Category "comic-adaptation"

What are the key differences between Christopher Nolan's batman character and Zack Snyder's batman character?

I'm a huge Batman fan. Recently while binge watching the Batman series, a thought came across my mind as what are the key differences between Christopher Nolan'

Wonder Woman's strength (2017 film) vs the comic books [closed]

I noticed Wonder Woman is incredibly strong in the 2017 film, being able to pretty easily lift a tank over her head. The only other Wonder Wom

What is the significance of the different avatars of Catwoman in Batman's vision during Concussion?

In Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016), when Penguin hit Batman on his head, he sees three Catwoman instead of one in his Concussion state: But thes

Why did they name it Super Friends rather than Justice League of America?

The Super Friends animated show was based on the famous DC comic book team Justice League of America, but they didn't name it that and made up a new team name i

Why do Superman and Batman's mothers have the same name, Martha?

In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the major conflict between Superman and Batman ended after Batman got to know about Superman's mother's name: Batman: [s

What were all the fighters in previous Age of Heroes?

In Justice League, we got to know that Steppenwolf already tried his plan in the past; and the combined power of Amazons, Atlanteans and humans defeated them. B

Is Flash pushing Wonder Women's sword is some comic book reference or a mythological analogy?

In Justice League, there is an iconic scene where the Flash helps Wonder Woman get her sword by giving it a push: However, with Zack Snyder as director, thi

What is the Supergerm in the Justice League film?

In Justice League, we see a scene with a newspaper front page, which I have already covered in the similar question but there is a mention of a Supergerm in the

Is The Executioner in Gotham TV show a pun on Marvel character of same name?

In Gotham season 3, we see Nathaniel Barnes' full transformation into The Executioner,: This character doesn't look like any DC character I know but like a m

Is GCPD's bullet giving ritual is based on real life or is it from comics?

In Gotham S04E08 we see GCPD have a ritual of distributing bullet caps to the surviving officers. Is this ritual based on some real thing or is it from DC comic

How accurate to the comics is the Iron spider suit from Infinity War?

In the Avengers: Infinity War, Peter Parker gets the new Iron spider suit from Tony Stark. How accurate is it with the comics? The functionality of the suit as

What is the point of naming Tony Stark's dream son after his comic book rival?

In Avengers: Infinity War, Tony had this conversation with Pepper: Tony Stark: Right! That's the point I'm trying to make. Last night, I dreamt, we had a kid.

What is the relationship between Steppenwolf and Darkseid in the DC Extended Universe?

In the DC comics, Steppenwolf is the uncle of Darkseid. However, their relation was not made clear in the Justice League (2017) movie. I've read many CBR articl

Is Batman v Superman based any comic book?

I have recently come across the story of the Injustice: Gods among us comic and was thrilled with the whole concept of Batman's Army against Superman's Army. I

Why did Shazam! take place in a real city?

The movie Shazam takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is different than most DC movies and shows in which they all take place in fictional cities. S

Emotional immaturity of comic-book version of superhero Shazam

In the 2019 movie Shazam, much is made of the fact that the title character - though apparently an adult man (with superpowers) - is in actual fact an emotional

On what story arc is the Swamp Thing based on?

On which story arc the Swamp Thing (2019) series on DC streaming based? It shows the story of Alec Holland but in the comics the story is different. So, what

Is the way Thomas Wayne is portrayed in the "Joker (2019)" based on any comic reference?

For this question, let's take the theory aside that … … the whole story of the movie might only exist in the Joker's mind and doesn't reflec

How much is Riverdale based on Archie comics?

I just finished Riverdale's first season and started to dig some information about the background. I was surprised to found out that it is actually based on the

Is this comics in Riverdale S01E13 actually the comics that inspired the show?

In my previous Riverdale question, I asked about the connection between the Riverdale world and Archie comics. I noticed now, that in S01E13 when FP is