iFanboy - Episode #59: "Super Cities"
Armed with The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City, the iFanboys set out to examine the importance of cities - both real and imagined - in comic books.
Gotham City... Metropolis... the names of these cities are almost as
famous as the characters who inhabit them. But what do those cities
mean to the stories that take place in them and the characters who live
there? This week, iFanboy takes a look comic book cities both famous
and not so famous in the DC Universe. After that, with the trusty Marvel Comics Guide to New York City
in tow, iFanboy takes to the streets to visit the famous Marvel Comics
landmarks of New York City. It all wraps up with an impromptu quiz of
DC cities in which Ron can be found exclaiming "But I'm the Marvel guy!"
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Comments
As a former New Yorker, I LOVED this show. I had no idea about "Avengers Mansion" being based off of a real building! Awesome.
Posted by Unoob on 03/01/08 at 06:44 PM
LOVED the reference to Lewiston/Auburn. I go to Bates in Lewiston and I can't go 5 steps off campus without hearing about the "twin cities" or "the real L/A"
Posted by deezer on 03/01/08 at 10:15 PM
Best Episode Ever! Living across the river, I always thought it would be fun to do a comic book tour of the city - now that there's a book I'll definitely have to do it. Loved the quiz too - 6/6 what a geek!
Posted by NJBaritone on 03/01/08 at 11:40 PM
I enjoyed this episode for tour of NYC & various spotlight of DC & Marvel cities in this video podcast. Great job guys!!!
Matthew
Posted by mguy1977 on 03/02/08 at 04:44 AM
wow, awesome show, guys. Didn't know doc strange's crib is THAT close to NYU..
Posted by gat0rl1vebeatz on 03/02/08 at 12:03 PM
Best episode ever!
Posted by cormano on 03/02/08 at 01:11 PM
ahahahaha, fantastic episode! I'm actually in NYC for the weekend (don't worry, I plan to go to Jim Hanley's Universe tomorrow). A lot of this stuff I already knew about, I guess I'm a huge geek.
So where's the fantastic four tower?
Also, Lewiston-Auburn = HILARIOUS
Posted by jestergoblin on 03/02/08 at 03:15 PM
And this, gents, is why iFanboy is the best comic site on the net! I agree with everyone else who said this is the best episode you guys have done yet! A really original idea for a show, funny as hell, and really informative.
Having never been to New York I'd be so intrigued to go see these places, so this was the next best thing! My favourite part? "BOO-YA!!!"
(By the way, anyone seen the new Iron Man trailer? Damn, that's some good trailer!)
Posted by Eyun on 03/02/08 at 06:17 PM
one of the best.
Posted by nickmaynard on 03/03/08 at 01:53 AM
Ron's expressions throguhout the quiz show had me laughing out loug at work.
Posted by Andrew on 03/03/08 at 10:35 AM
Great show!!! That DC quiz was hard i only got 3 points :(
Posted by MoniBolis on 03/03/08 at 11:51 AM
Loved this episode. I've recently both moved to New York and bought the Marvel guide and after seeing this I have no excuse not to take the tour myself.
Posted by Dex on 03/04/08 at 01:57 PM
better late then never.
great ep., guys!
Posted by niceguyeddie on 03/10/08 at 09:38 PM
Good show. I agree that NYC IS Marvel and it was good to see the locales and know how safe it is on Staten Island (relatively).
As a side FF note, didn't Mark Waid establish that the Yancy Street gang doesn't actually exist and it's all the Torch prankin on the Thing?
Posted by southbymidwest on 03/14/08 at 01:18 AM
fun show, but you guys kept saying "corpse" in the beginning. Its pronounced "core" :-P
Posted by drakedangerz on 11/06/08 at 05:21 PM
I think they do that on purpose. Right?
Posted by ultimatehoratio on 11/06/08 at 05:26 PM
I believe it's sort of a runnig gag that Ron can't say that word. I don't remember though.
Posted by josh on 11/06/08 at 05:32 PM
Yeah Ron's the one always saying "Green Lantern Corpse" Someone needs to make him a t-shirt with that on it.
Posted by ultimatehoratio on 11/06/08 at 05:38 PM
I know I'm way late to the party on watching this podcast. Oh well.
Anyway, I've always loved how New York has historically been the center of the comics world. Stories of Jack Kirby and Will Eisner growing up in New York and having it impact their comics so much has always been a fascinating topic for me. Thanks for doing this little spin around the Big Apple! For a mid-westerner who has only ever read about about these things, it was nice to have a visual representation.
Posted by JeffR on 04/22/09 at 04:16 PM
I loved this show! Great work!
Posted by chelsea on 03/01/08 at 05:20 PM