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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2023 22:27:48 GMT -5
Hero HQ's - the ultimate statement you've "made it" in the business of fighting the good fight. Pick your 2 favorites and let it be known who has some of the coolest digs in your opinion.
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Post by Chris on Mar 1, 2023 23:13:45 GMT -5
I'm stuck among the Fortress, the Batcave, and the JLA Satellite. All three are so cool.
Also, your userpic reminds me of the '70s Legion HQ. I always liked that one, especially when James Sherman was drawing the book.
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Post by Chris on Mar 1, 2023 23:17:38 GMT -5
Had to go with Fortress and Satellite. The Batcave is a very close third though.
Also, props for listing Aunt May's place. Funny.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 1, 2023 23:56:16 GMT -5
Blackhawk Island. Just 'cause. It's one of the reasons why I always felt the closest media adaptation of Blackhawk was not the Columbia serial; but the tv series Baa Baa Black sheep, about Pappy Boyington and VMF-214. You have a ragtag bunch of pilots, operating from their own island HQ, sticking it to the enemy, on air and land, without regard for procedure, rank, or regulations. The only real difference was the theater of operations and the number of foreign accents within the squadron. Otherwise, both had a colorful leader, both had iconic planes, both had memorable names and both had as much to do with the real war as a game of Stratego. The other was the SHIELD Hellicarrier. Not more modern ones; but, the one and then-only original, designed by Jack Kirby and tricked out by Jim Steranko. It was cool enough to turn up in the UK, as Cloudbase (and the later UNIT Valiant sky-carrier and the British carriers in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow; plus, it was one of the few elements of the Nick Fury tv movie that was done fairly well, if somehwat l;ow budget, though I wondered why a Helicarrier needed watertight doors? Honorable mention to Titans Tower, though I don't think the two T wings were structurally sound. The Hall of Justice is just a train station....  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2023 0:33:03 GMT -5
Tower of Fate-I mean who wouldn't want to hang out in a tower with no windows or doors, that's bigger on the inside than the outside and whose interior designer was MC Escher. Plus it connects to anywhere in the world you want (and possibly to other dimensions. And while inside, you don't age...I mean come on, how does any other of these places compare with that?
If I had to choose a more mundane hq, it would be Avengers Mansion, because...nostalgia. And Jarvis.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 2, 2023 4:40:42 GMT -5
X-mansion and the Baxter Building.
The former because it's pretty much just like the Avengers Mansion in terms of amenities, but crucially: it's out in the countryside, with forested meadows and a friggin' lake on the grounds.
The latter because if I have to live in a big city, i.e., right smack dab in the middle of Manhattan, what would be cooler than having the top 5-6 floors of a skyscraper all to yourself?
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Post by Cei-U! on Mar 2, 2023 5:21:41 GMT -5
I voted for Avengers Mansion (I always wanted to write a scene of the team having Sunday morning breakfast) and the JLA satellite, but pretty much every place listed is cool. Others not listed include the JSA's original hotel suite HQ, their '70s Gotham brownstone, the Secret Society of Super-Villains' San Francisco skyscraper, he Defenders' riding academy, and the original JLA cave near Happy Harbor, awesome digs one and all.
Cei-U!
I summon the cutaway diagram!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2023 7:54:53 GMT -5
Had to vote for the Batcave. And the Hall of Justice (that one might be more about the nostalgia of the Super Powers playset).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2023 8:04:23 GMT -5
I voted for Avengers Mansion (I always wanted to write a scene of the team having Sunday morning breakfast) and the JLA satellite, but pretty much every place listed is cool. Others not listed include the JSA's original hotel suite HQ, their '70s Gotham brownstone, the Secret Society of Super-Villains' San Francisco skyscraper, he Defenders' riding academy, and the original JLA cave near Happy Harbor, awesome digs one and all. Cei-U! I summon the cutaway diagram! I know of those, but maybe not all of them. I’m gonna have to try and find some images. This feels like a CCF Christmas event, and I mean that in a good way! |
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Post by Cei-U! on Mar 2, 2023 9:17:37 GMT -5
I voted for Avengers Mansion (I always wanted to write a scene of the team having Sunday morning breakfast) and the JLA satellite, but pretty much every place listed is cool. Others not listed include the JSA's original hotel suite HQ, their '70s Gotham brownstone, the Secret Society of Super-Villains' San Francisco skyscraper, he Defenders' riding academy, and the original JLA cave near Happy Harbor, awesome digs one and all. Cei-U! I summon the cutaway diagram! I know of those, but maybe not all of them. I’m gonna have to try and find some images. This feels like a CCF Christmas event, and I mean that in a good way!
Cei-U! I summon the helpful hint!
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Post by Graphic Autist on Mar 2, 2023 10:01:51 GMT -5
Avengers Mansion and Baxter Building for me. Hall of Justice if I got a third.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 2, 2023 10:16:26 GMT -5
The Batcave and the JLA satellite. I might have considered the Perisphere if it were an option.
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 2, 2023 10:33:05 GMT -5
The Batcave: the ultimate symbol of DIY brilliance. Wayne did not need a team or government to construct a perfect, tactical base of operations, yet it was not strictly about the job, due to his displayed artifacts, which gave this dark character a humanizing quality.
LSH: Bronze Age HQ. At last, the far future team had a base worthy of their era and purpose. In the decades to follow,its been modified over and over again, but its never looked better than its Bronze Age version.
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Post by tonebone on Mar 2, 2023 11:21:37 GMT -5
JLA Satellite and Fortress of Solitude. (I mean, the Fortress even got its own comic, a treasury edition, no less!)  No JLA Watchtower? |
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 2, 2023 11:24:27 GMT -5
X-mansion and the Baxter Building. The former because it's pretty much just like the Avengers Mansion in terms of amenities, but crucially: it's out in the countryside, with forested meadows and a friggin' lake on the grounds. The latter because if I have to live in a big city, i.e., right smack dab in the middle of Manhattan, what would be cooler than having the top 5-6 floors of a skyscraper all to yourself? I'd hate to be the downstairs neighbors when the FF launch that ICBM of theirs! |
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