Living Assault Weapons (DCEU)

**L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons)** is an American superhero mystery drama based on the DC superhero team and the comic book of the same name. It's a spin-off from the movie *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2015), existing in the same fictional continuity known as the DC Extended Universe (DCEU)/SnyderVerse, and is part of the group of shows titled “DC Legends”. Set during and after the events of the film, the series explores the events “behind-the-scenes”, where a covert group of superheroes is gathered together to stop an Earth-shattering disaster.

## Premise

Following the “Black Zero” event, the mankind is left shaken by the introduction of “the Superman”. Vigilantes, who have operated long before the arrival of the refuge from Krypton, are left to deal with the consequences of his existence. Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Intelligence starts investigating a string of robberies perpetrated by the mysterious “Avatar”. Just when the threat becomes lethal, Superman dies in a separate encounter with Doomsday, forcing the Bureau to find the vigilantes and form a group to stop this new threat, – the one that could plunge the Earth into darkness.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* **Blue Beetle II/Theodore “Ted” Kord** is a brilliant scientist from Metropolis and the hereditary owner of “Kord Industries”. On the show, Kord serves as an allusion to Nite Owl II, a character from “Watchmen”.
* **The Question/Victor “Vic” Sage** is a television investigative journalist from Hub City who dedicates himself to expose corruption as a faceless vigilante. On the show, Sage serves as an allusion to Rorschach I, a character from “Watchmen”.
* **Captain Atom/Nathanael “Nate” Adam** is a former officer of the United States Air Force, who volunteered to participate in an experiment, which turned him into an energy-based life form. On the show, Adam serves as an allusion to Doctor Manhattan, a character from “Watchmen”.
* **Nightshade II/Eve Eden** is a superhero from Washington, who possesses the mystical ability to control darkness. On the show, Eden serves as an allusion to Silk Spectre II, a character from “Watchmen”.
* **Judomaster I/Hadley “Rip” Jagger** is a former Sergeant of the United States Army during World War II and the founding member of the covert team “O.R.D.E.R.”, who remained young to this day due to the Lazarus Pit in Nanda Parbat.

### Recurring

#### Introduced in Season One

* **Bronze Tiger/Ben Turner** is Eden's martial arts instructor-for-hire, who also operates as a freelance vigilante in a tiger-designed suit. He is gradually revealed to be the **Avatar**, as he seeks to access the Realm of Nightshades to access its sorcery and use it to plunge the Earth in the dark.
	+ **Tiger/Tanaka**, a younger version of the character, is Hadley Jagger's partner during World War II, who develops a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, — a trauma that lingered due to his subsequent continuous exposure to the Lazarus Pit in Nanda Parbat.
* **Heinrich Megala** is the head of the research facility “Continuum” who is responsible for the creation of Captain Atom and later Major Force.
* **Jeremiah Duncan** is the head scientist of “Kord Industries” and is a dear friend of the Kord family.
* **King Faraday** is an ex-soldier and counter-espionage agent of the U.S. government, who is currently the head of the “Central Bureau of Intelligence” and Eve Eden’s mentor.
* **Margaret “Maggie” Sawyer** is the captain of the Special Crimes Unit of the Metropolis Police Department.
* **Steel/John Henry Irons** is the former employee of the Gotham City division of the “AmerTek Industries”, who came to support Superman after the “Black Zero” event in Metropolis.
* **Wade Eiling** is the United States Military general and the benefactor of the “Continuum” research facility.

#### Introduced in Season Two

* **Huntress/Helena Bertinelli** (portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is a young Italian-American assassin operating in Gotham City and the last surviving member of the Bertinelli Crime Family.
* **Major Force/Clifford Zmeck** is a special government agent under the employment of General Eiling, who participated in an experiment, which turned him into an energy-based life form similar to Nate Adam.
* **Metallo/John Corben** is a former journalist for the *Daily Planet*, whose body was damaged beyond repair during the “Black Zero” event and was recovered by “LexCorp”.

### Guest

#### Introduced in Season One

* **Emmet Vale** (portrayed by Ralph Fisher) is a scientist working at “LexCorp”.
	+ Fisher reprises his role from *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2015).
* **Incubus** is an interdimensional mystical being and the brother of the Enchantress.
	+ Alain Chanoine portrays an older version of the character in *Suicide Squad 1* (2016), where he possesses the body of a businessman in Midway City in order to have a physical form.
* **Lex Luthor** **Jr.** (portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg) is a young businessperson and hereditary CEO of “LexCorp”.
	+ Eisenberg portrays the character in the DCEU movies.
* **Mercy Graves** (portrayed by Tao Okamoto) is Lex Luthor's personal assistant and one of his closest aides.
	+ Okamoto reprises her role from *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2015).
* **Superman/Kal-El/Clark Kent** (portrayed by Henry Cavill) is a Metropolis-based survivor of Krypton and a journalist for the *Daily Planet,* who uses his extraterrestrial abilities to protect humanity.
	+ Cavill portrays the character in the DCEU movies.

Multiple characters appear through the use of archival footage from *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2015): Doomsday (via CGI), Batman (portrayed by Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (portrayed by Gal Gadot), Lois Lane (portrayed by Amy Adams), Calvin Swanwick (portrayed by Harry Lennix) and Carrie Ferris (portrayed by Christina Wren). Patrick Wilson voices the President of the United States, reprising his role from the same movie.

#### Introduced in Season Two

* **Blue Beetle I/Daniel Garrett** is an archeologist and a former member of the covert team “O.R.D.E.R.” during World War II. On the show, Garrett serves as an allusion to Night Owl I, a character from “Minutemen”.
* **Nightshade I/Desmond Powell** is a former member of the covert team “O.R.D.E.R.” during World War II. On the show, Powell serves as an allusion to Silk Spectre I, a character from “Minutemen”. The character is very loosely based on the supervillain of the same name from *The Flash (1990)* *TV Series*.

## Future

After the series conclusion, multiple characters, which were introduced here, cross over to the DCEU films and other shows. Nightshade/Eve Eden appears as a recurring character in the second season of *Justice League Dark* (2027-2031). Blue Beetle/Ted Kord appears as one of the central characters in *Justice League: Mortal* (2027), which concludes his story in the franchise; an alternate universe version of Judomaster, Sonia Sato, appears in *The Flash of Two Worlds* (2028), as a member of the modern age superhero team “Justice Society”, who hails from Earth-2.

## Trivia

* This is an original fan-made superhero TV show.
* It would have meant to last 2 seasons, each one consisting of 10 episodes.
* The creator originally meant for the show to last 5 seasons, with the latter 3 seasons featuring Maxwell Lord as the primary antagonist. Due to the character being featured in the movie *~~Wonder Woman: 1984~~*, the show was shortened to 2 seasons. An additional reason was that the show adapts the source material, while the latter three seasons would have loosely adapted a different comic book, “Countdown to Infinite Crisis”.
	+ An adaptation of the book titled *Justice League: Mortal* (2027) continues the events established in the show.
* The character **Peacemaker/Mitchell Black** has been cut from the script as well, due to the first Peacemaker appearing in James Gunn's *~~The Suicide Squad~~* and *~~the titular show~~*.
* **Booster Gold/Michael Jon Carter** has also been cut from the script, but for a much complicated reason. The series takes place before *Justice League, Part One* (2017), otherwise known as *Zack Snyder's Justice League*, where the potential Knightmare future has not yet been prevented, therefore it remains set until otherwise. As such, Booster Gold could not appear this early in the DCEU.
	+ The character makes his DCEU debut in *Justice League: Mortal* (2027).
* The original comic book series served as the basis for Alan Moore's “The Watchmen”, which was later *adapted* by Zack Snyder in 2009.
* The series would have explored the lives of superheroes, who are forced to operate covertly even during the day, due to the public mixed perception of superheroes. Superman's sacrifice would have meant to shift that perception positively.
* The series conclude during the events of *Suicide Squad* (2016), also known as *David Ayer's Suicide Squad*.