Where was Superman during 9/11?
>>81587424
Melting steel beams.
being not real
pretty sure 9/11 didn't happen in the DC universe
>>81587424
>Where was this fictional character at when this real life tragic event happened?
Gee, I don't know anon. Maybe in a comic book?
>>81587602
not even superman has the power to literally go into a comic book
>>81587597
It didnt, they had a non-canon special.
>>81587424
Saving planes 3-9 with all passengers aboard safe and sound.
Or, thanks to floating timelines, still in school.
>>81587424
Fucking Lois Lane in a bathtub or something.
>>81587456
Kek
it could have happened and they didn't mention it. Like when superman was saving people during the holocaust and never mentioned jews
>>81587424
Fighting Imperex
>"Our Worlds at War" came to a close just weeks before the attacks of September 11, 2001. In a sobering occurrence of synchronicity, Adventures of Superman #596 was released one day after the attack, featuring the image of Lex Luthor's twin LexTowers heavily damaged by alien attacks on the issue's second page. The book's writer, Joe Casey, could not have intentionally referenced the attacks on the World Trade Center, as the story was written well before September, but DC acknowledged that it mirrored the devastation so vividly that they made the books returnable without penalty to retailers.
>>81587424
He was busy not existing.
Where was Batman or Wond woman during 9/11?
>>81587424
>tfw we will never have respectful humble supermanin a modern movie.
>>81588476
Another fun 9/11 fact: Slayer's "God Hates Us All" album was released that day.
>>81587424
Poopin'.
I remember being in kindergarten when 9/11 happened and was wondering where the heck was spider-man while watching it on TV with my mom
>>81588664
>I remember being in kindergarten when 9/11 happened
I remember being in high school. Damn, I'm starting to get old.
>>81588664
I had just finished high school and remember looking for Bruce Willis, I thought my mom was watching Die Hard with a vengeance.
Does New York exist in DC's world?
>>81588786
Yes. DC's Earth is slightly larger to accommodate the extra geography/cities.
>>81589193
Okay that makes sense, as most as anything else in that world.
>>81587424
My persona headcannon is that Superman was dead from Doomsday during the early 2000's
>>81587424
He doesn't even live in New York.
Now Marvel Earth having at least 150-ish superheroes and triple that in villains in just Manhattan alone has no excuse.
Damn Fantastic Four successfully brought the island down from space without losing a single building.
I know that 9/11 isn't Canon in DC, but I think it is in marvel, so I guess where was Thor or sentry?
>>81589333
Maybe Marvel NY is used to it. The Atlanteans cause more property damage than terrorists on a monthly basis.
>>81587602
we all remember when dr doom cried for 9/11
>>81589589
and Magneto, and Juggernaut and probably the Red Skull too.
>>81587597
It did.
>>81589589
>>81589858
But that's no longer canon, the Fantastic Four got their powers after 9/11 now.
>>81590527
Would also apply to main universe Superman
>>81590527
proof?
>>81590551
Except 9/11 never happened in the DC universe.
>>81590650
It specifically did not happen pre-Flashpoint, I don't think they've said if it did in the new 52
>>81590725
9/11 happening or not shouldn't really matter in a universe where COAST CITY BEING DESTROYED is a thing.
Or that time Brainiac killed thousands worldwide - very publicly - with the powers of his mind.
>>81590772
I don't disagree
stupid fucking sliding timescale
>>81587424
Hanging out with Spiderman
So, in the old universe, Capn' Marvel ran out of the midwest, but in the new timeline, his home is Philly?
Bullshitting with Jimmy around the water cooler
>>81589368
And Wildcat was in Brooklyn for a while pre flashpoint, wasn't he?
>>81587424
visiting friends in Daxam
>>81592585
The JSA Brownstone was in NYC, so probably
>>81587424
Jesus christ, this picture makes me cringe.
>>81592791
Why? It's completely in character
I'm kind of disappointed that the only character representation of my city in the reboot l doesn't even have a solo book. Only limited to back issues and a one-off
>>81592791
careful kid, that katana is pretty sharp
>>81593042
What in the blue fuck are you talking about?
>>81590464
>>81593126
Didio has become so based in recent years
>>81593277
Didio has always been based, people just meme-hate him for Countdown
Why american comics wants to put current american events in their stories? this is a fictional universe, with fictional cities and some shit, why they are forced to put real stuff in their fictifious shit? Marvel tryhard more with that and the result literally make no sense, this is like a gigantic fanfiction.
>>81588241
The canon version is that he tried to enlist in the army but he got so exited during the medical test that he read the sight test of the other room with his x ray vision so he failed and wasnt allowed to go.
>>81593378
Because 9/11 was the single greatest most devastating tragedy that has ever happened in the history of the free world.
>>81587424
>"No son, don't try to save them. It's all part of the plan."
>>81593378
>Why american comics wants to put current american events in their stories?
To create a means by which the artists and writers cope with them. People can be driven artistically by tragic events. It might not make sense in the long run, but at the time of said event, it makes sense at least on an emotional level.
>>81587424
Hate to sound like a prick, but do all Americans get super upset at the thought of 9/11?
It never bothered me, same as any other terrorist attack, but I always figured it was just a case of being sad for someone you know dying during it, but it would seem the whole of America goes out on a limb to express how tragic 9/11 was and how hurt they where by it.
>>81593378
because the event affected them and they wrote about it
>>81587424
I remember I got really pissed off when the news said the Spidermanmovie.com website was going down.
And I still hadn't downloaded the trailer that was never aired ever again.
Until youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc0eP7ausWE
>>81593456
Did you forget that four planes went down that day, and one of them was a presidential assassination attempt?
But no, most Americans aren't walking around talking about muh 9/11. The Youth of the 2000s made sure to blame everything in the world on G W Bush instead
>>81593456
>Hate to sound like a prick, but do all Americans get super upset at the thought of 9/11?
Because it was the first time we'd been attacked on our own soil since Pearl Harbor. It had always been assumed that if you lived here, you had the luxury of not having to deal with the shit third world countries deal with, so at the very least, you were relatively safe. After 9/11, we lost that.
>>81593456
I thought just like you until I started living in NYC. Then it becomes a fucking nightmare turned real.
>>81593624
That's how it starts. The rage, the fever that makes good men... vote for Trump.
I think any 9/11 act of justice happening in an universe with superpowers, would also imply the righteous action was done by super powers as well.
And NY gets destroyed every other day in DC/Marvel. It would barely make the news
>>81593596
The 1993 bombing of a world trade center? The fucking Oklahoma City Bombing?
>>81593596
The US has been on 3rd world-crime rate levels since the mid 80s.
>>81593796
Few and far between. Plus, you can't really compare that to a fucking plane. Still, I agree that 9/11 is something we REALLY need to shut the fuck up about, but we won;t as long as conservatives exist.
>>81590574
Marvel sliding timescale i think always puts the FF debut 13 years back. So at this point it'd be past 9/11. And everything else came after them.
>>81591310
So what is the alternative though?
You reboot shit like DC, you have everyone aged and die (id be okay with that but id also miss classic characters under modern writers), or you do the timescale thing. Not sure what other choice there is.
>>81593456
I'll be honest most people don't give much of a shit about it these days. It is mentioned every once in a blue moon by rednecks and politicians or pundits but besides them eh its just some thing that happened.
>>81593957
SHIELD has been around since ancient egypt-era in some incarnation
Mutants have been around since before the FF4
Many of the invaders' members remained active since ww2
Punisher's origin is now set to have happened in the 90s, so his family was killed way before 9/11
LMAO
>>81594456
kek
Doom has killed more than 5k innocent people.
Why would he care? He would actually benefit from 9/11, by entering a strategic alliance with the US government
>>81589589
>Several years later, Doom engineered mutant genocide
>>81590772
Or the kryptonians attack. Or when 60% of uruguay was destroyed in Morrison's Run, or the death of superman (over 100,000 died). etc.
>>81594456
oh come the fuck on lmao
>>81594456
Fucking marvel.
Okay, so who the fuck made this? Was DC actually dumb enough to say "Metropolis" has less than 100k, but constantly displays it as very NYC-like?
>>81598316
Jesus Christ the crime rates compared to the populations are insane in the DC universe.
>>81589589
That's so fucking stupid. Yes 9/11 was a tragedy, IRL but in the world of comics where villains cause or try to cause catastrophic destruction on a monthly basis having them mourn over a IRL tragedy is just bad writing.
>>81593452
Emotions are for wuss. If they want to cope with a tragedy go drink a bottle of moonshine or something you fucking cucks.
>>81598827
This guy gets it. He's listened to every Metalcore album ever made. He doesn't need feelings
>>81587652
kek
>>81594456
>a man responsible in the death of thousands giving a fuck about 9/11
COME THE FUCK ON!
FOR GOD SAKES MARVEL! FOR GOD FUCKING SAKES! IS ONE THING TO HAVE YOUR HEROES CRYING OR W/E BUT ANOTHER TO HAVE VILLAINS. LIKE FUCK!
>>81588476
Yo are those worth anything interesting?
>>81598867
I have feelings and what not but I don't let them get in the way of my work. Shit like >>81594456 are really fucking stupid and If I was in charge of Marvel back then I would have not allowed such sloppy writing.
>>81588642
Interesting. So does that synchronous happening signify that god agrees with the people that committed the attacks, or that god may hate us because shit was going just fine then BAM ham city
>>81594456
RIP Latverian mutant who happens to be Kingpin's long lost son
>>81594456
>a man named Victor Von DOOM caring about anyone dying on 9/11
>a man who terrorizes the world and has killed thousands while going by the name DOCTOR DOOM caring about a terrorist attack in America
>a man who is a dictator of a country in Europe caring about people who died on 9/11
Out of character.. Also were all the faggots just in NYC when this shit happened? because that fire is still going, indicating it just happened not long before these panels.
>>81587597
It may have happened in new 52, I sorta remember Baz mentioning 9/11 and Muslim racism.
>>81587424
He took over both planes, went Johnny Bates on everyone aboard and piloted them into the towers.
Where was Dobson during 9/11?
>>81602991
>Twin towers
>blowing up
God Dobson, stop inserting your sick fetishes into everything!
>>81587456
IF THERE IS EVEN A ONE PERCENT CHANCE SUPERMAN MELTED THOSE STEEL BEAMS WE MUST ACCEPT IT AS AN ABSOLUTE FACT.
