Gunn himself hinted at this back in February 2023 by posting a tweet that shared art from the comics that have most influenced the burgeoning new DCU film slate, with a famous cover from All-Star Superman, alongside art from The Authority, Grant Morrison's run on Batman, and Alan Moore's Swamp Thing.

"What I wanted to do was mimic more what it was like to shoot jet fighters," says the writer/director of this summer's event film.