Highlights from DC Comics online convention

DC FanDome, the DC Comics/Warner Bros. online convention, streamed Oct. 16. It was 3 ½ hours of TV and movie stars, trailers, announcements and more — and I watched it all, so you don't have to! Seriously, it was a lot of fun. It was a bit short on serious announcements, but chockablock with star commentary, teasers, songs and previews. Here are the lasting impressions it made.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Dec. 16, 2022): An action-packed trailer shows that both villains from the first movie — Orm (Patrick Wilson) and Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) — return. But Orm seems to be Team Aquaman now.

Favorite line: "It's going to be a fun adventure, just like the first time. Just better." — Jason Momoa (Arthur Curry/Aquaman)

The Batman (March 4, 2022): If you haven't seen the trailer yet, I'm sure you will soon — and you should, because it's awesome. We meet a brutal, nihilistic Batman (Robert Pattinson), a tricksy Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz), Commissioner Gordon (Jeffrey Wright), Alfred (Andy Serkis), Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin (Colin Farrell) and a serial killer named Riddler (Paul Dano).

Favorite line: "Fear is a tool. When that light hits the sky, it's not just a call. It's a warning." — The Batman

Black Adam (July 29, 2022): The most informative FanDome segment showed a clip featuring two archaeologists, a male and female, in a hidden tomb or temple, where they find a floating crown. It's probably in Kuraq (think "Iraq"), where Black Adam lives in DC Comics. The woman reads aloud from an archaic petroglyph, and we understand one word: "Shazam." Magic lightning strikes, and a man in a hood (it's Black Adam, natch, played by Dwayne Johnson) appears. He wipes out the archaeologists' guards.

The woman is likely Adrianna Tomaz (Sarah Shahi), who becomes Isis, and we may have just witnessed her origin, what with the magic lightning and all. Isis, who most people only remember from the '70s TV show, has an important part in the Black Adam saga in the comics, which may play out on screen, as well.

Also, we are introduced to four members of the Justice Society (yes!): Hawkman (played by Aldis Hodge), Cyclone (Quintessa Swindell), Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo) and Dr. Fate (Pierce Brosnan).

Memorable lines: "I've never seen the like." — Brosnan, on the movie's scale

The Flash (Nov. 4, 2022): A teaser shows two Flashes (both played by star Ezra Miller), a new Supergirl (Sasha Calle) asking an apparently retired Batman (Michael Keaton) "Are you in?" Presumably they are all from different Earths in the multiverse, which Barry Allen probably screwed up with time-traveling hijinks. Ben Affleck is also confirmed as another Batman, but doesn't appear in the teaser.

Wonder Woman 3 (No date set): "Wonder Woman" director Patty Jenkins and forever-a-wonder Lynda Carter discuss the values and meaning of the Amazing Amazon.

Favorite line: "Wonder Woman 3 is coming. And even if I do know [anything], you'd have to kill me to talk about it." — Carter