tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post6384560772736818704..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: A rising Star City!Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-55571495537681689612017-06-16T19:55:33.078-05:002017-06-16T19:55:33.078-05:00Normally I'd agree with you about fictionopoli...Normally I'd agree with you about fictionopolii, but as someone born and bred in Seattle (in Ballard, you betcha), I have a few qualms about the city of my birth being erased from the DCU. <br /><br />Plus, I sort of grew up reading Mike Grell's Green Arrow run, so the Emerald City seems like the "proper" setting for the Emerald Archer.<br /><br />(And boy, howdy, did I just date myself there!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-72739815638856376642017-06-12T03:20:02.138-05:002017-06-12T03:20:02.138-05:00As [I] noted on Wikipedia:
"Several golden a...As [I] noted on Wikipedia:<br /><br />"Several golden age stories depicted Green Arrow and Speedy fighting seafaring villains -- the Angler, the Harbor Thief, and the Turtle, among others -- implying the city was on a sea coast. Long before Green Arrow joined the Justice League of America, he and Speedy often teamed up with underwater adventurer Aquaman (whose adventures, like those of the two archers, appeared in Adventure Comics), supporting the notion that Star City was a coastal city."<br /><br />So, yeah, I guess Seattle'd work.cybridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-68227128306570613422017-06-09T11:33:51.677-05:002017-06-09T11:33:51.677-05:00Another example of the Ivory Soap Principle?
(If y...Another example of the Ivory Soap Principle?<br />(If you are reading this and don't know what I mean, get to reading the past blog posts here!)<br /><br />P.S. My favorite ISP is TJMaxx - They (the jewelry department in particular) takes rejects and non-selling items from other stores' inventories, plus whatever fell out of the delivery truck that week. Their slogan flashes across the jewelry department registers constantly- "Never The Same Place Twice!"Redforcenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-6732305073766773232017-06-09T03:03:20.694-05:002017-06-09T03:03:20.694-05:00SEATTLE: DESTROYED BY ARROWLAX-POSSESSED OLLIESEATTLE: DESTROYED BY ARROWLAX-POSSESSED OLLIERomSpacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-33306359476931130942017-06-09T03:01:17.541-05:002017-06-09T03:01:17.541-05:00The Space Needle rebuilt becomes the Satellite for...The Space Needle rebuilt becomes the Satellite for Justice League satellite Era. Seattle destroyed by Arrowlax (the green demon spirit of the arrow), but Seattle-lite lives on, bottled in the SatelliteRomSpacenoreply@blogger.com