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May 4, 2008


FFF Results Post #118—Locales

On Friday afternoon, participating CR readers were asked to "Name Five Locales From Comics You Like That Are not A) A Character's Primary Residence, B) Their Traditional Headquarters." Here are the results.

topic adapted from suggestion by Tom Bondurant

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Tom Bondurant and Tom Spurgeon

1. Hydro-Base (Tom Bondurant)
2. The Wayne Foundation Penthouse (Tom Bondurant)
3. The Wonderdome (Tom Bondurant)
4. The Coffee Bean (Tom Spurgeon)
5. Bumpers (Tom Spurgeon)

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Randall Ragsdale

1. Top of Empire State Building (Spider-Man)
2. Central Park (The Boys)
3. Far enough in space to cover the Earth with an outstretched hand (Supreme Power)
4. Dale's RV (The Walking Dead)
5. Marrisville, Ohio (Y The Last Man)

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Ben Schwartz

1) Yancy Street
2) Mad Dog's bar
3) Perry White's office (when he's yelling at someone)
4) Radio Station W.H.I.Z
5) Coconino County Jailhouse

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Don MacPherson

(1) The roof of The Daily Planet building.
(2) Dinosaur Island.
(3) Josie's Bar (Daredevil).
(4) Pop's Choklit Shop.
(5) The Daily Bugle newsroom.

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Evan Dorkin

1. The Bulldog Cafe
2. Yellowstone National Park as seen in Gasoline Alley
3. Yancy Street
4. The Brick Wall as seen in Peanuts
5. The Hicksville Town Library

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Adam Casey

1. The Inhumans' Blue Area of the Moon (if you don't count that as a residence)
2. Planet Krypton restaurant
3. Bizarro World
4. The Goon's Lonely Street
5. Any Jack Kirby photo montage.

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Douglas Wolk

1. Danny the Street
2. The Flash Museum
3. Pud Withers' pub
4. Josie's Bar
5. The Bone Zone

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Grant Goggans

1. Danny the Street in Doom Patrol
2. The Quite Nice Bar in Judge Dredd
3. The World's End Free House in Sandman
4. That forest in Germany where Hans von Hammer and his wolf friend would go hunting together.
5. Lonely Donegan's Eateria in Sinister Dexter

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Mark Coale
1. Opal City
2. The Daily Planet
3. Ferris Air Force
4. K'un L'un
5. Julie Schwartz's office on Earth-Prime

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Russell Lissau

1. GCPD headquarters, aka Gotham Central
2. The Marvel Universe's Rikers Island prison
3. Gideon's Pawn Shop (from The Crow)
4. The Brooklyn Bridge
5. The Phantom Zone

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James Langdell

1. Bibbo's Ace of Clubs saloon (Superman)
2. Kirkegaard Memorial Launderette (Zippy)
3. Dr. Broccoli's Music Shop (Post Bros.)
4. The King Canute (Eddie Campbell)
5. Lilliput's Book and Toy Store (FBOFW)

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1. La Taberna Galactica (Historias de Taberna Galactica)
2. Josie's Bar & Grill (Daredevil)
3. The Jail (Krazy Kat)
4. B&J's Collectors Emporium (Hate)
5. World's End (Sandman)

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Sean Kleefeld

1. Swanson's Garage (Human Torch's hangout in early FF issues)
2. Latverian Embassy in NYC
3. Transylvania Polygnostic (Agatha Heterodyne's alma mater)
4. Ninja World, the famed theme park in the Tick's The City
5. The Long Walk in the Cursed Earth outside Mega-City One

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Marc Sobel

1) The Phantom Zone
2) The Graveyard of Cathedrals
3) Oakland Public Library
4) Ice Haven
5) The ruins outside Palomar

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