Lobe has began to draw much more consideration for the reason that announcement that he'll make his DCU debut subsequent Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow movie, with Jason Momoa forged to play the Predominant Man. Eagle-eyed followers would possibly acknowledge Momoa from enjoying Aquaman in his final movie debuts, and Lobo himself foreshadowed this casting selection earlier than it turned actuality.
DC's Ghouls simply need to have enjoyable #1 is a enjoyable 2023 Halloween anthology wherein numerous DC heroes and villains participate in spooky adventures befitting the season. In "Completely happy Hal(Lobo)ween", by Hans Rodinoff, Adam F. Goldberg and Danny Earls, Lobo decides to go to a Halloween social gathering dressed as none aside from Aquaman.
Lobo's Halloween costume serves as a intelligent nod to Jason Momoa enjoying Lobo and Aquaman in stay motionand the story takes the joke even additional, emphasizing how related the 2 seemingly reverse characters are – lengthy earlier than they're truly performed by the identical actor.
Lobo attire up as Aquaman in a second of unintentional DCU foreshadowing
Lobo's Aquaman costume reveals they're identical to one another
Lobo wears his Aquaman costume on the request of his daughter, Crush, after having already tried on different loopy costumes. When Lobo places on his heroic outfit, he's undecided if he can cross as Aquaman, however Crush reassures him by saying: "You might actually be his twin." Inside the comics themselves, the 2 characters are too completely different for this to be viable, however the shared live-action forged makes Crush's speech surprisingly correct. Crush goes as far as to recommend that Lobo might simply be mistaken for the actual Aquaman in his costume, and she or he is quickly confirmed to be proper about that.
On the best way to the social gathering, Lobo is confronted by King Shark, who approaches him as if he have been Aquaman. When Lobo tries to make clear his true identification, King Shark insists that he acknowledges Aquaman when he sees him. Crush's unshakable perception that Lobo could possibly be mistaken for Aquaman involves fruition right here, as Lobo performs together with King Shark and pretends to be the long-lasting Justice League hero. Lobo appearing like Aquaman is a hilarious solution to reference the Aquaman actor who will play him, alluding to the DCU forged that has simply been revealed to the general public.
Lobo's Aquaman cosplay is a hilarious reference to his casting in James Gunn's DCU
Lobo and Aquaman are canonically related, in actual life and within the comics
A comic book predicting Lobo's casting Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow a yr earlier than its announcement could seem unbelievable, however there was loads of proof that Jason Momoa could be forged as Lobo as soon as rumors started to floor in 2023. Coincidence or not, Lobo's surprisingly correct Aquaman cosplay proves that the 2 are very extra related in look than DC followers anticipated. If Lobe could possibly be mistaken for the King of Atlantis when carrying his signature orange swimsuit, so there's an opportunity that Aquaman Might sooner or later return the favor and provides the Wolf costume a attempt - simply to see if he can get away with it too.
DC's Ghouls simply need to have enjoyable #1 is now accessible from DC Comics.