She’s thinking “god, are our suits actually that similar, just reversed? We’re wearing the same belt, yeesh. Now I feel tacky.”

Trivia: Monkey Punch (RIP 1937-2019), author of Lupin III, supervised the original Japanese translation of The Death of Superman (1993). He was shocked to hear the news of Superman's death, and, after reading the book, decided he'd work on its translation.

That's hilarious. I also love this retcon and the idea of Conner being the "Clex baby"

Superboy #26 (1996) featured a letter by a reader named Geoffrey Johns. He theorized Superboy was a clone of Lex Luthor, but an editor responded that wasn't the case. Nine years later, Teen Titans writer Geoff Johns confirmed Superboy is partially a clone of Lex Luthor.

Will forever be wondering wtf the writer's thought they were cooking with this season

Nightwing gets killed by a random twink. (Titans S03E11, "The Call Is Coming from Inside the House", 2021)

In real life, Cuca is a Brazilian bogeywoman with Iberian origins. In the DC Universe, for some reason, she's an Indigenous Princess™ named Andira who Sacrificed Her Newborn Nephew™ to an Evil Death God™. (2022) (There are no real life/non-DC records of any "Princess Andira" tale.)

You gotta love that level of curtness comic book writers/artists seem to have towards characters. "We already did that idea." "Destroy him, get him out of the way"

When Neal Adams first proposed creating John Stewart, editor Julius Schwartz told him Guy Gardner was already filling the "backup Green Lantern" role. "This is what I suggest," Adams said. "We hit him with a bus." And so they did.

You’re broke, that kid ain’t yours and everybody know

¡El prendedor!

In international editions of Batman/The Flash: The Button (2017), the Comedian's smiley button on the cover was changed to be blank, covered, or a Batman/Flash button (inside art remained unedited). That's because the "Smiley Face" symbol is trademarked by The Smiley Company outside of the US.

In the post-credits scene of DC League of Super-Pets (2022) (produced by Dwayne Johnson), Krypto (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) and Superman (John Krasinski) encounter Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) and his dog, Anubis (Dwayne Johnson).

Tim Drake was originally going to be named "Jeff". It was likely a last-minute change, as that name was accidentally left in a panel from the original printing of Batman #441 (1989).

Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins (1998) featured a profile page for The Answer (created by Alan Grant & Mark Buckingham), a character who never appeared in any comic. According to Buckingham, he was supposed to appear in a short, post-Cataclysm arc featuring The Riddler.

In 2021, DC introduced Yara Flor, an Indigenous Brazilian Wonder Girl who briefly had her own solo series. Upon debuting, Yara was under heavy backlash for being a racist caricature of Indigenous Brazilians (among other racist elements in her stories). Her situation has yet to improve.

Great Darkness Saga really was Darkseid at his fucking scariest. None of the shit he pulls nowadays will ever be as terrifying as "The demon king has risen after a thousand years and he has an army of 3 billion Supermen."

In "Legion of Super-Heroes" #294 (1982), Brainiac 5 orders Element Lad to turn 0.1% of Daxam's atmosphere into lead, the Daxamites' greatest weakness.

When Guy Gardner lost his Power Ring in 1994, the plan was to keep him a powerless hero. DC higher-ups, however, wanted him "to be able to morph weapons", inspired by the popularity of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The Power Rangers famously don't do that.

In Batwoman #17 (2013), Batwoman proposed to Maggie Sawyer, but DC prohibited them from actually getting married, leading J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman to quit the book. Co-publisher (at the time) Dan DiDio clarified he's not homophobic; he's just against superheroes having happy lives.

There was an idea for the "DC versus Marvel" crossover (1995-1996) to end with Martian Manhunter and She-Hulk temporarily swapping universes. It ultimately didn't happen "because legal entities at both companies found it too much of a nightmare."

It's still hilarious to me that Yara was created to, and I'm sorry for the wording, cater towards diverse representation, only to get an opposite effect of being considered a racist stereotype. Not to mention the major positive response she got was from gooners.

É incrível como a DC cago em cima dos fãs com a Amazona de Idaho. Desde dos problemas com sexualização e desrespeito com a cultura dos povos indígenas, a escritora e artista da hq ser preguiçosa demais para fazer pesquisa sobre nosso país. Pura vergonha alheia.

In 2021, DC introduced Yara Flor, an Indigenous Brazilian Wonder Girl who briefly had her own solo series. Upon debuting, Yara was under heavy backlash for being a racist caricature of Indigenous Brazilians (among other racist elements in her stories). Her situation has yet to improve.

Back in the 60's, Brazilian editors thought "Martian Manhunter" was too long of a name for their redrawn speech bubbles*, so they renamed him "Ajax". That name was used until the early 2000's, when it was replaced with "Caçador de Marte" (Manhunter from Mars).

Bruce Wayne becomes Man. (Gotham S04E02,"The Fear Reaper", 2017)

Trivia: The "S" in Mary Marvel's "Shazam" acronym was to be Sappho, an Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos, but Fawcett editor Rod Reed, in his own words "not then enlightened about the healthful effects of homosexuality and lesbianism", had it be changed to the moon goddess Selena.

i wasnt even aware they did that on the very first episode

Lana Lang's parents get hit by a meteor. (Smallville S01E01, 2001)

July 2019 saw the premiere of Pennyworth (later retitled Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler), a TV series following a young Alfred as he fought the fascist Raven Society in 1960s London. It was canceled after 3 seasons, and, naturally, served as a prequel to Gotham and V For Vendetta.

In Absolute Batman #12 (2025), we learn Bane brutalized all of Bruce Wayne's friends. For Oswald Cobblepot, who was insecure about his own height, Bane crushed so many bones in his body that he became almost 61cm (2 feet) shorter.

John Constantine's Wikipedia page has an "In real life" section. That's because Alan Moore, Jamie Delano, Peter Milligan, Brian Azzarello, Paul Jenkins, and Rick Veitch claim to have met him. (Hellblazer #234 cover by Lee Bermejo)

The Elongated Man, who debuted in 1960, only has "such an unwieldy name" because "Elastic" was already taken by Jimmy Olsen's Elastic Lad, and editor Julius Schwartz believed "Plastic Man" was still owned by Quality Comics. Schwartz later learned DC owned Plastic Man since 1956.

In "Legends of Tomorrow" S03E17 ("Guest Starring John Noble"; 2018), the Legends noticed the demon Mallus (played by John Noble) sounded exactly like John Noble, so they time traveled to the set of LotR and gave Noble a fake script so they could record it and manipulate Mallus' followers.

In the Brazilian dub of The Flash S08E01 ("Armageddon, Part 1", 2021), audio was accidentally left in of Barry's voice actor saying "Look at this shitty dialogue" ("Ó que diálogo merda"). It's theorized this happened because the people behind the sound editing/mixing didn't speak Portuguese.

During the New 52/DCYou era, Barbara Gordon's Oracle identity could "never be used or even mentioned in any context, no matter [the writers'] intentions with it." Barbara was also forbidden from wearing glasses, being a librarian, and having a cool hideout.

In 2015, a mysterious armored man was spotted on the set of "Suicide Squad" (2016). Many thought he was a character in the movie, with Deadshot being a popular guess. He was just a Real Life Superhero guy who walked by.

According to the official timeline for the "Future State" (2021) event, Tim Drake is still Robin in big 2040.

Blue Beetle #3 (1964) featured a fan letter from 16 year-old George R.R. Martin. "The first issue of BB wasn't the greatest comic book I've ever seen, but it was the best stuff to come from your company. The plot of his origin story was excellent, and the tale itself was very good."

In The Flash S03E19 (2017), H.R. Wells and Cisco sing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". In the Latin American Spanish dub, they sing "Cha-La Head-Cha-La", the first opening theme of Dragon Ball Z, likely referencing the fact Mario Castañeda voices both Wells and adult Goku.

In Brainiac's first appearance (1958), he was accompanied by his alien pet monkey, Koko. In the Post-Zero Hour (1994) era, the Legion of Super-Heroes' Brainiac 5 also had his own Koko. The little guy is still remembered sometimes.

"Aquaman" #56 (1971), written by Steve Skeates, was intended to kickstart a new story arc, but the series was canceled on that issue. When Skeates wrote Warren Publishing's "Eerie" #37 & #40 (1972) and Marvel's "Sub-Mariner" #72 (1974), he used them as sequels to his Aquaman story.

On October 16, 2001, Smallville premiered on The WB (which later became The CW), following the coming-of-age adventures of a teen Clark Kent. Today, The CW airs the series finale of Superman & Lois, the final DC show on the network, following an experienced Superman and his family.

As you may know, the death of Robin (Jason Todd) in 1988 was decided via a phone poll. In 2014, Dennis O'Neil talked about a lawyer who voted 85 times by programming his Macintosh to dial the killing number every few minutes. "Robin Dies" defeated "Robin Lives" by a slim margin of 72 votes.