Iron Heights Penitentiary
Iron Heights Penitentiary is a prison that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
Iron Heights Penitentiary was a maximum security prison situated on Earth where it was located three miles from Keystone City. (The Flash: Iron Heights v1 #1)
A rash of illnesses came to be experienced among the prison guards at Iron Heights with this being revealed to be the result of a mutated respiratory virus called the Frenzy. Unknown to anyone at the time, the virus was the creation of Murmur who was using water as the delivery mechanism. This caused the prison to go under a lockdown with the Flash being sent to find the source in order to develop a cure. Wally west came to learn of Murmur's involvement in the use of the Frenzy but he failed to stop the villain from activating the water sprinkler system which caused everyone in the prison to be infected by the virus. Ultimately, the Flash was able to help in creating a vaccine to cure the infected though in the confusion several of the supervillains managed to use this opportunity to escape Iron Heights. (The Flash: Iron Heights v1 #1)
Gorilla Grodd later staged his own escape from Iron Heights by using his powers to telepathically take control over a group of gorillas. He made them attack the prison and free most of its prisoners with the Flash arriving at the scene. The speedster attempted to stop the prison break though failed to stop Grodd from escaping his cell. (The Flash v2 #192)
After believing he murdered someone, Black Lightning surrendered himself to Checkmate who arranged for Pierce to have a fake cover identity so that he could be imprisoned at Iron Heights without exposing his true persona. However, the Red Hood Jason Todd came to learn that he had been framed though Pierce refused to arrange for his own release. Thus, the Outsiders were convinced by Jefferson's daughter Thunder to help break her father out of prison. (Outsiders v3 #46)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. In the mid-20th century, the island served as the site of a military hospital until a terrible fire broke out on one night. Hundreds of personnel and staff were trapped in the hospital as it burnt to the ground. It was then converted into one of the most secured prisons in the world where over time it earned a reputation that rivalled Belle Reve. (The Flash v5 #32)
From Iron Heights, the original Trickster James Jesse used the power of the Sage Force to control the minds of everyone in Central City by making them experience contentment. The Flash managed to escape this and freed the people of the city where he looked to return to apprehend Jesse. However, the Trickster detonated explosives that destroyed Iron Heights though all its occupants had been evacuated. It was then that Warden Wolfe's actions were exposed and he was found guilty at court and sentenced to imprisonment at Belle Reve. (The Flash v5 #69)
Overview
Iron Heights maintained a special section known as the Pipeline that was a place to keep superpowered criminals. (The Flash: Iron Heights v1 #1) It was the Pipeline that set it apart from other penal systems as this was a Metahuman dungeon able to house supervillains. One section was E-Block that was an entire sector of the prison used to confine lower-level Metahuman criminals with this using technology to keep the in-mates in line via collars that shocked the prisoner if they acted violently. (Outsiders v3 #46) A new addition to the prison was a team of heavily armed and armoured guards armed with sonic disruptors to debilitate prisoners without leaving a mark on them. (The Flash v5 #32)
Judge Bates said once that a sentence to Iron Heights was a sentence worse than death. (The Flash v5 #32)
Occupants
Personnel
- Gregory Wolfe :
- Mick Rory :
Prisoners
- Mirror Master :
- Papercut : (The Flash v5 #14)
- Sandblaster : (The Flash v5 #14)
- Bonedry : (The Flash v5 #14)
- Double Down :
- Peek-a-Boo : (The Flash v2 #192)
- Cicada :
- Murmur :
- Girder :
- Tarpit :
- Abra Kadabra :
- Hollis Holden : a man who was believed to had been the Broome Hill Butcher and was serving 32 life sentences for a series of murders committed 20 years ago. (Flash v4 #27)
- Derek Cooper : identity given to Jefferson Pierce when he surrendered himself to Checkmate out of guilt for what he perceived was the accidental death of a man when he was Black Lightning. (Outsiders v3 #46)
Notes
- Iron Heights Penitentiary was created by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver where it made its first appearance in Flash: Iron Heights v1 #1 (August, 2001).
In other media
Television
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Iron Heights appeared in the setting of the animated television series starting from the episode "Aquaman's Outrageous Adventure!".
Films
- In Justice League, Iron Heights appeared briefly in the setting of the live-action film set in the DC Extended Universe. It was where Henry Allen was kept imprisoned after he was convicted of killing his wife with his son Barry arranging regular visits to see him.
Video games
- In Batman: Arkham City, Iron Heights Penitentiary appeared in the setting of the video game in the "Season of Infamy" DLC. This version was actually a prison located within a mobile airship and noted as being a bad prison. Killer Croc was one of the prisoners on the ship until he broke free and damaged the engine causing the vessel to crash after which he began hunting the guards.
Appearances
- Flash: Iron Height v1: (2001)
- Flash v2:
- Outsiders v3:
- The Flash v5:
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