But they still exist in the same universe, with the first images of both the title character and Billy Batson recently breaking the internet, and containing the first set of DC easter eggs.
Sandberg recently confirmed one such easter egg: a TIME magazine covering the massively destructive Battle of Metropolis in Man of Steel.
After the inception of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, serialized storytelling and shared universes have become commonplace.
DC has its answer with the DCEU, which has had varied success with its first batch of blockbusters.