Martian Manhunter’s narration includes the phrase “that is not dead which can eternal lie,” a direct nod to H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu”, where Lovecraft describes the ancient entity’s immortal nature.

  • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    It’s the “Gaslight Universe” (Gotham by Gaslight etc.), which in The Horror That Came to Gotham, the whole story revolves around a Lovecraftian entity being discovered and brought back to Gotham, which begins to take over the minds and bodies of everyone in the city.

    Knowing that, I think it’s kinda cool to come up with a different origin for a different version of a well-known character.

    That title is absolutely click bait, though.