Fans Frantically Pick Apart Superman's History of Metahumans Mural as James Gunn Finally Shares Full Image

Superman Director and DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has published the afloat Hall of Justice History of Metahumans mural online for each to see, and fans are already moving unneurotic to place its biggest heroes.

DC fans of each signifier and size person picked isolated Superman since it premiered successful theaters earlier this month. In summation to introducing the satellite to David Corenswet’s Man of Steel, the movie serves arsenic the jumping-off constituent for the caller DCU, meaning each small item and leader notation included successful its two-hour-and-10-minute runtime are considered canon going forward. With endless possibilities for however Gunn could physique a caller DC cinematic universe, thing similar the History of Metahumans is crucial.

The History of Metahumans mural featured successful Superman's Hall of Justice. Image courtesy of James Gunn.

Warning! Spoilers for Superman follow.

Die-hard DC fans were speedy to comb done each pixel connected the Hall of Justice's mural erstwhile Gunn posted it to societal media today. That's mostly due to the fact that this is the archetypal clip everyone has been capable to spot it unobscured. (Hit the nexus for our breakdown of who we deliberation is successful James Gunn's metahuman mural.)

Any 1 of the millions who person seen the caller Superman movie could person spotted the Hall of Justice mural successful a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it infinitesimal that appears astir halfway done the movie. When Corenswet’s Clark Kent turns himself successful to Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor, he’s transported to what we’re told is simply a pouch beingness betwixt dimensions. With obscurity other to crook and nary motion of Superman, Rachel Brosnahan’s Lois Lane looks to The Justice Gang (working title) for help.

Shortly aft entering the in-development Hall of Justice, the short-staffed radical tin beryllium seen lounging astir an unfastened surviving space. It’s present that Gunn snuck successful the History of Metahumans mural, which includes what is surely the largest roster of caller DCU heroes we’ve received truthful far.

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There are 26 DC heroes successful the mural that we tin see, and astir each of them are heavy cuts. The archetypal of Gunn’s 2 images seemingly features characters similar Madame Xanadu, Silent Knight, Black Pirate, Super Chief, Amazing-Man, Wesley Dodds’ Sandman, Commander Steel, and Zatara. In the 2nd picture, we judge we tin spot Liberty Belle, Bulletman, Bulletgirl, Max Mercury, Phantom Lady, Atomic Knight, Wildcat, Freedom Beast, Vibe, Gunfire, and Max Lord.

The past sanction connected that database shows up for a cameo toward the extremity of Superman and is played by Gunn’s member and histrion Sean Gunn. Every different name, however, could crook up successful different DCU movie down the enactment oregon possibly ne'er adjacent look astatine all.

The lone happening for definite is that their beingness successful Superman’s Hall of Justice means each sanction exists successful the aboriginal days of the caller DCU canon successful immoderate capacity. It’s a clever maneuver to soma retired its satellite arsenic viewers effort to get a grip connected each of the changes coming to the DC movie universe.

I tin yes.

Fans are inactive piecing unneurotic immoderate of the different names featured connected the mural. Some judge they’re capable to place heroes similar TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite, El Diablo, and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta, portion others are conscionable bittersweet the coating seems to termination suspicions that it included the archetypal Flash, Jay Garrick, and Doctor Fate.

Superman features Guy Gardner’s Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), Hawkgirl (Isabela Merced), Mr. Terrific (Edi Gathegi), and truthful galore different celebrated DC names, but fans volition ever excavation for much arsenic much movies travel out. With truthful galore different large players from the comic books (we’re inactive waiting to spot the DCU’s Batman) yet to marque an appearance, Gunn is staying quiescent astir however helium plans to soma retired the caller universe.

While we hold for much factual accusation from Gunn oregon for fans to place each DC leader themselves, you tin work our 8/10 Superman review. You tin besides cheque retired the director's thoughts astir the telephone to reverse 1 of the film's large twists and larn much astir what the film's ending sequences mean for the aboriginal of the DCU.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance contributor with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).