The following contains spoilers for Dark Crisis Worlds Without a Justice League: Green Lantern #1, now on sale from DC Comics

The DC and Marvel Universes are full of impressive and awe-inspiring powerhouses -- with some of the most surprising also being some of the most adorable. That extends to recent additions to major new storylines from both franchises, which share some thematic similarities.

John Stewart's sister Eleanor in Dark Crisis Worlds Without a Justice League: Green Lantern #1 (by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire, and Troy Peteri) is reinvented as a living version of the Green Lantern Central Power Battery. It's a fun cosmic-level upgrade for the girl -- making the DC story surprisingly similar to the most recent addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor: Love and Thunder.

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As part of Pariah's overarching plans in Dark Crisis, the Justice League -- believed dead by the rest of the world -- have been trapped in idyllic paradise pocket-dimensions. In each of them, the individual heroes are among the most important and legendary figures. In John Stewart's world, he is recast as the Guardian. He is the leading protector of the world and founder of the Watchtower, an organization that has risen the same way the Green Lanterns have in the core DC Universe. Despite his attempts to retire, John is drawn back into conflict to save his acolytes. But for the most part, he is primarily focused on living a calm and simple life with his mother Shirley and sister Eleanor.

However, Eleanor isn't all she appears to be. As John ends up revealing during a conversation with his mother, Eleanor is actually a living representation of the Green Lantern's Central Power Battery. While fighting the monstrous force known as the Radiant Dead, the old Guardians were killed. They then tried to destroy the Central Power Battery, which could have cost the remaining Green Lanterns their power (as it did in the core-DC Universe). Luckily, Guardian was able to save it by transforming it into a spitting image of his sister, who'd been long dead by this point. She doesn't age in this form -- but retains the girl's humanity (while still being connected to the universal power source). It's an interesting tweak to John's personal life, especially in light of a similar development in the MCU.

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Jane And Thor Fall In Love In Thor Love And Thunder

At the conclusion of Thor: Love and Thunder, the Marvel God of Thunder finds himself without the love of his life but with a new charge to watch over. Having received a wish from Eternity (a cosmic entity), Gorr the God-Butcher ultimately used it to resurrect his daughter. However, it's shown that the girl is reborn with immense power (capable of holding her own in combat alongside her adopted Uncle Thor), and is implied to have an implicit connection to Eternity. She's an absurdly powerful figure and potentially the MCU version of Singularity. In essence, this girl (dubbed Love) and Eleanor fulfill similar roles in their respective universes and share a general sense of power and importance.

Both are portrayed as innocent young girls in a dangerous setting, taken under the wing of some of their world's most powerful heroes. They have far more power than anyone expects -- although Love seems cognizant of her abilities in a way that Eleanor doesn't. These two characters also bring out nurturing sides of Thor and Green Lantern -- which adds a new refreshing layer to their characters. There's even the potential that the girls' powers will make them game-changing heroes in the future, given the dangerous circumstances they find themselves in. It's a surprising but fitting element to see in both superhero universes, especially as questions of legacy become more pronounced in both.