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Post by Chris on Mar 18, 2018 19:50:53 GMT -5
On what other occasions has it appeared? Surely it's been in actual JLA comics at some point, though I'm not enough of a fan to know. It appeared in Justice League of America when Brad Meltzer was writing it. From issue #7 (May 2007) -  (Click here for a larger version) ...it's the Cincinatti Museum Center... Cincinnati. Which, if I'm not mistaken, was originally a railway terminal. It's an iconic piece of art deco architecture. It was originally Union Terminal, a train station in Cincinnati. Here's a photo with trains around -  (Click here for a larger image)
WHEN THE SUPER Friends of the classic 1970s cartoon series gather at the Hall of Justice, Cincinnatians find it eerily familiar—after all, the hideout drew inspiration from the Queen City's Union Terminal...
While locals had suspected the comic-book connection for decades, the Cincinnati Enquirer confirmed in 2009 that Hanna-Barbera background supervisor Al Gmuer had been inspired by Union Terminal when he worked on what would become the Justice League’s HQ. (Hanna-Barbera was owned by Cincinnati’s Taft Broadcasting from the late 1960s to the ‘80s.)- Source: WiredOne of the neat things about Union Terminal was the Whispering Fountains - If you and a friend stand at the drinking fountains on opposite ends of the Union Terminal rotunda, it is possible to have a conversation from 180 feet apart by speaking into the wall. The acoustics of the dome are such that your voices will bounce up into the arch and then back down on the other side. The Museum Center calls this the Whispering Fountains, but it works best if you speak loudly. Background noise can be a problem, so try to avoid weekend mornings when preschoolers are out in force. And ignore any odd looks from ignorant folks who think you’re talking to the water fountain. - Source: Cincinnati Magazine I don't know if the Fountains are still there. I haven't been in the place since... the 80s? Early 90s? Whatever, it was long before they renamed it. So, yeah, the Super Friends operated out of Cincinnati, Ohio. It's ok, y'all can be jealous.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2018 20:21:16 GMT -5
...it's the Cincinatti Museum Center... Cincinnati. I am the king of typos...long live the king. -M |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Mar 18, 2018 20:47:37 GMT -5
They definitely used the Legion of Doom HQ in continuity too... I think during the Morrison run?
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Post by rberman on Mar 18, 2018 20:48:30 GMT -5
They definitely used the Legion of Doom HQ in continuity too... I think during the Morrison run? Dunno, but in Kingdom Come, the super-villain prison looks like Legion of Doom HQ. It may have also appeared in the Justice maxi-series as itself. |
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Post by Chris on Mar 18, 2018 21:04:39 GMT -5
I am the king of typos...long live the king. -M No biggie, everybody does it. Even people in Cincinnati spell it wrong. |
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Post by Cheswick on Mar 18, 2018 22:59:42 GMT -5
They definitely used the Legion of Doom HQ in continuity too... I think during the Morrison run? Yes. It appeared in Final Crisis. |
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Post by rberman on Mar 19, 2018 6:46:53 GMT -5
The Legion of Doom headquarters looked a lot like Darth Vader's helmet. I assume it debuted in or after 1977?
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 19, 2018 7:36:25 GMT -5
The Legion of Doom headquarters looked a lot like Darth Vader's helmet. I assume it debuted in or after 1977? Yes. Challenge of the Super-Friends premiered in September of 1978, so the LoD HQ was a definite rip of Vader's mask. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 19, 2018 10:15:43 GMT -5
The Legion of Doom headquarters looked a lot like Darth Vader's helmet. I assume it debuted in or after 1977? Star Wars was referenced on several occasions, in various Super Friends shows. The second series, The All-New Super Friends, had a couple. One was a segment where an alien flees a world with an armored tyrant and his armored soldiers (in an aquatic society, so Aquaman can be involved). The villain's armor looks rather reminiscent of Darth Vader, while his men are pseudo stormtroopers. In another episode, Hawkman and Hawkgirl are on an alien desert planet, where we see people who look almost exactly like the jawas. That was right after the movie was a hit. Later shows had space battles that referenced it (bloodlessly) and other elements, here and there. They weren't alone. Filmation's Young Sentinels show (a pseudo- Green Lantern Corps, which itself was an ersatz Lensmen) was rechristened The Space Sentinels, after Star Wars became a hit. Filmation also had a live action show, called Space Academy, which was a pseudo-Star Trek; but, quickly launched the serial, Jason of Star Command, which was pure Star Wars (by way of Flash Gordon). |
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Post by cellardweller on Mar 21, 2018 20:35:03 GMT -5
The Legion of Doom headquarters looked a lot like Darth Vader's helmet. I assume it debuted in or after 1977? Star Wars was referenced on several occasions, in various Super Friends shows. The second series, The All-New Super Friends, had a couple. One was a segment where an alien flees a world with an armored tyrant and his armored soldiers (in an aquatic society, so Aquaman can be involved). The villain's armor looks rather reminiscent of Darth Vader, while his men are pseudo stormtroopers. In another episode, Hawkman and Hawkgirl are on an alien desert planet, where we see people who look almost exactly like the jawas. That was right after the movie was a hit. Later shows had space battles that referenced it (bloodlessly) and other elements, here and there. Very true. I specifically remember the episode "Demons of Exxor" where the villain was "Lord Darkon". He and his army resembled stormtroopers, and perhaps had elements of Darth Vader as well.  |
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Post by rberman on Mar 21, 2018 20:49:26 GMT -5
Star Wars was referenced on several occasions, in various Super Friends shows. The second series, The All-New Super Friends, had a couple. One was a segment where an alien flees a world with an armored tyrant and his armored soldiers (in an aquatic society, so Aquaman can be involved). The villain's armor looks rather reminiscent of Darth Vader, while his men are pseudo stormtroopers. In another episode, Hawkman and Hawkgirl are on an alien desert planet, where we see people who look almost exactly like the jawas. That was right after the movie was a hit. Later shows had space battles that referenced it (bloodlessly) and other elements, here and there. Remember Very true. I specifically remember the episode "Demons of Exxor" where the villain was "Lord Darkon". He and his army resembled stormtroopers, and perhaps had elements of Darth Vader as well. Remember the episode where the Super-Friends went to “Middle Earth” and were turned into hobbits by an evil wizard? I think I saw that one like five times.w |
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Post by cellardweller on Mar 21, 2018 21:19:01 GMT -5
Remember the episode where the Super-Friends went to “Middle Earth” and were turned into hobbits by an evil wizard? I think I saw that one like five times.w Sure, I remember that episode. "The Lord of Middle Earth". The villain was Mal Havok. I also remember a few people online calling that season (World's Greatest Super Friends) as the "absent Super Friends" season, as there were episodes that had heroes not part of the main story. |
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Post by String on Mar 23, 2018 17:42:20 GMT -5
From the Emperor Joker story:  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2018 22:20:39 GMT -5
Ask and you will receive... Scott Snyder announced today at Wonder Con that he is bringing back the Hall of Justice and the Legion of Doom in his upcoming relaunch of the Justice League following the No Justice weekly event his spring. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2018 22:24:52 GMT -5
Here's a clip of Snyder's panel this afternoon where he talks how the Hall of Justice will work withthe multiple JL teams coming out of No Justice (the focus is on JL Dark in this though)
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