notes that elements of Birthright were folded into Man of Steel (2013), and later into James Gunn's Superman (2025).
source ↗ - Behind the scenesOfficial origin, briefly
It started as an out-of-continuity retelling but became Superman's official origin, replacing John Byrne's The Man of Steel. Then Infinite Crisis shook everything up again.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesWaid pitched the movie
When Warner was hearing ideas to reboot Superman on film, Mark Waid was one of the comic writers who pitched. His take was close to Birthright.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA Smallville foreword
The collected edition opens with an introduction by Al Gough and Miles Millar, the creators of Smallville.
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- ReferenceBehind Batman v Superman
Wikipedia lists The Death of Superman among Batman v Superman's inspirations. Doomsday, the monster of the film's third act, comes from here.
source ↗ - ReferenceHenry Cavill's homework
Henry Cavill named The Death of Superman and The Return of Superman among the four comics he used to build his Superman.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBlame the wedding
The team planned to marry Clark and Lois, but the wedding was pushed back to line up with the Lois & Clark TV show. To fill the gap in the schedule, someone suggested killing the hero.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBonus magazine
The New Edition collects Newstime: The Life and Death of Superman for the first time, a special made to look like a news magazine.
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- Behind the scenesThe first of The New 52
Justice League #1 came out on August 31, 2011, and kicked off DC's line-wide relaunch, The New 52.
source ↗ - ReferenceCyborg, founding member
Here Cyborg becomes a founding member of the League, taking the Martian Manhunter's place. The DCEU films kept that lineup.
source ↗ - ReferenceAnimated version
The story was adapted as the animated film Justice League: War (2014), with Shazam in place of Aquaman.
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- ReferenceJohns on the story
Geoff Johns, who wrote this arc, shares the story credit on Aquaman (2018) with James Wan and Will Beall.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Trench on screen
The Trench kingdom shows up in the film, and a horror spin-off called The Trench was announced.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBrazilian pencils
The art is by Brazilian penciller Ivan Reis, a frequent Geoff Johns collaborator.
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- ReferenceThe official source
Warner announced the film would be based on these Johns and Frank backup stories from Justice League, which modernized the hero's origin.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesGoodbye, Captain Marvel
This is when the hero was officially renamed Shazam, leaving the Captain Marvel name behind.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe whole family
Billy's foster siblings, Mary, Freddy, Darla, Eugene and Pedro, appear in this lineup both here and in the film.
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- ReferenceInspiration on the label
DC itself sells this collection as the classic story that inspired The Suicide Squad.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe creator on screen
John Ostrander, who reinvented the Squad in 1987, appears in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad. He was already in the trailer.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesOld name, new team
The Suicide Squad name dates back to 1959, as a team of adventurers. Ostrander turned it into a crew of jailed villains working for the government.
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- Behind the scenesMature label
It came out under DC Black Label, DC's mature imprint, thanks to all the swearing. Kyle Starks writes and Steve Pugh draws.
source ↗ - ReferenceA dog named Bruce Wayne
Peacemaker adopts a dog and names him Bruce Wayne.
source ↗ - SetupOut of continuity
Captain Boomerang shows up alive, even though he died at the start of The Suicide Squad. That's the tell that the comic doesn't follow the films' continuity.
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- ReferenceNot a literal translation
Andy Muschietti said The Flash would adapt elements of Flashpoint, but he didn't want a literal translation of the comic.
source ↗ - ReferenceA different Batman
In the comic, that world's Batman is Thomas Wayne, Bruce's father. The film swapped that idea for Michael Keaton's Batman.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesEnd of a universe
The final issue led straight into The New 52 relaunch in 2011.
source ↗ - ReferenceAnimated first
Before the film, the story was adapted as the animated Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox in 2013.
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- ReferenceThe movie that was next
The Flash's original ending was setting up a film based on Crisis on Infinite Earths that would reset the DCEU.
source ↗ - ReferenceTwo Flashes
Ezra Miller first appeared as the Flash alongside Grant Gustin in the Arrowverse's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover in 2019–2020.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA 50th birthday
The miniseries marked DC's 50th anniversary and was built to clean up decades of parallel Earths.
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- ReferenceA Latino lead
Blue Beetle (2023) was the first superhero film with a Latino lead: this comic's Jaime Reyes.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBorn in 2006
Jaime was created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers and Cully Hamner, and debuted in Infinite Crisis #3 in 2006.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Kord legacy
Jaime is the third Blue Beetle, after Dan Garrett and Ted Kord. Ted's company, Kord Industries, is at the center of the film.
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- Behind the scenesOn TV, unpaid
This story's gray-haired Superman showed up on TV, played by Brandon Routh. Alex Ross said Warner didn't pay for using the Kingdom Come characters.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe artist's father
Pastor Norman McCay, the story's narrator, was modeled on Alex Ross's father.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFully painted
Alex Ross painted the pages in gouache from live models, which gives the book its painted look.
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- ReferenceMorrison's pitch
Grant Morrison also pitched for the new Superman film. Per Wikipedia, the idea resembled All-Star Superman.
source ↗ - ReferenceAnimated film
The series became the animated film All-Star Superman in 2011.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAward shelf
It won Eisner and Harvey awards and tends to top lists of the best Superman stories.
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- Behind the scenesHal returns
Hal Jordan had been sidelined since the '90s, when he became the villain Parallax. This miniseries brought him back as Green Lantern.
source ↗ - ReferenceParallax on screen
The idea of Parallax as a fear entity, introduced here, became the villain of the film Green Lantern (2011), starring Ryan Reynolds.
source ↗ - ReferenceA Lantern in the League
In Zack Snyder's Justice League, a Green Lantern fights Darkseid in the ancient battle shown in flashback.
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