Hub City (DC)
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Hub City was | + | Hub City |
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| + | The land itself was originally explored in [[1818]] by '''Gaston Hupert''' who was a former officer of French pirate '''Jean Lafitte'''. During the survey, the foundation of a city was to be established which was to be 'the hub of a mighty empire'. However, Hupert came to be murdered by his own men and they blamed the death on the Native Americans. Despite this, Hub City was eventually built and Hupert was remembered as its founder. A statue was later made in his honor and paid for by the civic-minded merchant '''Ishmael Hulligan''' with this being erected in the city's park. (The Question v1 #5) | ||
For years, the city was run by criminal elements that operated from behind the scenes. This level of corruption saw drunkard Wesley Fermin appointed as mayor who became little more than a figurehead. He later became a murderous psychopath who attempted to kill his wife Myra Connolly-Fermin where she later succeeded him as mayor. | For years, the city was run by criminal elements that operated from behind the scenes. This level of corruption saw drunkard Wesley Fermin appointed as mayor who became little more than a figurehead. He later became a murderous psychopath who attempted to kill his wife Myra Connolly-Fermin where she later succeeded him as mayor. | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| + | Hub City was well known for over a century for its corruption long before the first appearance of the original Question. Its crime situation by the time the Question returned to Hub after years of working elsewhere made it the subject of so-called "Hubbie" jokes. | ||
==Inhabitants== | ==Inhabitants== | ||
| − | *'''Aristotle Rodor''' : | + | * '''Gaston Hupert''' : |
| + | *'''Ishmael Hulligan''' : | ||
| + | *'''Wesley Fermin''' : | ||
| + | *'''Aristotle Rodor''' : | ||
| + | *'''Myra Connelly''' : | ||
| + | *'''Isadore O'Toole''' : | ||
*'''Vic Sage''' : | *'''Vic Sage''' : | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | *Hub City was created by Steve Ditko where it made its first appearance in Blue Beetle v5 #1 (June, 1967). | ||
| + | *Writer [[Denny O'Neill]] wrote that he partially based his version of Hub City on East St. Louis, and as such, Atlas of the DC Universe places it in Illinois. | ||
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| + | ==Alternate Versions== | ||
| + | *In The Question: The Death of Vic Sage v1 #1 (2019), an alternate version of Hub City was shown in the story within the Black Label line. It was shown that the city was home to the '''Hub City Elder Society''' that was a kind of private club consisting of men of influence in the city in the first half of the last century. The earliest references to the society were back in 1924 whilst the last known reference was back in 1952. | ||
==In other media== | ==In other media== | ||
===Television=== | ===Television=== | ||
| − | *In Smallville, the episode "Ryan" | + | *In Smallville, Hub City was referenced in the setting of the live-action television series in the episode "Ryan". [[Clark Kent (Smallville)|Clark Kent]] was shown running to Hub City to the location of Dr Burton who had developed a new serum to treat Ryan's brain tumor. |
| − | *In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the episode "Fall of the Blue Beetle!" | + | *In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Hub City was referenced in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Fall of the Blue Beetle!". Hub City was identified as being the home of Ted Kord. |
| − | *In Legends of Tomorrow, Hub City was mentioned in the live-action series where its name was said in the episode "Left Behind". The bounty hunter Chronos mentioned that a UFO sighting in 1960 at Hub City indicated that Captain Rip Hunter had survived the attempt at destroying them. | + | *In the Arrowverse, Hub City made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting. |
| + | **In Arrow, Hub City was first mentioned in the live-action television series in the episode "Unchained". Roy Harper mentioned living in Hub City under an unknown alias until his identity was discovered by the Calculator. In "Genesis," Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak travel to Hub City to meet with an immortal shaman named '''Esrin Fortuna''' who was recommended by John Constantine to stop Damien Darhk's magic. At some point, Tobias Church was incarcerated in Hub City. After being released from prison, he conquered the criminal underworld in Hub City by murdering the major crime lords to create one 'super gang'. By early 2017, Dinah Drake tracked drug lord Sean Sonus to Hub City and traveled there to kill him. Dinah eventually encountered Oliver, Rene Ramirez, and Curtis Holt when they attempted to recruit her into Team Arrow. A couple days later, three of them and Dinah worked together to take down Sonus and his gang. | ||
| + | **In Legends of Tomorrow, Hub City was mentioned in the live-action series where its name was said in the episode "Left Behind". The bounty hunter Chronos mentioned that a UFO sighting in 1960 at Hub City indicated that Captain Rip Hunter had survived the attempt at destroying them. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
| − | *'' '': | + | *''Blue Beetle v5'': (1967) |
| + | *''The Question v1'': | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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[[Category:Charlton]] | [[Category:Charlton]] | ||
[[Category:DC]] | [[Category:DC]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Steve Ditko]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:36, 13 December 2024
Hub City is a city that features in DC Comics.
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History
Hub City
The land itself was originally explored in 1818 by Gaston Hupert who was a former officer of French pirate Jean Lafitte. During the survey, the foundation of a city was to be established which was to be 'the hub of a mighty empire'. However, Hupert came to be murdered by his own men and they blamed the death on the Native Americans. Despite this, Hub City was eventually built and Hupert was remembered as its founder. A statue was later made in his honor and paid for by the civic-minded merchant Ishmael Hulligan with this being erected in the city's park. (The Question v1 #5)
For years, the city was run by criminal elements that operated from behind the scenes. This level of corruption saw drunkard Wesley Fermin appointed as mayor who became little more than a figurehead. He later became a murderous psychopath who attempted to kill his wife Myra Connolly-Fermin where she later succeeded him as mayor.
For some years, Hub City was run by criminal elements from behind the scene, with the drunkard Wesley Fermin as the figurehead. Fermin would later turn out to be a murderous psychotic, attempting to kill his wife, Myra Connolly-Fermin, who had succeeded him as mayor. Despite his efforts, televised nationally as a consequence of the attempt happening during her acceptance speech, Connolly-Fermin survived to assume office.
Nonetheless, Hub City became worse from there. Crime, already rampant before Fermin's election defeat, was now pervasive. Less than ten police officers were considered honest, the firefighters went out armed, Connolly-Fermin faced several more assassination attempts and every single social service eventually broke down, in the wake of the state governor apparently deciding to use Hub City as an experiment to see what might happen in such circumstances.
Hub City's next major appearance in the wake of the O'Neil-Cowan Question series has been announced to be in Crime Bible: Five Lessons of Blood # 4, featuring Vic Sage's successor as the Question, Renee Montoya.
Overview
Hub City was well known for over a century for its corruption long before the first appearance of the original Question. Its crime situation by the time the Question returned to Hub after years of working elsewhere made it the subject of so-called "Hubbie" jokes.
Inhabitants
- Gaston Hupert :
- Ishmael Hulligan :
- Wesley Fermin :
- Aristotle Rodor :
- Myra Connelly :
- Isadore O'Toole :
- Vic Sage :
Notes
- Hub City was created by Steve Ditko where it made its first appearance in Blue Beetle v5 #1 (June, 1967).
- Writer Denny O'Neill wrote that he partially based his version of Hub City on East St. Louis, and as such, Atlas of the DC Universe places it in Illinois.
Alternate Versions
- In The Question: The Death of Vic Sage v1 #1 (2019), an alternate version of Hub City was shown in the story within the Black Label line. It was shown that the city was home to the Hub City Elder Society that was a kind of private club consisting of men of influence in the city in the first half of the last century. The earliest references to the society were back in 1924 whilst the last known reference was back in 1952.
In other media
Television
- In Smallville, Hub City was referenced in the setting of the live-action television series in the episode "Ryan". Clark Kent was shown running to Hub City to the location of Dr Burton who had developed a new serum to treat Ryan's brain tumor.
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Hub City was referenced in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Fall of the Blue Beetle!". Hub City was identified as being the home of Ted Kord.
- In the Arrowverse, Hub City made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
- In Arrow, Hub City was first mentioned in the live-action television series in the episode "Unchained". Roy Harper mentioned living in Hub City under an unknown alias until his identity was discovered by the Calculator. In "Genesis," Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak travel to Hub City to meet with an immortal shaman named Esrin Fortuna who was recommended by John Constantine to stop Damien Darhk's magic. At some point, Tobias Church was incarcerated in Hub City. After being released from prison, he conquered the criminal underworld in Hub City by murdering the major crime lords to create one 'super gang'. By early 2017, Dinah Drake tracked drug lord Sean Sonus to Hub City and traveled there to kill him. Dinah eventually encountered Oliver, Rene Ramirez, and Curtis Holt when they attempted to recruit her into Team Arrow. A couple days later, three of them and Dinah worked together to take down Sonus and his gang.
- In Legends of Tomorrow, Hub City was mentioned in the live-action series where its name was said in the episode "Left Behind". The bounty hunter Chronos mentioned that a UFO sighting in 1960 at Hub City indicated that Captain Rip Hunter had survived the attempt at destroying them.
Appearances
- Blue Beetle v5: (1967)
- The Question v1:
External Links
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