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146-471: The Newsboy Legion is a group of orphans, living on the streets of Suicide Slum , selling newspapers to make a living. They were also frequently in trouble with the law, although local policeman Jim Harper had a soft spot for them. In their first appearance, Harper, shortly after becoming Guardian , also becomes the Newsboys' legal guardian. A recurring theme in their stories was that the boys suspected Harper

292-530: A global city . It is often referred to as "The Big Apricot" just as New York City is nicknamed " The Big Apple ". It is commonly portrayed as having an Art Deco style of architecture, much like New York City. The skyline and many of the notable landmarks in Metropolis are based on real-life landmarks in New York City . Frank Miller has said that "Metropolis is New York in the daytime; Gotham City

438-653: A 1994–1995 limited series, Metropolis SCU . At some point during the missing year following Infinite Crisis, the division of the Metropolis Police Department dedicated to superhuman crime was renamed the Science Police, seemingly a reference to the similarly named group in the Legion of Super-Heroes' 31st Century. Stryker's Island Penitentiary (based on New York's Riker's Island ) is the name of Metropolis' largest prison facility, as well as

584-472: A Boom Tube to send them to Apokolips' surface. The group is caught in the shockwave of Apokolips' destruction just as they are about to be attacked by an army of OMACs. The Challengers, Ray Palmer, Firestorm, Una, Harley, Holly, and Mary Marvel attempt to figure out what to do about Karate Kid, who is dying from the virus. Solomon, the Monitor of Earth-8, arrives and sends everyone back to Earth. Jason leaves

730-677: A Metropolis faction devoted to Superman. The group fails to regain Superman's body. The incident with Harper involved the Legion taking down an operation run by Granny Goodness , an orphanage that was a secret kidnapping ring for the dark realm of Apokolips . Both versions of the Legion would deal with adversaries such as the insane scientist Dabney Donovan and lackeys of Darkseid . The Cadmus project entire would deal with attacks and manipulation from Lex Luthor 's forces. In Superboy #56, significant changes in Project Cadmus meant

876-452: A Special Crimes Unit dedicated to defending the city against superhuman menaces in case Superman is absent. The unit is headed by Maggie Sawyer and Dan Turpin , both of whom maintain frequent contact with the Man of Steel. Another of Superman's police contacts over the years has been Inspector William Henderson , who is currently the Metropolis police commissioner. The police unit is featured in

1022-554: A boom tube and kills him. The Monitor Solomon places a chess piece of Darkseid onto the Source Wall as a memento of his victory. In New York City , former Robin Jason Todd (now calling himself the "Red Hood") witnesses the murder of Duela Dent at the hands of a rogue Monitor , who claims her presence in this world is not tolerated as she is from an alternate Earth. Jason later meets former Wonder Girl Donna Troy after

1168-571: A child, causing Superman-Prime to tear a hole in Monarch's containment suit, which sets of a chain reaction that destroys Earth-51 and the surrounding universe. Nix Uotan, the Monitor of Earth-51 and sole survivor of the cataclysm, cries as he finds a sapling emerging from scorched ground. In the Multiversal nexus, Solomon prepares to kill Forerunner, but is interrupted by the arrival of Darkseid, who, wishing to continue their game, offers Solomon

1314-537: A coma after the events of The Trials of Shazam! in which she lost her abilities mid-flight due to the death of Shazam, and fell three miles. She seeks Freddy Freeman , who paid her hospital bills, and consults Madame Xanadu , who fails to locate Freddy and warns Mary not to go to Gotham City. Ignoring her, Mary is chased by thugs through the Gotham subway, and finds the former Kahndaqi Embassy, where Black Adam has been hiding. Adam appears, saves Mary, and, following

1460-528: A crime scene. Mary stops Clayface with excessive violence. Riddler suggests she seek a mentor while Eclipso watches with interest. Mary seeks out Zatanna , who senses a new darkness in Mary. Zatanna brings Mary to her home, Shadowcrest, where she trains her. Mary suffers a sudden mood swing and challenges Zatanna to battle, wielding one of her magic rods. Eclipso observes as Zatanna turns Mary's own lightning against her and banishes her from Shadowcrest. In

1606-536: A discussion, transfers his powers to Mary. Mary acquires the powers of Black Adam, Isis , and Osiris as a result. Soon after getting these powers, she battles a demon composed of stillborns. Mary eventually locates Billy, who explains that he has replaced the wizard Shazam and that Freddy will replace him. Billy scolds Mary for taking Black Adam's powers and Mary protests that she will use them for good. In Gotham City, Mary encounters former super-villain Riddler at

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1752-604: A government genetics project. A new addition to the team was Walter "Flipper Dipper" (or "Flippa Dippa") Johnson Jr., an African-American boy. He was obsessed with and very capable of underwater maneuvers. He is also the son of another member of the Project. His nickname was later shortened to "Flip". During their first mission, the villainous Morgan Edge develops the Whiz Wagon for the unsuspecting boys. He attempts to use it and them (and by extension, Jimmy Olsen ) to kill

1898-691: A hero after seeing the Bat-Signal . After Duela Dent's murder, one of the Monitors consults the Source Wall to learn the cause of the rising tension in the Multiverse. The Wall reveals that the "Great Disaster" is the cause of the rising tension and that Ray Palmer is the solution to stopping it. At their headquarters, the Monitors discuss their goal of protecting the Multiverse from individuals who cross between worlds. They vote to decide

2044-730: A locale in the DC Universe, like the Marvel Universe, in which it exists as a separate city from Metropolis and Gotham City. The Justice Society of America , for example, is based in New York, as were the Teen Titans . Metropolis is frequently depicted as being within driving distance of Gotham City , home of Batman . This happens, for example, in the three-issue 1990 mini-series of World's Finest Comics by Dave Gibbons , Steve Rude , and Karl Kesel . The distance between

2190-415: A major scientific research institution, is also located in Metropolis. The Metropolis Museum of Natural History was featured in the film Superman Returns . Metropolis University, Clark Kent's alma mater , is located in the city of Metropolis; Clark graduated with a degree in journalism. The college has a floating aquarium anchored just offshore called the "Ark". LexCorp , founded by Lex Luthor ,

2336-578: A message written in large flaming letters: To Apokolips. Before they decide their next move, the Earth-51 Batman confronts a group of Monarch's soldiers led by the Joker only to be killed by Ultraman. As Jason stops to mourn the loss of the alternate Batman, he finds the Joker laughing amongst the rubble and kills him. The Challengers are then met by Nix Uotan, who explains that the message came from The Source and sends them to Apokolips. On Apokolips,

2482-675: A new membership of Heat Wave , Mirror Master , Captain Cold , Abra Kadabra , Weather Wizard , Trickster and Pied Piper , led by Inertia . Several Rogues distrust Trickster and Piper as they have reformed in the past. The Rogues plan to and eventually succeed in, killing the Flash, Bart Allen. Piper and Trickster then go on the run following Bart's murder, but attend his funeral, where they are captured by Multiplex and Deadshot . Eventually escaping, they are later pursued in Gotham City by

2628-525: A recreated Earth-51, Val dies and releases the Morticoccus virus, which infects the entire world. Meanwhile, the Brother Eye of Earth-51 transforms Professor Blank into a modified OMAC with limited free will, enabling him and his grandson Tommy to escape the ruins of Command-D, effectively birthing a new version of Earth A.D. from the original Kamandi series. The Rogues are reconstituted with

2774-592: A reporter for the Cleveland Evening News . In Superman #2 (Fall 1939), Metropolis was actually placed in the U.S. state of New York , making it the earliest specific reference to the location of Metropolis. In that issue, Clark Kent (Superman) sends a telegram to George Taylor , the editor of the Daily Star (the antecedent to the Daily Planet ), addressed to "Metropolis, N.Y." In

2920-502: A single mother and speaks to their leader, Athena , who convinces Holly to go on a quest. Holly reveals to Harleen that she has been asked to take part in Athena's self-esteem workshop; Harleen is overjoyed at the news. Holly is subjected to a purification ritual in which the women are made to fight one another. Holly and Harley are the only warriors left standing. The two are taken to Themiscyra and told by Athena that their first test

3066-456: A sorcerer and that she is it. Mary narrowly escapes Darkseid's clutches with the help of DeSaad, who intervenes just in time to distract the villain after she turns down his offer, causing a brief scuffle between them. Eclipso assures Darkseid that she will bring Mary back. Darkseid later restores Mary's powers and orders her to capture Jimmy Olsen. Later, Darkseid is about to siphon Jimmy's superpowers from him before his son Orion emerges from

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3212-568: A spirit collector by Darkseid, who plans to drain him of all his powers when the time comes. He is then sent back to Earth along with everyone else. Jimmy is later captured by Mary Marvel, who intends to deliver him to Darkseid. Darkseid turns Jimmy's powers off and prepares to absorb them, but is attacked by Superman. As they battle, Mary Marvel fights and defeats Donna, Kyle, Forager, Black Canary, and Vixen. Darkseid reactivates Jimmy's powers to cause him to emit kryptonite radiation to kill Superman. However, Ray Palmer sneaks inside Jimmy and destroys

3358-540: A superhero and designs a costume and calls himself Mr. Action. He revels in his new popularity, and decides to join the Teen Titans. Titans’ leader Robin begs him to reconsider, as his powers only manifest when he is in danger. Jimmy confronts Clark Kent and reveals he knows Clark is Superman: he pulls away Clark's shirt to reveal Superman's costume. Jimmy tries out for membership in the Justice League, but

3504-566: A swarm of rats, and gives Buddy her Legion Flight Ring, which he uses to take him and his grandson to Cadmus's Command D facility. The Challengers leave the reconstituted Earth-51 and return home. After witnessing Darkseid's death, Jason returns to being a solo anti-hero while Donna, Kyle, Ray Palmer and Forager, along with the Monitor Nix Uotan, reform the Challengers and watch over the other Monitors. Mary Batson awakens from

3650-458: Is New York at night." Metropolis' features became more defined and more obviously based on New York following both 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries and John Byrne 's subsequent revamping of Superman, including the late 1980s comic special The World of Metropolis . According to Action Comics #143 (April 1950), the Statue of Liberty is said to stand in "Metropolis Harbor", while

3796-490: Is a soul catcher who is collecting the spirits of the deceased New Gods. Jimmy later sees the words "To Apokolips" daubed on his bathroom cabinet. Before going to Apokolips, Jimmy decides to go and seek the aid of the "Hairies" of the Habitat. Jimmy travels to Apokolips and decides to confront Darkseid to determine his involvement with what is going on with his manifesting powers. Solomon tells him that he had been turned into

3942-409: Is a tribute to the year Superman first appeared. The apartment was a wedding gift to the couple by Bruce Wayne , who owned the building. Clark Kent's traditional address of 344 Clinton Street, Apartment 3D, was usually described as being located in midtown Metropolis. In northwestern New Troy is the impoverished and crime-infested neighborhood of Suicide Slum , best known for the 1940s adventures of

4088-618: Is accidentally killed by Apokoliptian soldiers. While formulating an escape plan, Mary says she hears the Greek gods. The group manage to free the Greek gods from an Apokoliptian chamber, and Mary regains her powers and previous costume, now with a gray lightning bolt, after saying the magic word "Shazam". At the same time, the goddesses Thalia: Muse of Comedy, and Diana : Goddess of the Hunt grant powers to Harley Quinn and Holly Robinson, respectively. The now empowered group pursue Granny Goodness, who

4234-468: Is accosted by the Batman of Earth-51, who had eradicated the super-villains of his world following his Jason's murder (as Jason wished that his Batman would have done). Eventually warming to Jason, he gives him a new costume, one that his world's Jason never got the chance to wear, and Jason assumes the mantle of " Red Robin ". Meanwhile, Queen Belthera also arrives on Earth-51 and sends her insect armies into

4380-549: Is actually a Female Furies camp. Tying into the Karate Kid storyline is the Justice League of America/Justice Society of America crossover " The Lightning Saga ". The fight between Batman and Karate Kid is shown in both Countdown and Justice League of America. Dawnstar , Starman , Dream Girl , Timber Wolf , and Wildfire are discovered stranded in the 21st century. Initially, it is believed that they came to

4526-412: Is apparently irreversible. Val protests this idea and Todd leaves. Brother Eye tries a second assimilation attempt and fails. Instead, it decides to take Val away and perform an autopsy. Brother Eye then removes the Morticoccus virus from Val, who is then saved by Ray Palmer. Apokolips' destruction and Brother Eye's escape free Una from her transformation into an OMAC. When Solomon sends the Challengers to

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4672-479: Is based on real life Central Park of New York City. Its most noteworthy feature is a statue of Superman with an American bald eagle erected after his apparent death fighting Doomsday. A statue of Superboy ( Conner Kent ) was built next to it after the events of Infinite Crisis . In 1990s and 2000s stories, the married Clark Kent and Lois Lane live in an apartment in New Troy, at 1938 Sullivan Lane, which

4818-432: Is deflated when his powers do not manifest. John Henry Irons tests Jimmy's powers using metahuman biofeedback , but the display generates complicated images of the Source Wall and alternate Earths. On his way home, Jimmy meets two members of Cadmus , who offer their assistance, take him back to their HQ, and run tests on him. Jimmy's powers go haywire, and he runs off to keep himself from hurting anyone. He encounters

4964-402: Is derived from Adventures of Superman lead actor George Reeves ' legal name before entering films. Other Metropolis boulevards in the New Troy borough are similarly named for other actors from that series and from its radio predecessor of the same name , such as Coates , Larson , and Collyer . Centennial Park (sometimes labeled as Metropolis Park ) is Metropolis' largest city park and

5110-498: Is destroyed by a stray shot from the Dominators and Monarch's armies. After Eclipso teleports her to safety, Mary blasts Eclipso with her own black diamond after realizing that Eclipso was only interested in selling her to Darkseid as a concubine in exchange for power. Eclipso manages to wrest the diamond from Mary's grasp, and leaves, telling her that she is once again alone. Eclipso then attempts to kill Mary, but finds that she

5256-404: Is discovered that the virus began spreading across the planet before the autopsy, causing infected humans to devolve into animalistic savages and infected animals to gain human-like traits. Una helps Buddy Blank reach his daughter's apartment and the two locate Buddy's daughter, who has been infected by the virus, and his grandson, who is immune. Una dies while protecting Buddy and his grandson from

5402-495: Is home to Superman, who usually operates during the day. In terms of atmosphere, Batman writer and editor Dennis O'Neil has said that, figuratively, "Batman's Gotham City is Manhattan below 14th Street at eleven minutes past midnight on the coldest night in November, and Metropolis is Manhattan between 14th and 110th Streets on the brightest, sunniest July day of the year". New York City has been more recently used as

5548-742: Is in Delaware. In June 1976, Superman #300 featured an out-of-canon story about the infant Kal-El arriving on Earth in that year, triggering an increase in Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union . In that story's version of the year 2001, passing reference is made to the merging of the eastern seaboard cities from Boston to Washington, D.C., into a "newly incorporated urban center" called "Metropolis". In his 1978 work, The Great Superman Book , an encyclopedia of

5694-561: Is interested in all aspects of technology, communication, medical science, technical science, architectural engineering, future technology, and more. Steelworks is the laboratory of Dr. John Henry Irons and in post-Crisis , it came to rival LexCorp as its reach expanded into many different industries. John Henry renamed Steelworks Ironworks to further himself from his superhero life as Steel . At least four mayors are considered part of Metropolis' history: The Metropolis Police Department headed by Commissioner David Corporon possesses

5840-455: Is introduced to Clark Kent, she is told he is from Smallville, she replies "Smallville? Never heard of it", prompting Clark Kent to ask her if she had ever been to Kansas. Lois replies "God No!" while turning her head in a sign of visible disgust. Frank Miller has said that "Metropolis is New York in the daytime; Gotham City is New York at night." Gotham City is home to Batman , whose activities are more often nocturnal, while Metropolis

5986-470: Is killed by the God-Killer before their eyes. After returning to their own Earth, Holly and Harley return to Gotham, while Mary returns to her apartment and finds Darkseid waiting for her. Darkseid offers to return Black Adam's powers to her in exchange for bringing him Jimmy Olsen. Mary agrees, and with her restored powers she quickly overcomes the Challengers and captures Jimmy. When the Challengers and

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6132-518: Is powerless and that darkness was inside of her. After explaining the situation to her, the three ask for Mary's help. Mary poses as a slave to spy. The group reveals Granny's identity to the trainees, and after Hippolyta wounds her, she flees to Apokolips, with Mary, Holly, and Harley in pursuit. On Apokolips, Mary, Holly and Harley fight Lashina , Stompa and Mad Harriet of the Female Furies . Lashina and Stompa are defeated while Mad Harriet

6278-817: Is secretly owned for several years by Lord Satanus posing as "Colin Thornton", and the Twin Towered LexCorp Tower, (a reference to the former twin towers of the World Trade Center ), headquarters for Lex Luthor's company. Besides the Financial District, notable areas of New Troy include: Famous streets in New Troy include Fifth Avenue , Bessolo Boulevard, and Topaz Lane. The latter two are Metropolis' versions of Broadway in New York City. Bessolo Boulevard's name

6424-585: Is separated from the suburban boroughs by the West River and Hobb's River , based on New York's East River and Hudson River , respectively. Midvale is a suburb of Metropolis, more well known as the home of Supergirl and the site of the Midvale Orphanage prior to the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths . It is located 60 miles northwest of Metropolis. Bakerline is another borough of Metropolis. Located north of New Troy, Bakerline

6570-441: Is the home of newspaper reporter Jimmy Olsen and appears to be based on The Bronx in New York City. Other boroughs and suburban areas, almost all of which are based on real places in New York City, include Queensland Park (a reference to Queens ), Hell's Gate (a reference to Hell Gate Bridge ), St. Martin's Island (a reference to Staten Island ), Park Ridge (a reference to Park Slope ), Metrodale, and Highville. In

6716-793: Is the most recognizable landmark in the Metropolis skyline, much like the Empire State Building for New York City . Located in "Planet Square", it is particularly known for the Daily Planet globe atop the building. Other prominent skyscrapers include the Emperor Building (a reference to the Empire State Building), the Newstime Building (home of the national Newstime magazine, a reference to and combination of Newsweek and Time ) which

6862-457: Is to out-swim the island's water guardians. The recruits are led through a series of increasingly dangerous obstacles. Holly and Harley explore a cave outside the confines of the training ground, and discover the cave is being used as a hideout by Hippolyta , who reveals to the two of them that Athena is a fake, and advises them to play along until the truth can be uncovered. Holly and Harley take Mary Marvel to Hippolyta, who detects that Mary

7008-479: Is too strong. During their battle, Mary calls down the lightning, which strikes the two of them, causing Mary to fall into the ocean and wash up on the shores of Themiscyra. Holly Robinson arrives in Metropolis , hoping to embark on a fresh start. Holly is offered a place to live at a women's shelter , where she meets the reformed Harleen Quinzel . She is outraged to find that the refuge refuses shelter to

7154-437: The 1940s Superman cartoons , produced by Paramount Pictures , Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios , Superman is said to live on the island of Manhattan . In the seventh cartoon of the series, Electric Earthquake (1942), a Native American mad scientist claims that his people are the rightful owners of Manhattan, thus placing these cartoons on the island. In the fifth cartoon in the series, The Bulleteers (1942),

7300-574: The Batcave and is eventually subdued by Black Lightning . He is briefly held by the League, and when he is released is joined by Legion member Triplicate Girl , who now calls herself "Una". Karate Kid and Una travel to the Oracle 's home, where they discover that someone is trying to steal the secret identities of all of the world's superheroes, which Oracle manages to prevent. Oracle learns that

7446-498: The Calculator is behind the plot and defeats him. Karate Kid reveals that he is dying from a virus and only Oracle can help him. After examining Karate Kid, Oracle determines that the virus is either of alien origin, or too advanced to detect. She directs the two to see Elias Orr for more answers. They defeat Orr's bodyguard, Equus , who directs them to another researcher and deduces that the virus may be related to OMAC . After

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7592-645: The Guardian and his street urchin companions the Newsboy Legion and in more contemporary times with Gangbuster . Although the northwestern location is similar to the relationship of Harlem to midtown Manhattan, the neighborhood bears more physical and cultural resemblance to Manhattan's Lower East Side . The Ace o' Clubs is a bar owned by Bibbo Bibbowski in Suicide Slum. Other notable places and their NYC inspirations in New Troy include: New Troy

7738-590: The Manhattan Guardian newspaper has a citywide network of volunteer reporters called the "Newsboy Army". Later in that same series, a group called the Newsboy Army was active during the forties in an area of New York called Nowhere Street. This group consisted of Captain 7 (an African-American boy in a football uniform), Ali Ka-Zoom (a young stage magician), Vincenzo 'Kid Scarface' Baldi (an Italian boy in an impeccable suit), Chop Suzi (an Asian girl,

7884-475: The New Gods Lightray and Sleez are killed by an unknown, mysterious figure , Darkseid converses with a concubine and DeSaad. When the concubine comments on Darkseid showing a moment of weakness, Darkseid kills her and tells DeSaad to remove the vocal cords from the next concubine. The conversation is witnessed by Forager of New Genesis, who is spying on them to see if Darkseid is responsible for

8030-513: The Newsboy Legion , who offer him shelter. Jimmy encounters Forager , who asks for help in stopping the killing of the New Gods. On Apokolips, Jimmy and Forager fight Parademons and are overpowered and taken prisoner. The Monitors decide that Jimmy is not meant to control his powers and that he is being manipulated. Jimmy is sent to the slave pits, where his overseers are ordered to torture him; Mister Miracle comes to his aid. Unable to discern

8176-759: The Silver Age and Bronze Age comics, a major Metropolis landmark is the Superman Museum. The Superman Museum features various exhibits dedicated to Metropolis' favorite superhero, similar to the Flash Museum in Central City . The Museum's exhibits were responsible for the origin of the Composite Superman . Members of the criminal organization the 100 at one point secretly used the Superman Museum as their base of operations, which

8322-693: The Suicide Squad (composed of Deadshot, Bronze Tiger , Plastique and Captain Boomerang II) and later Oracle's dispatches: the Question and Batwoman , Poison Ivy and Deathstroke , and eventually Batman and Wally West himself, on his vendetta against the Rogues who he believes killed his cousin Bart. Piper and Trickster attempt to tell Wally that they overheard Deathstroke's plans to murder

8468-576: The "Challengers from Beyond". The Monitors believe Monarch's goal is to cause a war across the Multiverse, resulting in another Crisis that would make him the absolute Monarch of a singular reality. Monarch places Lord Havok in charge of his starfleet; Havok deals a crippling blows to the Dominators of New Earth. The Monitors agree to eliminate "Bob," the Monitor of New Earth who befriended Jason and Donna. Earth-15's Monitor watches as Donna and Jason leave his Earth, and predicts that when they arrive on

8614-624: The 'Evil Factory'. They called this large, pink, humanoid entity 'Angry Charlie'. He was the only survivor from the Factory. The police authorities from Scotland, where the Factory had been hiding, allowed the Legion to maintain custody of the entity. Post- Crisis , the Newsboy Legion's 1940s history was unchanged, as was their later involvement with the DNA Project (now called Project Cadmus ). Instead of having identical sons, however,

8760-514: The Challengers are confused as to why they are there as Palmer says it is not connected to the Great Disaster. Jason tires of their bickering and leaves. Upon seeing Brother Eye, Jason contemplates using it to get back home. While searching for Jason, the Challengers find Mary, Harley, Holly and then Karate Kid, just after Brother Eye removes the Morticoccus virus from him. The group, along with Jason, prepares to confront Brother Eye, who uses

8906-823: The Chinese Market, Mary meets Klarion the Witch Boy , who tries to get some of her power. After Eclipso attempts to corrupt Mary, the Shadowpact take notice of Mary's activities, and attack Mary and Eclipso, who are overwhelmed and escape. Eclipso takes Mary to meet Darkseid, who offers to show her true darkness. Upon observing his treatment of people as mere puppets, Mary attacks him. An interruption by DeSaad allows Mary to escape. Eclipso talks Mary into returning to Darkseid and submitting to his authority, suggesting that she can usurp his powers if she grows strong enough. The asteroid on which Mary and Eclipso are standing

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9052-403: The Earth of his overzealous brother, they will be terminated. The overzealous Monitor, who oversees Earth-8, attacks them when they arrive on Earth-8, but succeeds only in killing the Jokester of Earth-3. The Monitor from Earth-8 rallies the others to his cause, listing the threats of Monarch's armies, the deaths of the New Gods, the manipulation of Jimmy Olsen, the virus infecting Karate Kid, and

9198-439: The Fifth Dimension. Superman-Prime later travels to the Multiversal nexus where he finds Solomon and demands his aid. Forerunner arrives as Superman-Prime threatens to kill Solomon unless he shows him his perfect universe; Solomon then shows Superman-Prime the war transpiring on Earth-51. Superman-Prime then flies down to Earth-51 and smashes into Monarch's command center. After fighting for a while, Monarch mocks Superman-Prime as

9344-444: The Forerunners and takes them to safety. At the funeral of the Flash, Bart Allen , the Monitor tells Jason and Donna that the former Atom , Ray Palmer , is alive and lost somewhere in the Nanoverse, and that locating him is key to surviving the coming crisis. Donna, Jason and the Monitor (nicknamed "Bob" by Jason), meet with current Atom Ryan Choi in Ivy Town to recruit him in the search for Ray Palmer. Searching for him within

9490-439: The Hairies, an underground, technologically advanced society. The Hairies were literally neighbors of the Project and both were near the Evil Factory, which strove to destroy the others. Assisting the Legion in fighting the Factory was a clone of Scrapper called 'Scrapper Trooper', who was designed for military support of the Project. The boys would become affected by the Project in other ways, such as befriending an experiment from

9636-408: The Joker, and the title refers to the planned escape from the planet as led by Luthor. As well as playing a prominent part in Countdown , the story thread centering on the Death of the New Gods is playing out in other books. Outsiders: Five of a Kind : Week Three: Thunder /Martian Manhunter featured the deaths of New Gods Grayven and Speed Queen at the hands of a mysterious God-Killer, while

9782-496: The Jokester (the Joker's heroic counterpart and father of Duela), passing through Earth-15 and later Earth-8 , where Lord Havok and the Extremists capture them before an invasion by Monarch and his newest recruits, the Crime Society gives Jason the opportunity to feign a betrayal, allowing their eventual escape. Arriving on Earth-12 , a universe resembling the Batman Beyond television series, another Monitor who has named himself Nix Uotan arrives, and informs Bob that all

9928-417: The Justice League come to save Jimmy, Mary takes out most of them single-handedly. After the death of Darkseid, Harley and Holly return to Gotham and share an apartment while Mary tracks down Black Adam, hoping to become part of a new Black Marvel Family. Black Adam rejects her and leaves, and Mary declares that she does not need anyone. Jimmy Olsen locates the Red Hood , Jason Todd, and interviews him about

10074-407: The Metro-Narrows Bridge linking the two cities. A similar map appeared in The New Adventures of Superboy #22 (October 1981), with Smallville shown within driving distance of both cities (in post-Crisis comics, Smallville was officially relocated to Kansas ). 1990's The Atlas of the DC Universe also places Metropolis in Delaware and Gotham City in New Jersey. However, the exact location of

10220-524: The Metropolis skyline after Toronto , where he was born and lived until he was ten. Since then, however, the look and feel of Metropolis has been greatly influenced by New York City . Within the DC Universe , Metropolis is depicted as being one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the world, having a population of 11 million citizens. In addition to Superman, the city has also been home to other superheroes, such as Booster Gold and Black Lightning . Like many other fictional cities in DC Comics,

10366-454: The Monitors have taken on names for themselves, such as the Monitor of Earth-8, who now calls himself Solomon. By stating that Ray Palmer lives "a life of no consequence", he unintentionally reveals the location of Ray Palmer and Bob reasons that the only way Nix Uotan could know what Ray is doing is if he was on his Earth. The group then arrive on Earth-51 , a near-perfect world where super-crime has long been eradicated. They locate Ray, living

10512-547: The Morticoccus host is in its final gestation, and that the virus' release is imminent, it sets course for Blüdhaven. Brother Eye shields itself from detection and assimilates the remains of Blüdhaven, converting it into its new base. Using Firestorm and the Atomic Knights as power sources, Brother Eye continues to grow. Val, Una, Buddy, and his grandson survive underground, with Val theorizing that they are beneath its notice. Upon discovering Apokoliptian technology in

10658-535: The Multiverse in order to find the perfect universe. Superman-Prime attacks the Lex Luthor of Earth-15, while searching for his perfect universe, which he believes is owed to him. He brings Lex to that Earth's Fortress of Solitude, and kills that world's Superman (Zod) and his pregnant wife and then flies through the Justice League Satellite, killing Luthor and the Justice League members inside

10804-540: The Multiverse was discovered, Ray theorized that Morticoccus could exist on other Earths and set about using his own superhuman immune system to immunize their populations. After the death of Earth-51's Ray Palmer, the New Earth Ray Palmer found his research and continued his work, leaving an atom symbol on those who he had immunized. Kyle, Jason, Donna, Ray and the Batman of Earth-51 are reunited as they approach their confrontation with Monarch but encounter

10950-586: The New God Knockout was killed in Birds of Prey #109. This appears to be leading into the Death of the New Gods limited series written and drawn by Jim Starlin , which saw the demise of all of the characters created by Jack Kirby for his "Fourth World" metaseries . After the conclusion of the Death of the New Gods limited series, DC editorial revealed that the "Fourth World" concept would be replaced by

11096-497: The New Gods. Jimmy Olsen learning Superman's secret identity, the battle between him and Darkseid , and other such events have been ignored following the conclusion of the series. During a DC Nation panel at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con , DC Editor-in-Chief Dan DiDio invited fans to give their own opinions on "what went wrong" with Countdown . DiDio had reportedly described the series (prior to its release) as " 52 done right." On Apokolips , Darkseid and DeSaad discuss

11242-627: The Newsboy Legion and Kirby's later kid gang, the Dingbats of Danger Street . Big Words' favorite expression of surprise is "I'll be superamalgamated!" This phrase was originally used by the similarly polysyllabic William Harper Littlejohn in Doc Savage . In the pages of " The New Golden Age " miniseries titled "Stargirl: The Lost Children", the Newsboy Legion are among the lost children on Orphan Island. They mentioned to Stargirl their history with Guardian. The Newsboy Legion later take part in

11388-598: The Newsboy Legion are among the Lost Children that are brought to Stargirl's time by the Hourman android due to paradoxical reasons. DC has published two hardback collections: In Elseworld's Finest , the Legion is a small sub-group of Newsboys which includes a young Jimmy Olsen. Suicide Slum Metropolis is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , best known as

11534-509: The Newsboys, original and clones, left the Project. It was briefly suggested that the clones were investigating what was really behind these changes, but this was not followed up on. The Newsboy clones rescued Jimmy from the sewers beneath the project in Countdown #29 (October 2007), following his breakout from Cadmus. They allowed Jimmy to stay in the "Legion Clubhouse" (a boarded-up storefront) while he tried to resolve his situation, but he

11680-563: The Source Wall itself, Superman-Prime captures Mister Mxyzptlk and Annataz Arataz, an evil analogue of Zatanna , and forces them to give him their magic powers as a replacement for the energies he temporarily absorbed from a Guardian . After her torture at Superman-Prime's hands, Annataz experiences a change of heart and, as a way to atone for her past, taunts Superman-Prime until he lets Mxyzptlk escape, facing his tantrums alone. Superman-Prime destroys his base, burns Annataz alive, and flees. Mxyzptlk orders Gsptlsnz , his girlfriend, to seal off

11826-605: The Suicide Squad. Double Down is defeated and captured, but Piper and Trickster, using Trickster's cloaking field, evade the squad and decide to follow them and free the other villains they have captured. They follow them to a government facility, and manage to free Two-Face . Two-Face tells them that Checkmate is behind the abductions. After flipping his coin, Two-Face declines to join the two. Piper and Trickster continue to flee, escaping capture by Deadshot. They are able to defeat Deadshot, but not before he manages to shoot

11972-572: The TV series Smallville , Linda Lake, a columnist for the Daily Planet , once boasted that she could see Gotham City from her new office. In Superman: The Animated Series , Bruce Wayne is shown taking his private jet aircraft to Metropolis, indicating that the two cities have at least some distance between them. In the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , director Zack Snyder confirmed that Metropolis and Gotham City would be portrayed as geographically situated right next to each other, on

12118-516: The Trickster dead. The cord attaching them together detects that Trickster is dead and begins a fail-safe procedure, counting down from twenty-four hours until it detonates. Piper uses his flute to slow the countdown. The train they are on stops for a routine check, causing Piper to flee into the desert. Piper, delirious from the heat, begins to imagine Trickster's corpse is talking to him and removes Trickster's hand from his body to avoid triggering

12264-693: The Undying Don, the leader of the L.A. underworld and is killed by the Sheeda . Baby Brain survives to found the Manhattan Guardian newspaper. Ali Ka-Zoom has shown up alive in 52 . In Seven Soldiers #1, it is revealed that Kid Scarface/Don Vincenzo actually bathed Millions in the Cauldron of Rebirth, and Millions inherited all of Vincenzo's property after his death, becoming the "Dogfather". The name "Newsboys of Nowhere Street" suggests both

12410-525: The ability to project spines from his body, but the powers manifest themselves at irregular intervals. Jimmy witnesses the death of the New God Lightray, and dreams of being trapped in the Source Wall . He meets a former minion of Darkseid named Sleez, who is killed before he can reveal anything, although he hears the words "So begins the end." Jimmy resolves to use his new powers to become

12556-417: The attendees at Black Canary and Green Arrow 's wedding, but are internally attacked by Deathstroke's tracking device. Flash manages to remove the explosive implants and brings the two of them to Zatanna's home. Flash confiscates the duo's weapons. However, Trickster and Piper use Zatanna's mummy bodyguard Hassan to create a distraction and escape Black Canary's bachelorette party. They then find himself in

12702-596: The backbone to several DC Comics titles, some events and plots play out in different comic book series. Meanwhile, the Amazons invade Washington, D.C. , led by a recently resurrected Hippolyta and Circe . The mini-series concluded with the revelation that the goddess Athena has in fact been defeated and replaced by the Apokoliptian New God Granny Goodness, suggesting that the shelter that Harley Quinn and Holly Robinson are staying in

12848-499: The battle raging on his Earth before joining the other Monitors. Feeling a call from the Source, he directs Donna, Jason, Kyle, and Ray to Apokolips, and remains behind on Earth-51 to finish his duty. Superman-Prime , surviving The Sinestro Corps War and now appearing as an adult wearing a black and silver variation of Superman's costume (like the one Superman himself wore when he was resurrected ), continues his travels throughout

12994-477: The bomb. Piper goes through a Boom Tube to Apokolips that opens in front of him after thinking he's seeing the "light at the end of the tunnel". Once on Apokolips, Piper begins to despair, thinking he is in Hell, and contemplates pulling Trickster's hand out of its cuff and killing himself. Piper is stopped by an unknown person before he sets off the bomb. The person reveals himself to be DeSaad, who frees Piper from

13140-495: The boroughs has its own distinct character and feel, which resemble and mimic New York City's boroughs . New Troy is the largest borough in Metropolis. Resembling Manhattan , New Troy is a skyscraper island bustling with commerce and business. The concrete and steel canyons of the city rise to dizzying heights. "1930s architecture stretched like a rubber band" as cited in the Art of Superman Returns book. The Daily Planet Building

13286-610: The bunker, Brother Eye opens a Boom Tube and takes its captives to Apokolips, leaving Professor Blank and his grandson behind. After arriving on Apokolips, Darkseid's Parademons engage the OMACs, who begin to assimilate them. Val and Una wander around Apokolips seeking a means to escape as Val fears Brother Eye desires the virus he carries. However, before they can formulate a plan, Una becomes an OMAC. However, Val mysteriously resists assimilation by Brother Eye, who kills him instead. Jason Todd saves him and suggests killing Una as assimilation

13432-627: The circuitry that controls his powers before being overcome by its defenses. Jimmy transforms into a scaled giant and prepares to fight Darkseid. Darkseid fights Jimmy across Metropolis and is about to kill him when Ray Palmer emerges from Jimmy's head, having shut down the device inside Jimmy that was storing the essences of the New Gods. A Boom Tube then opens up and Orion, Darkseid's son, emerges. Orion clashes with Darkseid and kills him after ripping Darkseid's heart from his chest. Soon afterwards Jimmy returns home, where his relationship with Forager deteriorates. Karate Kid (Val Armorr) fights Batman in

13578-526: The city as along the multi-state Interstate 95 , which is the main highway on the East Coast of the United States , and portrays the corresponding location in the Marvel Universe as forests and fields, explaining that Marvel's Earth and DC's Earth have different surface areas to account for their different geography (no Metropolis on Marvel's Earth, no Latveria on DC's Earth, and so on). On

13724-623: The clones remains unknown. This was part of a long-reaching conspiracy to kill all Kryptonian beings of power, of which there were many at the time. The man in charge of this plot was United States General Sam Lane . In September 1944, the Newsboy Legion teamed up with the Boy Commandos to stop armed and armored traitors based out of New York City. In Grant Morrison 's new take on the Guardian in Seven Soldiers : The Guardian ,

13870-399: The coming of a time with existence being recreated with Darkseid as the architect. Darkseid has what appears to be a chess-board with pieces representing Joker , Donna Troy , Green Arrow , Flash , Holly Robinson , Batman , Jason Todd , Hawkman , Killer Croc , Martian Manhunter , Superman , Wonder Woman , OMAC , Jimmy Olsen , Nightwing , Duela Dent , and Black Adam . Later, as

14016-577: The company launched the Final Crisis limited series. While the book was billed as leading up to the beginning of DC's Final Crisis limited series, it later emerged that the plotlines in Countdown had diverged from what was written for Final Crisis , leading to continuity problems between the two books, as noted by Final Crisis author Grant Morrison. Much of the comic has subsequently been retconned out of continuity, along with Death of

14162-680: The cord, which is revealed to be based on his technology. DeSaad claims Piper is able to channel the Anti-Life Equation in a manner beyond that of a New God. However, before Piper can play the equation on his pipe, Brother Eye finishes assimilating Apokolips. After recovering, DeSaad confesses to masterminding Trickster and Piper's ordeal. However, they are attacked by an OMAC, and Piper is captured. DeSaad continues to pursue Piper and convinces him to finally play. Piper uses his pipe to kill DeSaad and destroy Apokolips while Brother Eye escapes. Piper reawakens in Gotham City and decides to become

14308-449: The cover, was a comic book limited series published by DC Comics . It debuted on May 9, 2007, directly following the conclusion of the last issue of 52 . The series is written primarily by Paul Dini , along with a rotating team of writers and artists . Countdown consists of 51 issues, numbered in reverse and published weekly for one year. The series covers much of the fictional DC Universe , told in parallel narratives through

14454-585: The death of Duela Dent. Jason suggests that he interviews the Joker in Arkham Asylum . The Joker states that he never had a daughter, and alludes to a larger conspiracy. While calling Lois to inform her of his dead end, Jimmy is attacked by Killer Croc. To Jimmy's surprise, his body stretches, similar to Plastic Man and the Elongated Man , meaning Killer Croc cannot penetrate his skin. Jimmy displays other powers, such as super-speed. He also has

14600-785: The defeat of the Forerunner. Monarch takes the Forerunner to the Bleed, and recruits her into his army after revealing to her that her people on Earth-34 have been exterminated by Dark Angel at the Monitors' behest. Monarch and Forerunner approach the Justice League Axis of Earth-10 , the Crime Society of Earth-3, and the Extremists of Earth-8 and offers them membership in his army. The Extremists refuse and attack him, but he easily overwhelms them, and captures

14746-555: The encounter with the Terrible Time Tailor is "child molester". However, the crossword puzzle included in Seven Soldiers #1 implies that Suzi may have given birth to twins, fathered by Baby Brain - despite obvious physical obstacles. Cap is subsequently killed by the others. Hollywood becomes an alcoholic 'super-impressionist'. Ali Ka-Zoom masters genuine magic, goes mad, and dies, and Kid Scarface became Vincenzo

14892-622: The events of the Great Disaster Unfold. Solomon is later seen in the Multiversal nexus planning to stop Darkseid. Solomon later places a chess piece of Darkseid onto the Source Wall as a memento of his victory and then witnesses Donna Troy, Kyle Rayner, Ray Palmer, and Forager agreeing to act as watchmen for the Monitors at the urging of Nix Uotan, who is impressed by the Challengers selflessness and repulsed by his brethren's lack of foresight. Since Countdown attempts to be

15038-408: The events to his own ends. The Monitors are then interrupted by the arrival of Monarch and his army. As the two sides fight, Monarch approaches Solomon and accuses him of desiring sole dominion over the Multiverse. Solomon returns to the Multiversal nexus where the remaining Monitors condemn his actions before joining the battle on Earth-51. Floating in space, Nix Uotan, the Monitor of Earth-51, watches

15184-535: The existence of a large monster that ate furniture. The post-Crisis Newsboys were also given real names: Big Words was Anthony Rodriguez; Gabby was Johnny Gabrielli and Scrapper was Patrick MacGuire. They were briefly joined by the Guardian's niece "Famous" Bobby Harper, but she subsequently went to stay with another relative. The Legion rebel against Cadmus for the first time when they the adults have stolen Superman's body. They join with an infiltration team composed of Lois Lane and several super-powered 'Underworlders',

15330-458: The fates of Donna Troy, Jason Todd, and Kyle Rayner, and the decision is made to purge them as anomalies. The Monitors dispatch a Forerunner named Viza Aziv to kill Jason Todd and Donna Troy. After beating Jason, Forerunner fights Donna. The encounter is interrupted by one of the Monitors. Created by the Monitors, Forerunner cannot harm them. Having failed in her mission, Forerunner goes into self-imposed exile. Monarch ( Nathaniel Adam ) witnesses

15476-455: The fight, which includes the evil alternate Donna. After "Dark Donna" is defeated, New Earth's Donna is able to masquerade as her to get close to Belthera, kill her and assume leadership of Belthera's troops by right of conquest. Ray and Kyle are also able to deal with their opponents and Ray explains why his counterpart on Earth-51 was so important: Earth-51's Ray discovered a sentient virus named Morticoccus and had it quarantined. However, when

15622-515: The first forty years of the Superman comics, author Michael Fleisher cites many examples which demonstrate that Metropolis equates with New York City . The most blatant of these might be the statement he cites from Action Comics #143 (April 1950), which states that the Statue of Liberty stands in "Metropolis Harbor". The Statue of Liberty, in fact, stands in New York Harbor . In the pre- Crisis on Infinite Earths comics, Smallville

15768-651: The group meet Firestorm as Val begins to cough up blood. Sensing something beneath the surface, Val directs Firestorm to blast a hole to the cavern below. Karate Kid and Firestorm take on the Atomic Knights and break into a vault under Blüdhaven to find DeSaad torturing Martin Stein . DeSaad steals Firestorm's powers and attacks Val and Una. The Atomic Knights arrive and, deploying a device on DeSaad, separate Firestorm from DeSaad, who then escapes to Apokolips. The Atomic Knights turn their attention to Karate Kid and

15914-414: The group upon their arrival. Soon after, the group discovers that no one recognizes them, and that their homes and headquarters are not there. The group goes to see Dubbilex for help with Karate Kid, only to learn that he has already died. When Karate Kid's autopsy is performed, Morticoccus is accidentally released, grows and attacks the Challengers. The virus is captured by Rayner and explodes. However, it

16060-757: The harbor from each other. That same column stated that Green Arrow's home, Star City , was in Connecticut, Flash's Central City was in Ohio, and Hawkman's Midway City was in Michigan. An earlier issue of DC's fanzine Amazing World of DC Comics , however, stated that Metropolis was located in Delaware , while Gotham was placed in New Jersey . The 1990 Atlas of the DC Universe role playing game supplement, published by Mayfair Games , states that Metropolis

16206-598: The home of Superman and his closest allies and some of his foes . First appearing by name in Action Comics #16 (Sept. 1939), Metropolis is depicted as a prosperous and massive city in the Northeastern United States , in close proximity to Gotham City . In recent years, it has been stated to be located in New York . The co-creator and original artist of Superman, Joe Shuster , modeled

16352-442: The interconnecting stories of a cast of characters. It frequently crosses over with other DC titles . Unlike the 52 limited series of the previous year, Countdown is not depicted as taking place in " real time " but presumably operates on the same floating timeline as DC Comics stories in general. The series follows the success of 52 , which, in contrast, did not cross over with DC's other regular titles. 52 concluded with

16498-600: The life of his deceased counterpart. Bob is revealed to have been working for Solomon's cause and tells Ray that he must be exterminated. The Challengers attempt to stop Bob, who succeeds in killing the alternate versions of Barry Allen , Ralph Dibny and Jean Loring, but Ray and the Challengers escape. After Monarch descends upon Earth-51, with his Crime Society and Extremists recruits, Kyle and Ray are confronted by Power Ring and alternate versions of Booster Gold and Supergirl, whilst elsewhere Donna faces an alternate version of herself as Jason fights with Gorgon of Earth-8. Jason

16644-470: The location of Metropolis has varied over the years but is usually portrayed as a major city in the Northeast , sharing various qualities with New York City . Superman co-creator Joe Shuster moved to Cleveland at age ten, where he met co-creator and Ohio native Jerry Siegel . Originally intending to sell the Superman strips to a Cleveland newspaper, they decided to set the stories there, but when

16790-635: The longest suspension bridge in the world, the Metro-Narrows Bridge is likely based on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge , which stretches between Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City. In The World's Greatest Superheroes newspaper comic strip , a 1978 Sunday strip shows a map of the east coast of the United States; the map places Metropolis in Delaware and Gotham City across Delaware Bay in New Jersey, with

16936-534: The microscopic "Nanoverse", they are captured by Queen Belthera, and are later rescued by Kyle Rayner before Ryan Choi is abducted back into Ivy Town. Kyle informs the group that they will have to tour the Multiverse to find Ray Palmer, and they encounter the Authority on Earth-50 , a Soviet Superman on Earth-30, and the Crime Society on Earth-3 . As they leave Earth-3, they are unexpectedly joined by

17082-406: The middle of a battle on the wedding day and manage to use the Joker's exploding "present" against Poison Ivy, gaining some measure of revenge over her. As they escape in a stolen car, they are suddenly accosted by Double Down , who had hidden in the back seat. Double Down wants to join the two in their run from the law, mentioning the disappearances of several villains. The group is then attacked by

17228-722: The name of the city is identified as Metropolis, as the Bulleteers address in that cartoon the population of Superman's city as "citizens of Metropolis"; and in the thirteenth cartoon Destruction, Inc. (1942), Metropolis is even seen spelled out twice on the Metropolis Munition Works. In a 1970s edition of "Ask the Answer Man ", a column that ran occasionally in DC publications, it was stated that Metropolis and Gotham City were adjacent to New York City ; across

17374-515: The name of the island on which it sits; it is located in Metropolis' West River south of New Troy (the real-life Riker's Island sits in the East River , connected by a foot and vehicle bridge to the nearby borough of Queens , although the island itself and its jail complex are technically and officially part of The Bronx ). Countdown to Final Crisis Countdown , also known as Countdown to Final Crisis for its last 24 issues based on

17520-457: The nature of Jimmy's powers with his Mother Box, Mister Miracle gambles by dropping Olsen into a fire pit. Jimmy survives by assuming a turtle-like form. Jimmy locates Forager, who then attacks him. Jimmy duplicates the powers of a Mother Box to restore Forager's sanity. When Bernadeth confronts the two, Jimmy opens a Boom Tube and returns to Earth with Forager, whereupon he kisses her. Back at Jimmy's apartment, Forager reveals to Jimmy that he

17666-805: The new Newsboy Legion were now said to be clones created by the same technology that recreated the Guardian as part of an Apokolips plot that went wrong. Like the Guardian clone, they shared their "father's" memories, at least up to their current age, meaning that they were sometimes unfamiliar with the modern world (the new Flip's memories dated from the fifties, rather than the forties). They first appeared in this form in Superman (vol. 2) Annual #2 (1988), written by Roger Stern , and were extensively featured in Karl Kesel 's run on The Adventures of Superman , including breaking Kon-El out of Cadmus. The clones were always getting into trouble, such as when they hid

17812-543: The next move. As they witness Brother Eye assimilating Apokolips, Solomon tells Darkseid that his time is coming to an end. Darkseid reveals that Solomon was responsible for Captain Atom irradiating Blüdhaven , causing his transformation into Monarch. Solomon, disturbed by Darkseid's plans to control the "Fifth World", appears to the Challengers, telling them that Darkseid is too dangerous to attack and sends them away. He deposits them on Nix Uotan's newly recreated Earth-51, where

17958-408: The opposite sides of a bay , similar to Jersey City and Manhattan . A Native American tribe sold Metropolis Island to the first European settlers in 1644, similar to the history of New York City, in which Native Americans sold Manhattan Island to Dutch settlers in 1626. Over the years, Metropolis' features have greatly changed in the comics; however, Metropolis is always presented as being

18104-471: The other Teen Titans pay their respects at Duela's grave and speculates that the two of them, like Duela, may not belong in this reality either. During the Amazons' attack on Washington, D.C. , Jason and Donna discuss the Monitors and the original Monitor and Anti-Monitor when they are attacked by the " Forerunner " who had been sent by the Monitors. Another Monitor arrives to save Jason and Donna from

18250-401: The others, but are unable to act before Jason and Gehenna re-merge into Firestorm and overpower them. Buddy Blank leads Val, Una, and his grandson deeper underground. Coming upon a sealed door, Karate Kid attempts to open it, which enables Brother Eye to escape the hangar. Converting the people in the hangar into OMACs, Brother Eye assimilates the entire base and breaks free. Upon detecting that

18396-527: The possibility that a single individual is behind it all as evidence. With the help of a female Monitor named Doctrine, he convinces the others that they must go to war in order to save billions of lives that would otherwise be lost. The Monitors arrive on Earth-51, shortly after the Challengers escape. The Monitor of Earth-8, now calling himself "Solomon", attempts to absorb Bob into his being, but inadvertently kills him instead. The other Monitors, shocked, then voice their suspicions that Solomon engineered all of

18542-456: The present to save Lightning Lad . It is later revealed that the Legion actually came to retrieve a person, the identity of whom is yet unknown, whose "essence" is now stored in one of the Legion's "lightning rod" devices. The Legion then escaped into the future, leaving behind Starman and Karate Kid. An unforeseen consequence of the Legion's actions was the return of Wally West and his family. Brainiac 5 confirms this by implying West's return

18688-562: The raid on Childminder's castle. Some of its members were saved from a Child Collector by Salem the Witch Girl . The Newsboy Legion are among the Lost Children that are "nested" by the Child Collectors. Thanks to a diversion from Time Masters member Corky Baxter, Boom used this diversion to free everyone. Following Time Master (an older version of Corky Baxter) and Childminder's defeat and Wing being sent back to his own time,

18834-622: The real-life Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor . However, most stories indicate the Statue of Liberty is actually in New York City, which also exists in the DC Universe as a separate city from Metropolis. The map of Metropolis designed for Mayfair Games' first edition of the DC Heroes Role-Playing Game resembled that of Manhattan . Metropolis is made up of six boroughs, the largest being New Troy. Each of

18980-446: The recent murders of the New Gods. Forager is attacked by a guard and escapes. The Deep Six are killed soon afterwards by the same mysterious figure. Darkseid shows knowledge of the New Gods dying across the galaxy and the mystery figure killing them, and decides to use the New Gods as pawns in a complex scheme intended to result in his rule of the entire Multiverse. Mary Marvel is brought before Darkseid, who tells her that he wants

19126-575: The response was "That's a fairly safe guess." The Suicide Squad, behind the attempted captures of Piper and Trickster were also shown to have captured other Rogues in All-Flash #1 who are pictured on the cover for issue #1. In Countdown , after escaping Suicide Squad member Deadshot, Piper and Trickster later evade capture from four other members in Gotham City . Among those captured in the limited series include Lex Luthor , Scandal Savage , and

19272-508: The revelation that the Multiverse (a storytelling device which posits the existence of alternative realities ) exists, and which now serves as a backdrop to several stories in Countdown . Beginning with issue #26, the series trade dress was reworked to identify the series as Countdown to Final Crisis . The stories taking place in Countdown set the stage for the approaching Final Crisis limited series. Countdown to Final Crisis

19418-482: The satellite. Expressing his disgust over the League lacking the roster he desires; he returns to Earth and kills the Earth-15 Wonder Woman (Donna) and Batman (Jason). Realizing this is not the perfect Earth he is looking for, Superman-Prime dives through the planet and destroys it. He vows to find his perfect universe even if he has to tear apart the entire Multiverse to do so. Building a secret lair in

19564-466: The strips were re-used for the comic books, they changed the location to the fictional Metropolis. Shuster was quoted as having modeled his Metropolis cityscape on that of his hometown, Toronto , and in the early versions of Superman, Clark Kent worked for a newspaper called the Daily Star , modeled after the real-life Toronto Star . Action Comics #2, however, mistakenly portrays Clark Kent as

19710-518: The team's mechanic), Edward 'Baby Brain' Stargard (an infant prodigy), Little Miss Hollywood (an impressionist, the daughter of Irish immigrants) and Millions (the world's richest dog). In their final mission as a team, they are cursed by the Terrible Time Tailor to be given horrible fates to prevent them from stopping his plans for the Harrowing. Millions "dies" shortly thereafter. It is widely assumed that Cap impregnates Suzi, as his designation after

19856-418: The television series Superman: The Animated Series , the second part of the episode titled "Little Girl Lost" depicts Darkseid's minion using a machine hidden in or around Metropolis to attempt to pull a comet into the earth. The beam from that machine is depicted originating from the area of the mid-western United States where Kansas is located. In the second part of the episode "Last Son of Krypton" when Lois

20002-443: The two cities has varied greatly over the years, ranging from being hundreds of miles apart to Gotham and Metropolis being twin cities on opposite sides of Delaware Bay , with Metropolis in Delaware and Gotham City being in New Jersey . In Bronze Age stories that depicted Metropolis and Gotham City as twin cities, the Metro-Narrows Bridge was said to be the main route connecting Metropolis to Gotham City. Stated as being

20148-574: The two cities has varied. A map of the United States in the Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 depicts Metropolis and Gotham City (alongside Blüdhaven ) as being somewhere in the tri-state area . In the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , when Lois finds out about Superman's secret identity and yells at Clark about how he's been hiding his secretly being Superman, he responds, "A little louder, Lois. I don't think they could hear you in Gotham City." In

20294-453: The two leave, Orr reports to DeSaad. Karate Kid and Una meet Professor Buddy Blank , who takes them to see Brother Eye , who is imprisoned in a NORAD storage hangar. Brother Eye confirms that Val is infected with the OMAC virus and refers to the "Great Disaster". He informs Val that there is a similar strain hidden in a bunker beneath Blüdhaven . Traveling through the ruins of Blüdhaven,

20440-811: The upcoming Salvation Run . Connecting this story to "The Lightning Saga" is Wally's return to Earth. Wally's new vendetta against the Rogues is witnessed in Countdown where he finally catches up to Piper and Trickster, the remaining Rogues having already been captured in All Flash #1. Salvation Run , by Bill Willingham , Lilah Sturges and Sean Chen , is the story of various supervillains who have been captured and deported via Boom Tube technology to another planet. Regarding Countdown , Newsarama asked writer Willingham "Just to try and point out an example of this in action, would it be safe to say that Pied Piper and Trickster would have found themselves on this world had they not escaped capture in Countdown ?", to which

20586-441: Was a freak accident, but that they still retrieved the correct person the Legion sought. The final arc of The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive , "Full Throttle", features the Rogues successfully killing Bart Allen , the fourth Flash. Within Countdown , both the buildup to this as well as its aftermath is felt. Bart's funeral is held, and Piper and Trickster are forced on the run from superheroes and villains alike, which also ties into

20732-604: Was discovered by the superhero Black Lightning and his nemesis the Whale . Superman, under the effects of hypnosis, once went on a rampage and wrecked several pieces at the museum. The Superman Museum, like the Flash Museum, is also usually shown as existing well into the Legion of Super-Heroes ' era, as shown in various stories and the 2000s television series Legion of Super Heroes . The central branch of S.T.A.R. Labs ,

20878-468: Was kidnapped by the second Forager . Their "fathers" were not mentioned. The group appears in issue one of Death of the New Gods (Dec 2007). Using the Whiz Wagon's computers, they assist Jimmy in gaining photographic evidence of the death of the Black Racer . In Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (one-shot, Dec 2008), the original Newsboy Legion members were killed by Codename: Assassin . The fate of

21024-555: Was often shown as being within driving distance of Metropolis, although with no definitive location. John Byrne 's 1986 revamp of Superman cited the city as being in Kansas . The 1992 " Death of Superman " storyline depicts Doomsday on a path from Ohio through the state of New York, ending in Metropolis, and the 2005 comic Countdown to Infinite Crisis also places Metropolis in the state of New York . The 2003 DC Comics/ Marvel Comics crossover mini-series JLA/Avengers depicts

21170-479: Was originally intended to run from issues #51-0, with issue #0 serving as the prologue to the Final Crisis limited series. Instead, it was decided that Countdown would conclude with issue #1 and the #0 issue was retitled to DC Universe #0. DC Universe #0 was co-written by Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns and served as a summary of recent events within the DC Universe in order to attract new readers before

21316-485: Was the Guardian but were unsure. The Newsboy Legion consisted of Tommy Tompkins (the leader); Big Words (the team genius); Gabby (an excitable kid who never stopped talking); and Scrapper (the tough guy). The Newsboy Legion were reintroduced in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133 (October 1970) as part of Jack Kirby's Fourth World story arc. The Legion in that story were the sons of the originals, who were now working at

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