I honestly don't remember the last time I saw Hellgramite.
I honestly don't remember the last time I saw Hellgramite.
Probably since Superboy dressed like that as a regular thing and not a throwback look
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He cameo’d in the Superboy-Prime Death Metal one shot that Johns and Snyder did with Manupal on art.
Which in hindsight is an interesting pull because I think the only place that Johns used him was in Up, Up, and Away. Rest of those guys got much more heavy usage. Speaking of old pulls:
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Looks like this is the map they’re using. I should try and ask PKJ if he sees Metropolis as an East Coast or West Coast City. Been noticing a trend to make it more West Coast-y, and I don’t hate the idea. Lets you draw on West Coast culture which mostly isn’t represented in comics. Fits with Metropolis being the city of Superman and Lex too, lots of sunshine and egomaniacal techbros running the place
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Yeah I gotta admit the east coaster in me shuddered and went into "fight" mode when Metropolis being a west coast city was mentioned. Y'all can have Gotham if you want it!
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Lol, same on both accounts. West coast can have Flash and Lantern, maybe Green Arrow idk. With all the years that have gone by, I've really come to cling to Delaware and Jersey City for Metropolis and Gotham even if I don't think it should ever be explicitly canon
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Hah, I’m a Midwestern boy myself so if I had total power, I’d have Metropolis take Chicago’s place in the DCU. I’m only thinking in terms of what would help differentiate Metropolis from Gotham more. Given Williamson is exploring Metropolis as an “old West” town per his teases about Moonlight’s history with the place, and the SS video game has Metropolis on the West Coast, I wouldn’t be surprised if this becomes a new thing. Fits with DC moving from NYC to Burbank too.
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I dunno who's where, I'm saying I wouldn't even care in that case lol.
As someone who lived in Chicago and loved it, I wouldn't mind if that was a basis for Metropolis but that was never the vibe to me. I begin wondering if the Midwest is still how Shazam and Hawkman feel tbh
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I'd accept Chicago for Metropolis' location as well. Never lived there but visited a few times back in the day, loved that place. Of course, I was a kid and thought I'd run into Michael Jordan on the street. If I had my way, I'd actually put Gotham where Chicago is (or roundabout) and leave Metropolis on the coast (for the trade and economic advantages) but I'd be fine putting Metropolis in Ill. instead.
I'd also accept Metropolis being somewhere in Kansas.
Anything further west, and I veto it straight to damnation.
I do admit that the east coast has a disproportionate amount of major comic book cities....but that's what happens when you're the best coast!
.....and, y'know, both major publishers (were) in NYC...
Actually, how's that for a trade? We keep Metropolis, but we'll give you west coasters NYC. I'm from New England, Sox country, so you can have NYC as long as you take the Yankees with you!
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This arc pulling an "Anatomy Lesson" on Metallo would be sick... but ultimately not as good as what it has established so far for the dude. So hoping it's a reference instead of outright inspiration.
He also wrote that terror knights story is not required reading for those who are sticking with regular issues. So probably some dream sequenes that flesh out the twins a bit and thats that.
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As a fellow New Englander (Mass) and Sox fan, couldn't agree more, lol.
But yeah, I'm def more in the East Coast camp, but I could be coaxed into Metropolis on the West Coast with one caveat: NOT LA. I could see NoCal areas like SF or even Sacramento. Or maybe Portland or Seattle. For some reason though, SoCal just wouldn't cut it for me. I dunno, maybe its just that I can't picture Metropolis with palm trees.
Regardless, I do like the concerted effort to give it more of it's own personality. Feel like the upcoming Steekworks book has a chance to elevate it even more.
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My guess is that the big appeal of the Action tie-ins for those unsure is that Clark isn’t involved, so PKJ can focus on the Superfamily interactions. Scenes like Kenan and Kon messing with each other that he’s talked about wanting to do, but just hasn’t gotten the panel space to do, will probably be what he focuses on.
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