FREE THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE PDF Jonathan Lethem | 528 pages | 24 Aug 2004 | Random House USA Inc | 9780375724886 | English | New York, United States Fortress of Solitude - Wikipedia The Fortress of Solitude is Clark Kent 's sanctuary in the Arctic, which holds information about his dead planet Krypton and allows him to communicate with the A. Kara Danvers began using the Fortress after becoming Supergirl. The Fortress of Solitude is a vast sanctuary hidden somewhere in the Arctic. It appears to be built entirely from either crystal or ice. The Fortress is usually only accessible via a special key, made from condensed Dwarf star material, which can only be lifted by beings with extreme levels of superhuman strength, as it weighs approximately thousand kilograms approximately short tons. Inside, the compound houses a display of items Superman collected over the years from his adventures, as well as statues of his parents. Also present is some form of interactive computer database. The facility was maintained by Kelexwho recognized Kal-El and Kara Zor-Elas well as certain friends such as James Olsen and J'onn J'onzz as friendly, but maintained defensive programming against strangers such as Hank Henshaw. Clark Kent invited his cousin, Kara Danversto the Fortress of Solitude several The Fortress of Solitude, though Kara always declined as she thought The Fortress of Solitude would remind her too much of Krypton. It was mentioned by Alex Danvers to Kara that Superman uses the fortress as a base where he can communicate with his Kryptonian ancestors. Kara and James Olsen visited the Fortress to find information regarding Indigo ; Kelex provided the information. Kara later visited the Fortress seeking out Kal-El's whereabouts and then the purpose of Myriad. Kelex was unable to assist Kara, but when she pointed out the fate of the House of El The Fortress of Solitude at stake, the fortress somehow triggered a hologram of Kara's mother, Alurawho revealed the truth about Myriad's programming. After Project Cadmus captured Supergirl and extracted a sample of her blood, they sent Hank Henshaw here to gather information about "Medusa". At first, Henshaw was considered to be an intruder, until he used Kara's blood to steal files about " Project Medusa ". Kara lured Mxyzptlk here in order to trick him with a false self destruct and made him type the abort The Fortress of Solitude which happened to be his name backwards to force him to go back to his dimension. Mon-El and Kara decided to talk to Rhea about calling off the bounty on Supergirl's head. She refused and attacked Supergirl with Kryptonite daggers, nearly killing the Girl of Steel. Mon-El interrupted and decided to go with his mom to save Kara's life. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. Do you like this video? Now, we don't know much about it, but we do know The Fortress of Solitude a place that he's been able to commune with his Kryptonian ancestors. Contents [ show ]. Categories :. To see other versions of this location, click the Earth The Fortress of Solitude below for that Earth's counterpart of Fortress of Solitude. New multiverse. Earth: Prime. Original multiverse. The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem The Fortress of Solitude is a fictional fortress appearing in American comic books published by DC Comicscommonly in association with Superman. A place of solace and occasional headquarters for Superman, the fortress is typically depicted as being in frozen tundra, away from civilization. By issue 58 May—June it is referred to as the Fortress of Solitude, seems at a glance to be a freestanding castle, and is said to be located in a "polar waste". Traditionally, the Fortress of Solitude is located in the Arctic[1] though more recent versions of the Superman comics have placed the Fortress in other locations, including the The Fortress of Solitudethe Andesand the Amazon rainforest. The general public in Superman's world is either unaware or at best only vaguely aware of the existence of the Fortress, and its location is kept secret from all but Superman's closest friends and allies such as Lois Lane and Batman. A trademark of the Fortress is that it contains a memorial statue of Jor-El and LaraSuperman's Kryptonian parents, holding a large globe of Krypton. The arctic Fortress of Solitude concept was first created for pulp The Fortress of Solitude Doc Savage during the s. The concept and name "Fortress of Solitude" first appeared in the Doc Savage pulps in the s and s. Doc Savage built his Fortress The Fortress of Solitude Solitude in the Arctic and retreated to it alone in order to make new scientific or medical breakthroughs, and to store dangerous technology and other secrets. The Golden Age Superman did not have an arctic fortress, but instead a "mountain sanctuary" which was located in a mountain range on the outskirts of Metropolis. Here, Superman kept a diary, oversized tools for various projects, and other equipment and trophies. Superman's Silver Age Fortress, The Fortress of Solitude debuted inwas also located in the Arctic and served similar purposes. Built into the side of a steep cliff, the Fortress was accessible through The Fortress of Solitude large gold-colored door with a giant keyhole, which required an enormous key to open it. The arrow-shaped key was so large that only Superman or another Kryptonian such as Supergirl could lift it; when not in use, the key sat on a perch outside of the Fortress, where it appeared to be an aircraft path marker. This was until a helicopter pilot followed the direction of the arrow straight to the entrance of the Fortress, forcing Superman to develop a cloak to camouflage the entrance and key which now hung on brackets on its side beside the door and to ensure the Fortress's secrecy. The Fortress contained an alien zoo, a giant steel diary in which Superman wrote his memoirs using either his invulnerable finger, twin hand touch pads that record thoughts instantly, or heat vision to engrave entries The Fortress of Solitude its pagesa chess-playing robot, specialized exercise equipment, a laboratory where Superman worked on various projects such as developing defenses to kryptonitea room-sized computer, communications equipment, The Fortress of Solitude rooms dedicated to all of his friends, including one for Clark Kent to fool visitors. As the stories continued, it was revealed that the Fortress was where Superman's robot duplicates were The Fortress of Solitude. It The Fortress of Solitude contained the Phantom Zone projector, various pieces of alien technology he had acquired on visits to other worlds, and, much like the Batcavetrophies of his past adventures. The Fortress also became the home of the bottle city of Kandor until it was enlargedand an apartment in the Fortress was set aside for Supergirl. A detailed depiction of the Fortress and its The Fortress of Solitude forms the background to DC Special Series 26 ; "Superman and his Incredible Fortress of Solitude", in which Superman minutely inspects the Fortress, suspecting an enemy has planted an Earth-destroying bomb within it. According to Action ComicsSuperman first established secret Fortresses in outer space and at the center of the Earth before settling on an Arctic location. The undersea Fortress, which is reportedly located at the bottom of the Sargasso Sea at 28 degrees North latitude50 degrees West longitudeis stocked with numerous exotic ocean relics and is equipped with sophisticated monitoring apparatus to enable Superman to keep abreast of events The Fortress of Solitude throughout the seven seas. Superman later abandoned the undersea Fortress and the structure is now used by the mer-people of Atlantis as a The Fortress of Solitude and a tourist attraction. The original version of the Fortress of Solitude made its last appearance in the non-canonical or "imaginary" story " Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? In this story, under constant attacks by returning foes, Superman goes to ground inside the Fortress, The Fortress of Solitude his closest friends with him for their protection. The villainous android Brainiac soon besieges the Fortress with various allies, surrounding it and the outlying territory with an impenetrable force field to keep Superman's fellow heroes from aiding him. Superman ultimately battles a The Fortress of Solitude evil Mister Mxyzptlkwho was behind the plot to destroy him. As Superman was forced to destroy Mxyzptlk, breaking his vow against killing, he exposes himself to gold kryptonite to permanently remove his powers and then appears to leave the Fortress to freeze to death in the Arctic cold. Superman is never seen again, although we The Fortress of Solitude out in a "ten years later" The Fortress of Solitude segment set in that he survives as Jordan Elliot, husband of Lois Lane Elliot, and that they are the parents of toddler Jonathan The Fortress of Solitude, who has super- powers. In John Byrne 's Man of Steel miniseries, which re-wrote various aspects of the Superman mythos, the Clark Kent persona was described as a "Fortress of Solitude", in that it allowed him to live as the ordinary person he saw himself as and leave the world-famous superhero behind. This concept was often invoked in later stories, and one story featured Superman hiding his secret identity from a telepath behind a door identical to that of the pre- Crisis Fortress. By that time, however, a more physical Fortress had been reintroduced. In Action Comics Annual 2Superman, on a self-imposed exile to space, was entrusted with a Kryptonian artifact called the Eradicatorcreated by his ancestor Kem-El.