Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for James Gunn’s SupermanJames Gunn’s is full of exciting characters and metahumans in the new DCU beyond the Man of Steel himself. This includes the Justice Gang, a trio of heroes who could very well be the precursor to the DCU’s Justice League. However, there’s one DC Comics hero I thought we’d never see in live-action.

In Superman, Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor attempts to kill David Corenswet’s Superman with the public’s approval as he tries to turn the world against Superman. As such, Kel-El becomes Luthor’s prisoner during the movie in a pocket universe

Played by Anthony Carrigan, Metamorpho is a classic DC Comics character who made his first appearance in 1965’s The Brave and the Bold. Having been exposed to a cursed Egyptian artifact known as the Orb of Ra, Rex Mason was transformed into Metamorpho: The Element Man.

The same looks to be true in James Gunn’s Superman. . However, Superman convinces Rex to help him escape, promising to get him and his son to safety.

. He’s later shown helping Guy Gardner’s Green Lantern and Hawkgirl stop the Boravian invasion of Jarhanpur, where he seems to have been recruited to the Justice Gang in the battle’s aftermath.

. In the comics, CEO Simon Stagg commissioned Rex’s expedition to find the Orb of Ra, who also exposed Mason to the artifact after Stagg learned that Rex was dating his daughter, Sapphire. Sapphire Stagg herself is also in Superman, Joey’s mother, who’s shown watching television with Rex right before the movie’s third act.

There’s plenty of potential for Metamorpho to have an ongoing presence in the new DCU, which is as surprising as it is exciting. . However, James Gunn impressively makes it work in Superman quite well.

. He’s easily one of the most fascinating new characters to come out of Superman. With any luck, we’ll be seeing him again soon with future DCU projects.