The Justice League’s greatest supervillain team has been missing in action for several years now, thanks in part to the Legion’s de facto leader Lex Luthor actually emerging as a force for good in the world. Later this year though, Lex is ditching the S on his power armour and going back to his villainous roots as he reassembles the Legion of Doom to fight back against the massive cosmic changes that have begun to pour forth from the breach of the Source Wall that occurred in Dark Nights Metal.

I f*cking hate Aquaman in Injustice 2. If DC Comics and NetherRealm wanted to distance themselves as far as possible from the stereotypical image of a founding Justice League member whose moist schtick has been mercilessly mocked for decades, then job well done. Because the Injustice 2 Aquaman may be the biggest dick in the seven seas. Fortunately, Black Manta is here to cut him down to size.

The first batch of fighters have been amazing game-changers in Injustice 2. Red Hood, Starfire and Sub Zero have all been worthy challengers on the roster. A roster that’s about to get a little bit more crowded as Black Manta, Raiden and Hellboy join the fight. Here’s the announce trailer for them.

This month will see former Robin the Red Hood, Starfire and Mortal Kombat’s Sub-Zero throw down inside of Injustice 2, but they’re just three of eight characters planned so far. So who else is on the list? If you booted up Injustice 2, you might have seen a few extra silhouettes in your character selection screen. Like a certain thunder god from another fighting game.

Aquaman is the biggest badass around, saddled with the worst reputation in comic book history. It doesn’t help that the second anyone hears his name, they flashback to a Super Friends episode where he was about as useful as trying to stop a hurricane with a fart thanks to his crippling weakness of not being wet enough. Also, I’m looking …

As director James Wan described him, Aquaman is DC’s answer to a certain hairy Canadian who is prone to berserker rages and the biggest badass in the DC Cinematic Universe.

Injustice 2 isn’t just about throwing some new faces into the superhero brouhaha, but continuing a great story that was expanded on in the comic book series.

Want to see a Red Lantern rage-puke on Superman? Here's the first proper gameplay trailer for Injustice 2 then to help you out you weird person you.