Other Locations
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Buchanan Corners
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The small midwestern town that Brian Kinney came from. Located in Hood County. | Named after Captain America's World War II sidekick Bucky's, real name of James Buchanan Barnes.
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Deneb-13
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A planet that the Continuum found posed a threat to peace. Four whole solar systems were destroyed in dealing with the threat. First mentioned Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #3. |
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Doolin, Ohio
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A town in Ohio, where Tarleton College is located. |
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Draketown, Alaska
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A town that was destroyed by Thunderhead in 1995. First mentioned Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #1. | Writer Arnold Drake. He was the writer on Doom Patrol and his last Doom Patrol story was about a threat to destroy a small town in Maine, which might also be part of the name homage...
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Godwin
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Another rural community in the midwest near Caplinville. | Comic strip artist Frank Godwin.
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Hood County
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The county where Buchanan Corners is located. The title is a play on superheroes. According to Kurt Busiek, Cape or Cowl County would have sounded too obvious. |
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Kardonese
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A people whose country, Julius Furst was accused of selling nuclear secrets to. Possibly an alien race, but most likely a foreign country. |
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Khanistan
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A nation in Central Asia near Maga-Dhor. It could possibly be one in the same. |
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Maga-Dhor
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A small nation in Central Asia that the Maharajah of Maga-Dhor ruled over. |
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Magma Palace
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Ruling place of Lord Volcanus and the Insiders. Likely in a volcano near or in Central America. First seen Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #3. | None
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Mento-Verse
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An other dimensional world that is in some way related to mental energies and thought. The Silver Brain was thrown into it by Samaritan. |
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Mirror Galaxy
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A place where the First Family visited in July 1997. Possibly where the Worst Family is from. |
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Ruled by Madame Majestrix. |
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Nicholson County
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A nearby county the that houses the town of Wheeler. It's located in the Rocky Mountains and is named after the Nicholson Range. | Founder of National Allied Publications (which later became DC Comics) Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson.
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The Ring of Worlds
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A colloquial name for the group of dimensions and realities that the First Family visited in late 1976. Seen in Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1. |
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Tuuli
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Either another planet or someplace on the Ring of Worlds where the First Family defeated Derelikt and his Chaosmarchers. First mentioned Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #3. |
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Wheeler
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A town in the Rocky Mountains, nearby to Astro City, located in Nicholson County. | Founder of National Allied Publications (which later became DC Comics) Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson.
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