History Fridge / AstroCity

*** Except, Kurt's made it quite clear that the future Samaritan came from is just one of a multitude of possible ones. And while he prevented the original BadFuture he came from, some others still exist and can even send people back when the conditions are right. (See the story where Jack-In-The-Box meets his "sons")

*** A being of immense power who holds petty grudges? Are we talking Elon Musk here?

** The Gentleman did all he could to save Loony Leo and quickly formed a bond with him. [[spoiler: That's because they are both constructs born from belief.]]

** One issue has a comics publisher accidentally piss off a series of villains and heroes by publishing comics about them. After a particularly brutal beating from Glowworm (a black supervillain whom he portrayed as a white supremacist) he decides to stick with space horror stories. The next day the entire building has completely vanished, meaning that somewhere out there there's a being of incredible power that is aware of the goings-on on Earth and is petty enough to attack someone for a comic book.

** There are multiples expies for some characters - to represent different, seemingly contradictory interpretations of the character. Leopardman is Silver Age Batman, Confessor is Dark Age urban legend Batman, Black Rapier is Bronze Age Justice League Batman. Supersonic, Atomicus, and Samaritan are a similar set, each giving a different perspective on Superman's history.

* FridgeHorror: The tragedy that The Samaritan came back to prevent, the one that was the difference between the future being a barren wasteland and a utopia? [[spoiler: That tragedy has occurred in our world, meaning we're going down the barren wasteland path...]]
** Except, Kurt's made it quite clear that the future Samaritan came from is just one of a multitude of possible ones. And while he prevented the original BadFuture he came from, some others still exist and can even send people back when the conditions are right. (See the story where Jack-In-The-Box meets his "sons")
** Also, the world of Astro City had already been different from ours since at least the 1800s. So they were already on a different path anyway.

* FridgeBrilliance: The Samaritan is a Superman expy. In-story, he first appeared in 1986, the year of John Byrne's Superman reboot. Coincidence? I think not.

** To be fair, we also don't have goodness knows how many superheroes and supervillains in our world either. Unfortunately, that likely means we won't last to the 36th century. Another thousand years would be pretty good in my estimation given the current state of the world.
*** What are you basing that estimation off of? Do you have some kind of average number of times the world has been destroyed, or that other worlds have been destroyed with which you generated your grand theorem?

*** What are you basing that estimation off of? Do you have some kind of average number of times the world has been destroyed, or that other worlds have been destroyed with which you generated your grand theorem?