15 Injustice Moments That Shocked The World

Children in video games are, generally, on pretty safe ground as far as death goes - unless they're the children or family members of the main character, of course.

Going by this logic, it seemed impossible that DC would allow Billy Batson - or his superhero form, Shazam - to be murdered within the Injustice game. 'Seemed' being the operative word, because not only did DC green light Superman killing Shazam, they also greenlit him killing the boy in the single most brutal death in the game itself.

In a cutscene where the pair get into an argument about the Man of Steel's morality, Shazam makes a reasonable point, telling the hero that his dead wife, Lois, would never approve of the things he is now doing. Infuriated by this reference, Superman grabs Billy by the throat, holds him into the air, and then slowly uses his laser vision to burn through Billy's eyes on into his brain, lobotomising and then murdering an actual child.