Argo City
Argo City is a settlement that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
Centuries ago on Krypton, the people of Argo City decided to institute a scientific government with it being ruled by a master computer. Once the machine was activated, it stated that it required aids to assist it and had the Kryptonian populace construct 100 metallic robots that were each 8 feet tall. Once its Machine Police were constructed, the master computer rebelled against the people of Argo City and attempted to impose its rule over them. Thus, it became known as the Machine-King but both it and its Machine Police were destroyed by the inhabitants of Argo City but not before many men died in the battle. The defeated master computers frame was kept as a monument of the mistake the people of Argo City had made and as a lesson of not repeating it. In time, the Machine-King's body came to reside in the Bottle City of Kandor. (Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen v1 #69)
The New 52
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of history was created with a different series of events.
Whilst in space, a danger emerged on Argo City when Lar-On was exposed to Red Kryptonite that led to his transformation into an uncontrollable werewolf-like creature during moonlight. Zor-El and the Science Council were forced to banish Lar-On to the Phantom Zone rather than risk continued harm to the city along with its inhabitants. (Supergirl: Rebirth v1 #1)
The Cyborg Superan brought the remains of Argo City into the orbit of Saturn as he offered his daughter Kara Zor-El the chance to restore the city along with its inhabitants. He had actually reanimated the dead bodies with technology but they lacked the spark of life which Zor-El intended to harvest from the people of Earth bringing him into conflict with his daughter Supergirl. (Supergirl v7 #3)
Overview
Thousands of people were said to had lived in Argo City. (Supergirl: Rebirth v1 #1)
Inhabitants
- Zor-El :
- Lar-On : an inhabitant of Argo City who turned into a werewolf-like creature after exposure to Red Kryptonite that saw him being banished into the Phantom Zone by Zor-El following the city's surviving Krypton's destruction. (Supergirl: Rebirth v1 #1)
Notes
- Argo City was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino where it made its first appearance in Action Comics v1 #252 (May, 1959).
In other media
Television
- In Superman: The Animated Series, Argo was not a city but rather the name of the sister planet of Krypton with it being mentioned in "Last Son of Krypton" but fully seen in "Little Girl Lost". It was shown that once Krypton exploded that Argo was knocked out of orbit causing the death of its populace though a single survivor was found in Supergirl who was kept cryogenically fozen.
- In Smallville, references were made to Argo City in the setting of the live-action film starting in the episode "Conspiracy". Faoro mentioned that Zod saved her and his army in the 'Argo Valley' whilst the 'Siege of Argo' was referenced in another episode.
- In Supergirl, Argo City was referenced in the live-action series in the episode "Myriad". It was said that Astra and Non had attempted to take over Krypton with the mind controlling Myriad where they started their plan on Argo City until they were captured. For their crimes, they were sentenced to Fort Rozz by Allura In-Ze. The city was later shown to had survived in the season 3 episode "Dark Side of the Moon" where it was revealed that the people along with its inhabitants had been launched into space during Krypton's destruction with it being protected by a forcefield dome. The people barely managed to survive with their existence being maintained by the Black Rock of Yuda Kal and them being ruled by the High Council of Argo City.
- In Krypton, Argo City was briefly mentioned in the pilot of the live-action television series.
Films
- In Supergirl, Argo City was part of the setting of the 1984 live-action film where it was the home of Kara Zor-El and her family along with other Kryptonians. It as shown to had survived in a pocket of extradimensional space with life-support provided by a device known as the Omegahedron. Zaltar would show the young Kara Zor-El the Omegahedron but it would become lost on Earth forcing her to go to the planet to recover it to save Argo City from destruction as it was deprived of this power source.
Appearances
- Action Comics v1: #252
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