RE: question #1 of the OP… I certainly didn’t notice this the first time I watched, but at some later date I remembered noticing that all of the members of the Kryptonian council (very beginning, the one’s that were arguing with Jor-El about the planet falling apart) had symbols of some sort on their chest. Jor-El’s looked like an “S” but everyone else bore unrecognizable alien letters. It seemed clear to me at that point that the resemblance of Jor-El’s emblem to our letter “S” was simply coincidental. I imagine it was along the lines of a family crest of sorts, since it was apparently passed down to his son.
So, not explicitly stated, but hinted at that it is in fact some sort of Kryptonian symbol that just coincidentally looks like our letter “S”
That’s way cool.
Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman called one another Barry, Hall, Ollie, and Dinah?
(checks the apiary Geiger counters)
I’m confused. Why would you let me know you have the ability to detect incoming swarms of bees? That just lets me know that I need to use –
Well, never mind, you’ll find out.
John Oliver, (AKA Green Arrow :D)
You mean Oliver Queen? Haven’t seen him on Comedy Central.
I think he means Queen Latifah.
Wasn’t she in Bullitt ?
No, that was Roy Hackman.
Not sure when the comics made the “S”/Krypton connection, but the Superman movie in 1978 was the first depiction I ever recall of Jor-El wearing it.
As for the JLA-ers being on a first-name basis, there was an issue of Swamp Thing (Alan Moore-era) that made a splash by having them all refer to one another only by their first names. I don’t recall whether that came before, during or after Dark Knight.
There is another scene from the same series where the Flash and Lex Luthor have switched bodies. Lex realizes that at least he can learn the Flash’s secret identity and removes the mask and looks in the mirror. After a pause he says
“I have no idea who that is.”
OK, it was Justice League of America #19, The Super-Exiles of Earth, May 1963 when circumstances required them to all reveal their identities. Granted, at the end Superman uses Amnesium to wipe out their memories, but that doesn’t seem to have worked 'cause they know them in future issues. And Green Arrow and the Martian Manhunter apparently already knew each others, which is an odd pairing.
They have that green thing in common.
Lex Luthor was in Bullitt?
So with all the various reboots and whatnot, do they continue to rediscover each other’s identities, or does everybody know who everybody is now?
No, that was Luther Vandross.
Oh, no, what would be the fun in that? And besides, since the Flashpoint and New 52 reboot, we have Justice League (many of the members know who each other are), Justice League International (the comic’s already been cancelled, and some of the members are lost in a time loop), Justice League Dark (magic users, mostly without secret identities), and, most recently, the Justice League of America (created by the gummint in case they need to take out the Justice League; members include not only Green Arrow, the Atom and the Martian Manhunter, but Catwoman and Vibe).
Vibe? The break-dancing kid?
Why, of course! Just because he’s one of the most despised superheroes in the history of comics doesn’t mean he isn’t due a comeback! To be truthful, what I’ve seen is that have significantly tweaked his powers and his personality. He doesn’t breakdance any more, and his vibratory powers are meant to cancel out the Flash’s speed. (Yeah, sure, that’ll work.)