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|name= Buchanan Corners | |name= Buchanan Corners | ||
| − | |notes= The small midwestern town that [[Altar Boy|Brian Kinney]] came from. | + | |notes= The small midwestern town that [[Altar Boy|Brian Kinney]] came from. Located in [[Hood County]]. |
|creator= Named after Captain America's World War II sidekick [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky Bucky's], real name of James Buchanan Barnes. | |creator= Named after Captain America's World War II sidekick [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky Bucky's], real name of James Buchanan Barnes. | ||
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|notes= A town that was destroyed by [[Thunderhead]] in 1995. First mentioned {{KBAC1}} [[2:1|#1]]. | |notes= A town that was destroyed by [[Thunderhead]] in 1995. First mentioned {{KBAC1}} [[2:1|#1]]. | ||
|creator= Writer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Drake Arnold Drake]. He was the writer on Doom Patrol and his last Doom Patrol story was about a threat to destroy a small town in Maine, which might also be part of the name homage... | |creator= Writer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Drake Arnold Drake]. He was the writer on Doom Patrol and his last Doom Patrol story was about a threat to destroy a small town in Maine, which might also be part of the name homage... | ||
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| + | |name= Hood County | ||
| + | |notes= The county where [[Buchanan Corners]] is located. The title is a play on superheroes. According to Kurt Busiek, Cape or Cowl County would have sounded too obvious. | ||
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Revision as of 04:37, 18 December 2013
| Other Locations | Notes | Creator Salute |
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Buchanan Corners
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The small midwestern town that Brian Kinney came from. Located in Hood County. | Named after Captain America's World War II sidekick Bucky's, real name of James Buchanan Barnes.
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Caplinville
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A small country farming town a few hours distance by train from Astro City. In the story, Pastoral, Cammie Aarons spent was she thought would be a long, boring summer visiting her cousins and learning about rural life on farmland near Caplinville. | Elliot Caplin and/or his brother Al Capp, whose real name was Alfred Caplin
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Draketown, Alaska
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A town that was destroyed by Thunderhead in 1995. First mentioned Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 #1. | Writer Arnold Drake. He was the writer on Doom Patrol and his last Doom Patrol story was about a threat to destroy a small town in Maine, which might also be part of the name homage...
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Hood County
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The county where Buchanan Corners is located. The title is a play on superheroes. According to Kurt Busiek, Cape or Cowl County would have sounded too obvious. |
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Magma Palace
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Ruling place of Lord Volcanus and the Insiders. Likely in a volcano near or in Central America. First seen Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #3. | None
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Mento-Verse
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An other dimensional world that is in some way related to mental energies and thought. The Silver Brain was thrown into it by Samaritan. |
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| Ruled by Madame Majestrix. |
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