Similarities between Injustice: Gods Among Us and the Justice League cartoon

This story contains spoilers for Injustice: Gods Among Us

Professional wrestling has an unwritten law called the “Seven Year Rule,” where a company can reuse a successful gimmick or storyline once the original viewers have grown up and a new generation of fans unaware of past history sits at ringside. The narrative of Injustice: Gods Among Us, the fighting game based on DC Comics’ line of superheroes, decided to wait a decade before returning to a successful plot from the past.