Do You Agree These Are The 10 Most Underrated DC Movie Characters?

DC movies are packed with headliners, yet a lot of supporting players and side heroes do important work on screen. This list focuses on characters who add key plot turns, world building, or distinctive abilities that shape their films even if they are not always the first names on the poster.

Each entry highlights where the character appears, who plays them, what they do in the story, and the abilities or details that make them stand out. You will find specific missions, alliances, and outcomes so you can trace exactly how each one drives the action across their corner of the DC film universe.

Faora-Ul

Faora-Ul serves as General Zod’s second in command in ‘Man of Steel’ and executes much of the Kryptonian military strategy on Earth. She adapts to the planet’s environment with a breathing rig early on and then gains the expected Kryptonian powers under a yellow sun. Her major confrontations include the Smallville battle where she engages both Superman and United States forces with speed and precision.

Played by Antje Traue, the character is framed as a disciplined enforcer who carries out Zod’s objectives without hesitation. She fights aboard the Black Zero, participates in the world engine plan, and is ultimately drawn into the singularity when the Phantom Drive is triggered, concluding her part in the invasion storyline.

Ratcatcher 2

Cleo Cazo appears in ‘The Suicide Squad’ as the second Ratcatcher and uses a handheld device to communicate with and command rats. Her constant companion is a rat named Sebastian who assists with reconnaissance and rescue moments throughout the mission in Corto Maltese. Flashbacks identify her father as the original Ratcatcher and explain how she learned the technology.

Daniela Melchior portrays the character as a core member of Task Force X on the Jotunheim operation. During the final battle with Starro, she summons a massive swarm that overwhelms the kaiju and turns the tide for the remaining operatives, making her ability central to the outcome of the mission.

Polka-Dot Man

Abner Krill is introduced in ‘The Suicide Squad’ with a condition from experimental procedures that forces him to expel volatile polka dots at regular intervals. The energy he projects dissolves obstacles and proves effective against armored targets during the Corto Maltese operation. The film explains his need to vent the dots to avoid a dangerous buildup.

David Dastmalchian plays the role as part of the Jotunheim strike team and participates in key set pieces, including the streets fight that leads into the confrontation with Starro. He lands a damaging attack on the creature during the final sequence and is struck down moments later, closing his arc within the same battle where his power shows maximum effect.

Huntress

Helena Bertinelli arrives in ‘Birds of Prey’ as a crossbow-wielding vigilante pursuing the men responsible for the Bertinelli family massacre. She trained in Sicily and returns to Gotham with a list of targets, eliminating them one by one as she follows the details behind her family’s stolen fortune. The film initially labels her as the Crossbow Killer before her identity is clarified.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead portrays the character as a precise combatant who eventually intersects with Harley Quinn, Black Canary, and Renee Montoya. She joins the group to protect Cassandra Cain from Roman Sionis’s organization and takes part in the funhouse showdown and the pier chase, after which the team forms the Birds of Prey with Huntress as a founding member.

Black Canary

Dinah Lance works as a singer and later as a driver for Roman Sionis in ‘Birds of Prey’. The story confirms that her mother had metahuman abilities and shows Dinah using the Canary Cry only when the situation demands it. Early scenes establish her close view of Sionis’s operations, which sets up her shift in allegiance.

Jurnee Smollett brings the character into the Birds of Prey lineup, collaborating with Renee Montoya and Huntress. In the finale she unleashes the Canary Cry to halt Sionis’s gunmen and clear a path for Harley and Cassandra, then continues operating as a crime fighter with the new team in Gotham.

Katana

Tatsu Yamashiro appears in ‘Suicide Squad’ as Rick Flag’s bodyguard and field ally. The film identifies her sword as the Soultaker and references the belief that it captures the souls of those it strikes, including that of her late husband. Her introduction shows her boarding the helicopter with the blade and her mask, ready to accompany the unit.

Karen Fukuhara plays Katana as a silent and efficient presence during the Midway City mission. She protects the rear of the formation in street engagements, cuts through Incubus’s minions, and stays near Flag during the approach to the central confrontation, providing melee coverage to balance the squad’s firearms and explosives.

Rick Flag Jr.

Rick Flag leads Task Force X in both ‘Suicide Squad’ and ‘The Suicide Squad’. In Midway City he commands the team assembled to stop Enchantress and extracts June Moone while maintaining control of the explosive failsafes. His briefing scenes outline the structure of the program under Amanda Waller and define the ground rules for field deployments.

Joel Kinnaman returns as Flag for the Corto Maltese mission and navigates the beach assault, the infiltration of Jotunheim, and the discovery of the Project Starfish files. He attempts to bring the evidence to light and clashes with Peacemaker inside the facility, where he falls during the struggle over the drive that records the U.S. role in the experiment.

Dr. Silas Stone

Silas Stone appears in ‘Justice League’ and ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ as a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist and the father of Victor Stone. He uses a Mother Box to save Victor after a catastrophic accident, which results in the cybernetic transformation that creates Cyborg. His lab access and knowledge provide crucial context for the Mother Box research conducted on the Kryptonian ship.

Joe Morton portrays Silas as central to the team’s understanding of the alien device. In the Snyder cut he superheats the recovered Mother Box with a powered laser, marking it with a unique signature so the League can track it after Steppenwolf takes it through a Boom Tube, and he loses his life in the process, enabling Batman to locate the target for the final engagement.

Etta Candy

Etta Candy is introduced in ‘Wonder Woman’ as Steve Trevor’s secretary and becomes a key ally to Diana in London. She helps Diana navigate early encounters with British society, arranges clothing to blend in, and supports the team’s preparations for the trip to the front. Her scenes connect the Amazon warrior to the human network that surrounds the mission.

Played by Lucy Davis, Etta participates in the operation to recover Dr. Maru’s notebook and assists the team with logistics while they travel across Europe. Later images within the series reference her ongoing connection to Diana’s circle, placing her as part of the wider support structure beyond the battlefield set pieces.

Dr. Poison

Dr. Isabel Maru operates as the chief chemist for General Ludendorff in ‘Wonder Woman’. She develops a modified form of mustard gas and records her work in a notebook that becomes a central objective for British intelligence and for Diana’s team. The character wears a facial prosthetic and conducts her experiments in a hidden facility before moving her work to a fortified site.

Elena Anaya portrays Maru through the gala sequence and into the final act, where her research is set to be used on a large scale. Steve Trevor steals the plane carrying the gas to prevent mass casualties, while Diana confronts the god of war and spares Maru, leaving the scientist alive at the end of the conflict depicted in the film.

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