Metropolis is generally thought to be in New York too, above 14th Street somewhere co-existing with Gotham and New York City. It’s generally considered to be within driving distance of Gotham.
Metropolis is much harder to pinpoint because of lots of conflicting information. Both Denny O’Niel and Levitz have signed off on Gotham being 14th and below. However due to conflicts and different stories their probably is no real answer for both.
Perhaps we are overthinking this. Frank Miller said Gotham is New York at night and Metropolis is New York in the daytime. At least figuratively that’s probably the best way to look at it.
Not to sound like a pretentious asshole or anything, but I’m pretty sure O’Neil’s comments about Gotham being 14th St. and below weren’t meant to be taken literally. Gotham and Metropolis can’t be stand-ins for NYC because there’s already an NYC in the DC Universe.
East Rutherford, NJ, on the other hand, now that would be a good city for Gotham to replace.
Yeah I think you’re right but because he also called it the coldest day in November too. I think Levitz meant it literally though. I really don’t think it’s something you should put a lot of thought into really. There probably isn’t an answer that will work alongside every other story. North Eastern City in the United States is as close as you can get.
DC should probably create an actual atlas that lays these things out the way Marvel has (for their fictional countries like Latveria, Genosha, Madripoor, Savage Land mainly), but eh just with Gotham and Metropolis they will probably run into too many contridictions.
Hahaha, holy crap, Milligan’s gonna write another DC ongoing? And a Green Lantern spinoff? I did not see this coming. I haven’t even been following any of the Green Lantern stuff lately but I’m gonna check this Red Lanterns thing out.
I wonder if this will last as long as Milligan’s last DC ongoing. Infinity Inc. lasted a solid year before it got canned. Infinity Inc. did not go down with dignity, as the last couple of issues tied-in with some other junk that I just couldn’t give a damn about without Milligan.
Normally, this is something that I would get extremely hyped over: a great writer taking fairly untapped characters and forming a new ongoing out of my favorite DC niche. But looking back over the years, I realize that I often get way too hyped up over way too little, and then it never delivers. It’s going to be difficult, but I have to take this with a grain of salt until I can read it. And it’s definitely going to be hard because, in my mind, the only thing greater would be Sinestro getting his own title.
It’s not so much the fact that Milligan’s getting tapped to write a Red Lanterns spinoff that’s got me excited, it’s just the fact that DC’s willing to give him another series. I wouldn’t even be surprised, honestly, if people didn’t enjoy this upcoming series. But as a hardcore Peter Milligan fan (not that I’ve ever met another one in my life, mind you), I’m looking forward to examining his work. Even if it isn’t a good DC comic, I’m sure I’ll find it interesting to analyze how it compares to the rest of his body of work.
I mean, I’ve read some of the dude’s Elektra comics from the '90s. And I still found things in that crap that made me look at Greek Street in a different light.
I was wondering is the Justice League in the comic books as big as it is in JLU? If so I’m wondering how such a large group can stay that large. I doubt most of those members feel as passionate about ridding crime and making the world a better place as much as Superman and Batman.
Speaking of the boy in blue, what was it that made him become a guardian of Earth?
You ask stupid questions only a kid below the age of thirteen would bother asking, it’s irritating that in between a steady, intellectual conversation you bust in with a question asking if Superman’s eyes are blue, or if Batman being on a date is in a comic, stupid crap no one should care about.
To answer your question, no the JLA is not like the JLU version (JLU standing for Justice League Universe, not the name of the actual team god forbid), being completely different universes and stories. Superman fucking landed on this planet, in a rocket…as a baby. He didn’t stand at the unemployment line on Krypton and get handed the job of “Guardian of Earth”. He found out he had special powers, and used them for the better of the planet he lives on, simple as that.
JLU stands for Justice League Unlimited. I don’t remember if any of the characters in the show called it the “Justice League Unlimited,” though. I only remember them referring to it as “the Justice League” or simply “the League.” I have no idea what the eff is going on in the current Justice League of America comic, and I’m having trouble overcoming the overwhelming apathy that prevents me from looking it up on Wiki or something. Yet I feel highly confident in saying that the current comic isn’t anywhere as enjoyable as the cartoon.
Superman’s eyes are blue. If you ever see them colored differently, it’s either a coloring mistake or an Elseworlds.
For the story on how Superman was handed the job and official title of “Guardian of Earth” please read the now classic universe-spanning epic “Saviors of Sector 2814” in Action Comics #414, Green Lantern Corps. (vol. 1) #33, Superman #388, Green Lantern Annual #2B (1982), and Justice Society of America (vol. 1) #266. In that exact reading order, otherwise the story won’t make sense.
I didn’t ask neither of those and questions regarding the psychological and organizational issues of characters and groups are some of the most discussed topics concerning comic book characters so I don’t know where you got that it’s something no one cares about.
Thank you. It’s weird that one origin story is spread out through different series.
So that comic shop I usually talk about? Well I go in there today and have trouble finding stuff I enjoy reading, as per usual. So I finally relent and walking up to the new cashier of the month (Dunno the name, they come and go quite regularly) and ask to set up a new folder, since I dropped one about four months ago.
As I write my list down he comes up with this MASSIVE folder and throws it down in front of me, and I’m staring at him like “What the fuck mang?!” He flips it open and it has my name in it. So the folder that I told the actual owner and his cashier AND his hired help to cancel, they never did. So I had four months of comics sitting in there, and it was a stack up until this week.
He wasn’t mad, just surprised as I was. So I pulled out everything I’ve already gotten and bought what I could afford. Namely for DC it was:
Brightest Day #14-17
Batman Beyond Mini #5 (Complete the set)
Batman Beyond #1
Batman #705
Batman, Inc. #1
Teen Titans #89-90
I had a ton more in there, mostly Green Arrow, JLI, Shadowland, Flash, X-23 and a few others. (For Marvel I only picked up X-23 #1, and Daken #4…I do have favoritism sorry.) I added a couple of things and took some stuff off, but I just found it both bizarre but atypical of how my life goes.
I also got a Dark Eldar Raider, but I doubt that will mean anything to anyone here, lol.
Mainly that I am always surprised when Milligan gets mainstream work. A lot of his previous work on popular or in-universe (read: continuity pornography) titles hasn’t been well-received, according to fans on the internet. For example, take his X-Men, Elektra, Venom/Carnage, Toxin, and Infinity Inc. Or people just regard his work with apathy, like his Kid Amazo story in JLA Classified or his recent 5-parter in Batman Classified. While it’s fair to say that none of those comics are his best work, he’s really known for pushing the envelope on things that he creates. (The Toxin miniseries was actually good stuff. So was Kid Amazo, though the art was lackluster. His Batman Classified arc was good, too.)
Infinity Inc. I felt had some pretty interesting stuff and showed good promise, but it had the knees chopped out from under it. It was like at some point, someone at DC was like, “This ain’t selling enough. We gotta cut our losses.” And it just had an inglorious ending because of editorial mandates or whatever Milligan had to do to try to make his employers happy.
So yeah, I am pretty surprised that one of my favorite writers is getting another chance to work with something that’s kinda popular right now. I really don’t mind if he takes on these work-for-hire projects if it means it gives him the chance to do some of his own comics every so often.
