Echoes of the Multiverse

Realistically, all of these place names are akin to the kingdom names Robert E Howard used in his Conan stories. They evoke a certain place and feel without being tied down to the real world facts of that place. Trying to actually map them somewhere specific is always going to be completely subjecti...

I would sooner pick Minneapolis for Dakota City, given that the Dakota nation place their origin in Minnesota, and leave Detroit for the Green Hornet and Robocop. Hmm. Good point. 🤔 Hub City might replace Detroit, with Blüdhaven as Milwaukee. I keep thinking of Opal City (from Starman) replacing Ba...

So, will Midway City then get Saint Louis' real world nickname of "the Gateway City"? I mean, one of NYC's nickname's is "Gotham", and you're replacing Chicago with Gotham, so it's weirdly consistent. Even if I still curse John Byrne's ignorance of U.S. cities. Probably just be ...

Random pointless setting idea riff: Metropolis (replacing NYC), home over the years to Doc Savage, Superman, Spiderman, Daredevil, Black Lightning, and the TMNT. Gotham City (replacing Chicago), home to the Shadow, Dick Tracy, Batman. Coast City and Star City (replacing the greater LA area), home to...

Ken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:00 am "Temporal"?

http://www.temporalcomics.com/ I presume?

It might be potentially interesting to try placing various Marvel heroes in other cities - the Fantastic Four in a Coast City that takes the place of LA and is (or at least was) heavily based around the aerospace industry, and is where Reed developed his rocketship, for example. Just personally, I'v...

I've sometimes considered such a thing (Marvel + DC at least) with the idea of trying to figure out which fictional DC city is meant to be based on/analogous to which real city and just have it replace the real city. But it is debatable which is supposed to be which, so you are never going to hear t...

Yeah. I think Watchmen is probably the flagship example once DC decided to milk it more after the film, and then even worse, let Jones use it as his plaything.

If you look at the original Sentry miniseries, it is literally a meta take on Mary Sue self-insert characters and how they warp and destroy whatever setting they are placed it. He is "the bestest hero Ever", is best friends with Reed Richards, fixes the problems of Spiderman and the Hulk j...

Whenever I see people claim Harley Quinn as a role model for "women in STEM", I'm reminded that the original Mad Love origin comic made it pretty clear that the only way she passed her classes was sleeping with her professors. As for the X-Men, my head canon is that at some point (probably...

Hmm. By day, Ultraman; by night, the world's fastest knitter who sells scarfs on Etsy.

Wealthy playboy.
Bestselling novelist who writes under multiple pennames.
Jetsetting socialite involved with several NGOs.
Wildlife photographer.
Wandering vagrant.

DC seemed to try that a lot, using a big event to debut a new superteam. I think that is how the 80s Suicide Squad got started.

This is the plotline which eventually gave us Snowflame, yes?

I think there may have been a mention somewhere of that amendment getting repealed, but I may be Mandella Effecting it. As an aside, I always thought the film's opening should have skipped the low hanging fruit of the Grassy Knoll and instead shown Comedian taking out Oswald, with the idea that Kenn...