The latest Superman teaser connects the movie to Silver Age comics and beyond.
Some might complain that the sneak peek forSupermandoesnt actually let us peek anything new.
Yet, there is new footage in this teaser.
Well, only new in the sense that we havent seen this particular scene fromSupermanbefore.
But they have a long history in the comics.
To be clear, Doc Savage didnt fill his Fortress with robots.
As this brief history shows, the robots arent just a cool detail from the comics.
They are part of a longer tradition of genre fiction, one that Gunn clearly loves.
By situatingSupermanwithin this lineage, Gunn shows that hes not just performing another cynical task of IP-mining.
Hes celebrating a genre, remembering its past while moving forward.
Superman flies into theaters on July 11, 2025.
