Opal City

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Contents 1 History 1.1 Visual Depictions 2 Location 3 Points of Interest 3.1 Neighborhoods 3.2 Public locations 3.3 Streets and Highways 3.4 Businesses 3.5 Sports Teams 3.6 Media 3.7 Other locales 4 Residents 4.1 Heroes 4.2 Villains 5 Notes 6 Trivia 7 See Also 8 Links and References

History

Opal City was founded in 1864 by Burnley Ellsworth after he amassed a fortune from his mining operation in Australia. With this in mind he named the the city after the little gem stone that had brought him such prosperity.

By 1882 at least 3 streets of Opal City had become a bustling built up area that some at the time compared to the streets of Paris. This was in part due to a French family, the Benoits, who had also made it rich in mining and had been invited by Burnley Elliworth himself.

Visual Depictions

Opal is particularly notable for several aspects of its depiction in the second Starman series, including its history as established by Robinson dating back to early Puritan settlements on the eastern shores of North America under the name "Port o'Souls", as well as its Art Deco architectural stylings as established in Harris' work as that series' initial artist.

Location

Recent issues of the current Justice League of America series, specifically the "Crisis of Conscience" arc, have explicitly established Opal City as being located in Maryland, per Robinson's longstanding opinions on the subject in various interviews with fans.

Points of Interest

Neighborhoods

Public locations

Streets and Highways

Businesses

• Knight Observatory
• Knights Past
• Zeke's (Barber Shop)
• Fortunes & Forbidden Tales (Fortune Teller)

Sports Teams

Media

Other locales

• The Grail (Retirement Community)
  
  

Residents

Heroes

• Scalphunter (Deceased)
• Starman - Theodore Knight (Deceased)
• Starman - Mikaal Tomas (Semi-retired)
• Starman - David Knight (Deceased)
• Starman - Jack Knight (Retired)
• Black Condor - Ryan Kendal (Deceased)
• Phantom Lady - Sandra Knight (Deceased)

Villains

• The Mist I (Deceased)
• The Shade (re-formed)
• Solomon Grundy
• Ragdoll
• The Icicle
• The Icicle II

Notes

• No special notes.
  

Trivia

• Though not specified, consumption of Absinthe may still be legal within Opal City even though it was banned in the United States in 1912.

See Also

• Appearances of Opal City (Chronological)
• Appearances of Opal City (Alphabetical)
• Location Gallery: Opal City
• Fan-Art Gallery: Opal City

Links and References

• None.

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