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#redirect [[List of DC Universe locations#Cities of the DC Universe Earth]] |
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{{Mergefrom|Engine City|date=March 2007}} |
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'''Coast City''' is a [[fictional city]] created by [[John Broome (writer)|John Broome]] and [[Gil Kane]] that appears in stories published by [[DC Comics]]. It is depicted most often as the home of the [[Silver Age of Comics|Silver Age]] version of the superhero [[Green Lantern]], [[Hal Jordan]]. |
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==History== |
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Coast City, which first appeared in ''Showcase'' #22 in September-October [[1959]], was a city located in [[California]]. This made it one of the few fictional cities in the [[DC Universe]] to have a specifically given location from the start. |
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Coast City was usually portrayed as an analogue of [[San Diego]] or [[Los Angeles]]. ''[[Green Lantern: Rebirth]]'' identified it as being in Northern California, and recent issues of ''Green Lantern'' listed it as being twenty miles from [[Edwards Air Force Base]]. This would seem to be contradictory (and might indicate that Edwards is in a different location in the DC Universe than it is in ours). |
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The ''Atlas of the DC Universe'' published by Mayfair Games in 1990, placed Coast City in northern California, between San Francisco and Green Arrow's Star City. |
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Features of Coast City included Ferris Aircraft, an [[aerospace]] company which [[Hal Jordan]] worked for as a test pilot; his romantic interest, [[Star Sapphire (comics)#Carol Ferris|Carol Ferris]], was the company's manager. Coast City also included an extensive [[beach]], and was a popular spot for [[surfing]]. |
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[[Image:Supes80.jpg|thumb|180px|Cover to ''Superman'' #80. Art by [[Dan Jurgens]].]] |
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===Destruction=== |
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In the [[1990s]], Coast City was destroyed, with nearly all of its residents - then numbered at seven million - killed by [[Mongul]]. Mongul's gigantic ship appeared over Coast City and released thousands of spherical bombs which detonated simultaneously. It was then revealed that Mongul was doing the bidding of former astronaut [[Hank Henshaw]], better known as the Cyborg Superman. Mongul and Henshaw built [[Engine City]] in Coast City's ashes, as part of a plot to turn Earth into the new [[Warworld]]. |
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Killed in the blast were numerous supporting characters of the Green Lantern comic books, including [[Kari Limbo]] and several Ferris Aircraft employees. Hal Jordan attempted to resurrect the city using his ring and learned that his first girlfriend also died in the blast, but whether this was truly her spirit or his imagination made real is unclear. |
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One of the results of this was Hal Jordan becoming the villain [[Parallax (comics)|Parallax]], apparently due to a mental breakdown over the destruction of his city, though it would subsequently be revealed he was under the influence of an alien parasite. This led in turn to the appointment of a new Green Lantern, [[Kyle Rayner]]. A memorial to Coast City's victims was erected on the site of the city with the help of most of the major superheroes of the period. When Hal Jordan died, it memorialized him as well. |
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For a time, an alien city named Haven (which crashed onto Earth) resided on top of the ruins of Coast City. |
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===Reconstruction=== |
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More recently, Coast City was rebuilt in the wake of Jordan's apparent return to the ranks of the living. While the Spectre, Hal Jordan, and the Parallax parasite were wresting for control of the Spectre's powers, all roads, street signs, and Jordan's apartment reappeared, setting the groundwork for the city. Repopulating the rebuilt city became one of the latest initiatives of Jonathan Vincent Horne, then-current [[president of the United States]]. Thus far, Coast City has remained a ghost town due to its reputation as the site of a mass murder. Among the exceptions depicted to date is the resurrected Hal Jordan, who lives in Coast City when he isn't working at nearby Edwards Air Force Base as one of their test pilots. |
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The [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] is also establishing a presence in the region in the wake of its reconstruction, as both a domestic security and economic stimulus measure, as depicted in ''Green Lantern'' vol. 4, # 4-5. |
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[[One Year Later|One year]] after the events of ''Infinite Crisis'', Coast City has finished reconstruction. The city's population appears to have risen with many businesses and citizens returning. |
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[[Category:DC Comics towns and cities]] |
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[[Category:Fictional towns and cities in California]] |
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[[es:Ciudad Costera]] |
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