Both Marvel and DC highlight the risks of superhero resurrection through WandaVision and Zack Snyder's Justice League. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Disney and Warner Bros. have turned onto their respective streaming platforms, Disney+ and HBO Max to continue churning new content. Since superhero stories have been very popular thus far, that includes their MCU and DC projects — two of which have an unexpected commonality.
On the surface, WandaVision and Zack Snyder's Justice League couldn't be any more different from each other. The Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany-led series kicks off the MCU's new storytelling chapter following the end of Infinity Saga. Its narrative is contained and character-driven, and for the most part, it focuses on Vision and Wanda as they tried living the ideal suburbia life in Westview. Meanwhile, the Snyder Cut is a reminder of DCEU's past, before it changed course. The four-hour film brings together DC's premier superhero team and deals with the potential end of the world as Steppenwolf threatened to take over. It ends with a promise of a sequel that, as it is, will not happen.
That being said, the projects tackle a similar plot point — resurrecting the dead. In WandaVision, Wanda's grief inadvertently caused her to use Chaos Magic that not only manifested a sitcom-esque version of Westview but also Vision, despite not having any of his remaining physical parts. Simultaneously, Hayward and S.W.O.R.D. also rebooted Vision's reconstructed body using Scarlet Witch's residual power to power him up. While the Hex's version of the synthezoid turned out to retain his morality, as he was provided bits and pieces of his memory from the past including his affection for Wanda, his monochromatic counterpart wasn't. S.W.O.R.D. intentionally kept his past locked up, making it easy for him to be weaponized as he operated at first. Had it not been for Wanda's Vision who talked some sense to him and also helped him access his memories, he would've stopped at nothing to kill his Westview counterpart and maybe even Scarlet Witch.
In Zack Snyder's Justice League, on the other hand, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg used the Mother Box to resurrect Superman, who had sacrificed himself during the fight against Doomsday in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Upon learning about the impending invasion from Steppenwolf and realizing that there's no way they can defeat the villain and his minions without the Last Son of Krypton, they went ahead and brought him to life. But just like how White Vision's resurrection resulted in an evil incarnation of his old self, the league found themselves fighting a disoriented Superman and had it not been for Lois Lane stepping in, Clark Kent would've killed Bruce Wayne then and there. Snyder's DCEU was supposed to fully explore the dangers of resurrection in Justice League 2, as it tackles the Knightmare timeline that's teased in both Batman V Superman and the Snyder Cut. In it, Superman goes full rogue after being brought to life following the death of Lois.
WandaVision left White Vision's fate purposefully bleak, but considering that he survived the events of the Marvel Studios series, it's safe to assume that there's a future for him in the franchise. Whether that'd be a return in Armor Wars which deals with Stark technology or Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which will continue Wanda's story. As for DCEU's Superman, it's also uncertain. But unlike his MCU's resurrected counterpart, there's very little to no indication that Henry Cavill's version of the character will grace the screen again after Zack Snyder's Justice League, especially with Warner Bros. currently rebooting the character.
