Steppenwolf’s First Invasion
Before the movie came out, we were led to believe that this short history of Steppenwolf’s first invasion would rival epic battle scenes from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. That didn’t happen, but we want to believe that the rest of the sequence in question will be released on Blu-ray.
What we got instead was a couple of special appearances. Leaving aside the awesomeness of a couple of Amazons, who were also featured in the Wonder Woman Themyscira scenes, Justice League introduced the Green Lanterns!
Given the timeframe, this didn’t occur on Earth, but still! This Green Lantern heroically battles Parademons, only to be killed by Steppenwolf, whose ring then flies off in search of the next valiant hero.
This scene also gives us more of a taste of the Olympian Gods’ power than we got in Wonder Woman. This hasn’t been confirmed, but Zeus joined the alliance of Men, Atlanteans, and Amazons, throwing lightning bolts at the invaders. We also see the Olympian God Artemis (Diana in Roman mythology), the Goddess of the Hunt, taking aim with her bow.
We should mention that the lightning bolt tosser could be an ancient version of Shazam! or even the wizard himself. We don’t know, and we probably won’t find out until Shazam! is released (oh, it’s happening!).
