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Friday, April 15, 2011

Four-Color Cross Sections for the Crawling

My post of the Krypton maps went over so well last week, I thought I'd offer a few more maps from the pages of comics this week (plus it allows me to squeeze in a little more Weird Adventures writing time).  This time, here's something for the fans of cross sectional maps like in the Holmes basic set. 

If you're thinking about taking somebody's stuff, what better dungeon to raid than the one belonging to the guy with "those wonderful toys":


That's nice, but lacking some cool details--so to reall blow your delvers' minds combine it with this isomorphic map:


The batcaves all well and good, but maybe you want a whole under-mountain of exploration.  The Challengers of the Unknown's secret base has you covered:


Hey, Risus Monkey...How about these as geomorph fodder? ;)
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11 comments:

  1. ZombiecowboyApril 15, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    Awesome! That might be a fun reversal to have the players be the villains for a change(maybe just a one shot)and raid the batcave.

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  2. PierceApril 15, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    wow, now those are lairs. pretty snazzy.

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  3. Desert ScribeApril 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    I remember the 1980s GI Joe comic book had a similar cross section of the Joes' base, which was beneath the motor pool of the assistant chaplain's school at an army base in New Jersey.

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  4. Michael S/ChgowizApril 15, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    Combine this with "How to Host a Dungeon" and you'd be all set!

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  5. christianApril 15, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    I want to live in Challengers Mountain.

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  6. TreyApril 15, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    @Desert Scribe - I think I vaguely remember that, too. I'll have to try to dig that one up.

    @ChicagoWiz - Yeah, you're right. It's all you'd need.

    @Christian - It is pretty snazzy isn't it? You could probably get those guys into permaculture, too. :)

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  7. NeedlesApril 17, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    Love the second Batman cave that is an incredible cross section. Thanks Trey!

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  8. Sean RobsonApril 17, 2011 at 12:01 PM

    Thanks, Trey, this is awesome. I used to love Challengers of the Unknown when I was a kid, but I don't recall ever seeing a cross section of Challengers Mountain before.

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  9. TreyApril 17, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    You're welcome. That map came from the original Who's Who in the Dc Universe.

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  10. Justin S. DavisApril 19, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    I love those vertical maps from old comics.

    I remember obsessing over the cross-section of Daredevil's brownstone as a kid, because--Hey! I could build that!

    And regarding Batman, I think there's one out there that also diagrams his 1970s swingin' bachelor penthouse/skyscraper cave.

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  11. TreyApril 19, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    I'll have to look for that one. That's the era that Grant Morrison called "Hairy-chested 70s Love god" Batman.

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