By now most people have heard of the other heroes appearing in writer/director James Gunn's Superman reboot movie beyond the Man of Steel, including Metamorpho and the Justice Gang. But the villainous Engineer may be more of a mystery to many fans, as her comic book history doesn't even begin with the DC Universe, but with WildStorm, a separate superhero reality that was once also a separate publisher from DC.
In fact, the Engineer seen in Superman, Angelica Spica (played by María Gabriela de Faría in the film) is actually the second person to take up that name in comics. And while her role in the film seems to be confined to being one of Lex Luthor's henchmen, the fact that an Authority movie was announced as part of James Gunn's first wave of DC projects means she could play a much bigger role in the new cinematic DC Universe down the road.
