Zack Snyder’s Justice League reveals surprise fate of major DCEU character

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The Snyder Cut reveals a big offscreen event in its closing moments

Zack Snyder's Justice League
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League packs a lot into its four-hour runtime – but there’s still space for a surprise or two. That includes the fate of one major DC character and a hint of a climactic moment that took place off-screen.

Major spoilers for Zack Snyder’s Justice League follow…

Justice League’s Epilogue takes place in the ‘Knightmare’ world, the possible future first glimpsed in Batman v Superman that involves Darkseid taking over Earth.

There, Batman collects together a team of heroes and villains – with a handful of notable absences. Jared Leto’s Joker, though, shares a scene with Ben Affleck’s Caped Crusader and fills us in on one of those no longer with us.

After some serious goading from the Clown Prince of Crime, Batman snaps back that Harley Quinn died in his arms and, with her last breath, asked Bats to kill Joker. It's even implied that Joker had something to do with Harley's death.

Harley Quinn isn’t the only face missing from DCEU’s Knightmarish future. Wonder Woman and Aquaman are also confirmed to have been killed – though that’s explicitly at the hand of Darkseid

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