re: How Guardians of the Galaxy Proves Justice League Doesn't Need Origin Stories

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W/the events of MOS you really can't come up with a reason why the other DC heroes didn't show up to help.

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Well, the best reason may be because most of them don't exist yet. He was the first. In the DC mythos (or most), Superman's first appearance either coincided with or inspired the other heroes. So besides Batman, who typically stays at his home base, who else is going to show up? This is assuming they will ignore the GL movie.

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Batman is the only hero that we know is supposedly in existence as an active or retired superhero during MOS.

From what we're hearing, the aftermath of the events in MOS will play heavily in Batman V Superman. Word is that Aquaman's presence will have to do with the device that was destroying the Indian Ocean.

So it doesn't seem to be a case of X happened and we're going to pretend that it didn't effect the rest of the characters in the continuity.

There's just as much "Where the frick were they?" in the Marvel movies. The President being kidnapped and Washington D.C. under attack seem like reasons for most superheroes to at least put in an appearance. But that's how it goes in the comics and how it will go in the movies, whether it's DC or Marvel.