DC Comics' New Offices Are An Accidental Batman Villain Reference
The name of DC Comics’ new offices unintentionally references a major Batman supervillain. After it was reported that the publisher will be moving locations from The Pointe in Burbank, California to a building in Los Angeles designed by famous architect Frank Gehry dubbed “the Iceberg,” many fans drew a connection to the Penguin’s Iceberg Lounge.
When DC Comics moved from New York to California in 2011 and rebranded as “DC Entertainment,” it felt like a new era for the comic book publisher. As the move coincided with the launch of The New 52, DC Comics has come a long way since then. According to The Beat, DC will soon move out of Burbank and into the city of Los Angeles. The new building designed by Gehry has been finished, and is speculated to be the new home of DC employees in June at the soonest. The project which began in 2020 was set to house multiple Warner Bros. divisions, but it is only recently that it was revealed also to be the new home of DC Comics.
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The building has been called “the Iceberg” for its height and appearance, which is ironic considering one of DC’s most famous villains, the Penguin, is the owner of the Iceberg Lounge in another city, Gotham. In the DC Universe, Oswald Cobblepot AKA the Penguin is a gangster and club owner of the Iceberg Lounge. The arctic-themed nightclub imposes his presence in the city that he has been known to terrorize. In some depictions, supervillains casually attend the Lounge, including the Joker. It has become a common setting for Batman stories, as emphasized by the recently released film, Matt Reeves’The Batman.
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