Recently, a massive controversy has erupted around a Marvel Comics comic book crossover event called Secret Empire.
The question feels more timely than you'd expect. There's a sense here of confusion, and maybe even regret, on the studio's part: Was turning half of DC's storied heroic legacy into authoritarian murderers really a good idea? Now Injustice 2 is left to pick up the mess: When it opens, Batman is trying to restore order, while Superman rots in a jail cell and Wonder Woman and his other key allies remain in hiding. After the Joker tricked Superman into killing a pregnant Lois Lane and nuking Metropolis, the Blue Boy Scout formed a global fascist organization dedicated to stopping crime, no matter the cost. In the original, director Ed Boon ( Mortal Kombat) and his studio, NetherRealm, turned comic books' most enduring icon of Good into a full-blown supervillain. What do you do with a superhero after you've turned him into a bad guy? That's the question quietly haunting the story mode of Injustice 2, the sequel to a 2013 fighting game starring DC Comics characters.
