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Boom tube

A boom tube in Metropolis.

A boom tube is a transient interdimensional corridor used as a transportation system by New Gods.

History[]

Inception and specificities[]

Boom tubes were invented by Metron,[1] and are typically generated by a Motherbox, a living computer made in New Genesis,[2] or its Apokoliptan counterpart, a Fatherbox.[3] Some other New God tech can open boom tubes, including Overlord[4] and Metron's Mobius Chair.[1] Infinity-Man, Halo and Cyborg are able to open boom tubes at will, as they all incorporate Mother or Fatherboxes in some way. Halo's tubes have the particularity of being indigo rather than the typical yellow-orange color.[2][5][4] The Light possesses a number of Fatherboxes, and are therefore able to use boom tubes.[3]

While most boom tubes are little larger in diameter than the height of a human or New God, much larger tubes can be created when needed.[6] The tube has tangible sides that someone sufficiently fast can run on.[7] Opening a boom tube without knowing the terrain by having visited the location before or having precise coordinates can be dangerous.[8] Boom tubes can only stay open for a maximum of around four hours before they destabilize and collapse. A Motherbox can only open one tube at a time.[9]

2010[]

 
Bialya
pre-September 4, 00:16 EEST

The Light and their partner tested a boom tube delivery system by transporting Sphere to Earth. Radiation from the boom tubes was detected by the Watchtower, and the Team was sent to investigate.[10]

 
Metropolis
October 23, 17:28 EDT

The Forever People came to Earth via boom tube in order to retrieve Sphere.[2]

 
Metropolis
October 23, post-18:04 EDT

Bruno Mannheim and most of his crew escape capture by the Forever People by fleeing into a boom tube. Infinity-Man, a merged form of the Forever People, then sends some stolen technology from New Genesis back via boom tube. A captive Whisper A'Daire reveals they received the alien technology, Fatherbox included, from Desaad.

Later, after Intergang had been defeated once more, Desaad retreated via boom tube.[2]

 
The Watchtower
December 31, 23:16 EST

Having earlier been sent to Rimbor,[11] six mind controlled Leaguers were recalled to the Watchtower by Klarion via boom tube.[12]

2016[]

 
Bialya
pre-February 19, 19:06 UTC+2

The Watchtower detected an increase in boom tube activity in Bialya. A squad from the Team were sent in to investigate hot spots in the hope they could find out more about the alien bomb used to destroy Malina Island.[13]

 
Taos
May 30, post-03:36 MDT

Lex Luthor provided Virgil Hawkins, Tye Longshadow, Asami Koizumi, and Eduardo Dorado Jr. with a Fatherbox to help them rescue the Team members held captive on the Warworld. Asami used the box to open a boom tube to the Warworld.[3]

 
The Warworld
May 30, post-03:36 UTC

While the Reach forces were distracted by the attempts to rescue the Team, Deathstroke opened a portal to the Warworld's stasis chamber, sending through some taser bolas to take out the guards, before coming through himself to steal the crystal key.

Once the Team was rescued, and Nightwing had dismissed Arsenal from the Team, Asami opened a boom tube to take Arsenal, her friends, and herself back to their safehouse.[3]

 
The Warworld
June 19, 04:20 UTC

Boom tubes opened up under the feet of Reach guards, before Vandal Savage was teleported to the Warworld by Klarion.[14]

 
The Watchtower
June 19, 05:24 EDT

A boom tube opened on the Watchtower, depositing the unconscious bodies of the three Leaguers who had been guarding the Warworld's key chamber.[14]

 
Apokolips
July 5, 00:16 UTC

Having brought the Warworld to Apokolips, Vandal Savage teleported to the planet via boom tube to meet with an ally.[15]

2018[]

 
Markovburg
July 31, 00:02 EEST

Count Vertigo used a Fatherbox to generate boom tubes to transport meta-teens, as well as to make his attack on, and subsequent retreat from, Nightwing's team.[16]

 
Happy Harbor
August 04, 12:25 EDT

Bear used a Motherbox to travel to Earth to get help investigating an attack on Bugs involving humans. He subsequently boom e tubed to New Genesis with the Team, and boom tubed them back home once the mission was complete.[17]

 
Oort Cloud
September 09, 01:47 UTC

Kalibak and a group of Apokoliptan gunships boom tubed to the Oort Cloud to deal with an armada of alien ships headed to Earth.[18]

 
The Warworld
September 09, post-01:47 UTC

Vandal Savage boom tubed from the Warworld to the command ship of the Starro-controlled armada.[18]

 
Happy Harbor
October 15, 07:19 EDT

Violet Harper discovered she had the ability to open indigo boom tubes with her indigo aura. She took a tube to STAR Labs in Detroit and returned with Vic Stone shortly thereafter.[5]

The Furies conducted a series of raids to gather rare materials for Granny Goodness's Ghost Dimension device. They had a policy of boom tubing in and out to prevent them being tracked.[6]

 
The Orphanage
November 07, 01:20 UTC

Granny used a Fatherbox to boom tube a Justice League squad into space. She then opened a giant boom tube to relocate the Orphanage.[6]

 
Taos
November 22, post-17:31 MST

Tuppence Terror used a Fatherbox to open boom tubes offensively while fighting the Team at the Meta-Human Youth Center. She opened one tube beneath Bart and Ed, who escaped it by running up the sides and teleporting out, respectively. She opened another tube but Static took the Fatherbox from her and threw it through.[7]

 
Taos
December 31, 07:15 MST

After an argument with his father, Ed stormed away, demanding Halo open a boom tube, with the rest of the Outsiders following through in solidarity.[19]

2019[]

 
Hollywood
January 02, post-04:16 PST

Dreamer gave Superboy a Motherbox to find Metron in order to help Vic. After opening a boom tube for herself to leave, Superboy, Forager and Black Lightning had the Motherbox open a boom tube to Metron, which took them to the Source Wall. Metron soon boom tubed away with his Mobius Chair, and the trio followed. They emerged in the Minosyss Ring, where they caught up with Metron and boom tubed back to Earth. After Vic was cured, Metron boom tubed out. Later that day, Halo boom tubed back to the Premiere Building from Dhabar with Artemis, Tara and Sphere.[1]

 
Hollywood
January 20, 20:26 PST

When Nightwing and Black Lightning intruded in Gretchen Goode's home, Overlord boom tubed them to an X-Pit.[4]

 
Hollywood
January 21, 17:32 PST

Overlord boom tubed Gretchen, Aquaman and Wyynde from Gretchen's home to the X-Pit to get Dick and Jeff, then returned them all.

Later, at the Premiere Building, Vic sensed a Motherbox in distress and opened a boom tube to the site. He and others went through to Gretchen's house. Vic then boom tubed everyone back once they were finished.[4]

 
Apokolips
January 22, 11:57 UTC

Darkseid opened a boom tube to Vandal Savage's Khüiten Peak HQ to summon Savage to Apokolips.[20]

 
Los Angeles
January 22, post-03:57 PST

From a lab, Overlord transported Gretchen, Ultra-Humanite, Helga, Halo, Brion Markov and Tara Markov to the X-Pit for Gretchen's Anti-Life Equation experiment, then returned them. When Tara and Brion confronted Gretchen, she had Halo boom tube out with her, and Ultra-Humanite used a Fatherbox to escape with Helga.[20]

 
The Orphanage
January 26, 01:17 UTC

After getting Halo's coordinates from Vandal Savage, the Team boom tubed from the Premiere Building to the Orphanage with Dreamer's Motherbox.[21]

 
Burbank
January 25, 17:16 PST

Vic boom tubed the Outsiders into a suspicious building on the Goode World Studios lot. They were quickly transported to an X-Pit by Overlord. Vic returned them after defeating Overlord in cyberspace. After Gretchen teleported back to Granny Goodness following the destruction of the device keeping them as separate entities, Vic boom tubed in pursuit, arriving at the Orphanage. Once Granny was defeated, Vic and Halo boom tubed the Team back to the Premiere Building.[22]

 
Hollywood
February 14, post-18:34 PST

Metron boom tubed into the Premiere Building on his Mobius Chair. He then swept Violet, Vic and Lian Nguyen-Harper up, taking them to a dimension outside normal time and space. After speaking to them briefly, he sent them back.[23]

 
Markovburg
February 16, post-01:33 EET

During the joint Team/Outsiders response to the coup in Markovia, Halo boom tubed Beta Squad into the Royal Palace, with Cyborg bringing in Alpha shortly after.[24]

2020[]

 
The Watchtower
March 23, 01:28 EDT

Cyborg was unable to boom tube a squad to Mars, as he had never been there. Once contact was re-established with Mars he tried to get coordinated, but contact was lost again before he could.[8]

 
M'arzz
March 23, post-15:51 UTC

Desaad boom tubed to Ma'alefa'ak's cave to deliver his gene-bomb.[8]

On March 24, Superman had Cyborg boom tube him home after he came to fear Jonny Kent was developing Kryptonian powers.[25]

 
M'arzz
April 20, 22:27 UTC

After being confronted by Miss Martian and Martian Manhunter, Ma'alefa'ak used a Fatherbox to open a boom tube to escape.[26]

 
Sydney
May 14, 21:16 AEST

Vandal Savage arrived via boom tube to meet with the Stranger.[27]

 
Supertown
August 26, post-20:20 UTC

Orion and Rocket boom tubed to the secure warehouse after being alerted to a theft.[28]

 
Armagedda
August 26, post-20:43 UTC

Grayven opened a boom tube to take Ma'alefa'ak to a meeting with Darkseid.[28]

 
Supertown
August 26, 23:00 UTC

Metron boom tubed to his Inter-Dimensional Vault with a faulty Ruction Cell.[28][29]

 
Supertown
August 27, 14:11 UTC

Metron used boom tubes to retrieve Razer's Red power ring from his Inter-Dimensional Vault. He later opened a tube when he was going to abscond with Razer's Blue power ring, but was forced through it by Razer after he reclaimed the ring.[30][29]

 
Mobius Dimension
August 28, 16:55 UTC

After escaping from Lor-Zod, Metron boom tubed to the conference room in Supertown to gather help.[29]

 
Mobius Dimension
August 28, 17:07 UTC

Metron returned to find the intruders and projector gone. He then boom tubed his group to follow the tear in space-time he detected.[31]

 
New Genesis
August 28, post-17:09 UTC

They arrived to find an abandoned, non-functional Time-Sphere. They then boom tubed to Supertown to get more help.[31]

 
Supertown
August 29, 00:02 UTC

After convening a meeting to plan their defenses, Metron boom tubed with Kilowog and Infinity-Man to one potential target, while Orion opened a boom tube for himself, Rocket, Tomar-Re, Flash, Forager and Forager to Boiling Lake Crater.[31]

 
Boiling Lake Crater
August 29, post-00:14 UTC

Following the destruction of the Phantom Zone Projector and the death of Tomar-Re, Metron's group boom tubed to join their comrades.[31]

 
Markovburg
September 10, post-02:48 EEST

Halo boom tubed to see Brion Markov at the Royal Palace after he wouldn't answer their texts. When the conversation went sour, they boom tubed back home.[32]

 
The Watchtower
September 13, post-17:38 EDT

Orion boom tubed to the Watchtower with a Motherbox to help the Justice League in their search for Superboy.[33]

 
Trombus
September 13, 23:45 UTC

They boom tubed to Trombus where the Motherbox interfaced with Danny Chase, who had the trans-dimensional signature of the Phantom Zone. This allowed them to open a boom tube to the Zone. Dru-Zod, Ursa Zod, Faora Hu-Ul and Superboy used it to leave the Zone.[33] They then boom tubed to the Fortress of Solitude.[9]

 
North Pole
September 14, 00:05 UTC

There, Dru-Zod had another portal to the Phantom Zone opened. Nightwing's team defended it and found that, while the unusual laws of physics applies at the Zone end, in the middle of the tube normal rules resumed. The boom tube was held open for about four hours and collapsed with Rocket still inside.

The Zods later boom tubed to Planet Circle in Metropolis.[9]

 
Metropolis
September 14, post-05:46 EDT

When he came under attack, Zod had a new boom tube opened to the Zone to get his army. Faora Hu-Ul and Non came through, but the tube was closed by Kaldur'ahm before the rest could arrive. Danny Chase opened another, vertical, tube to the Zone, and Non, Faora, Dru-Zod and Ma'alefa'ak were forced through.[34]

 
Durla
September 16, 20:21 UTC

Grayven boom tubed to Durla with Ma'alefa'ak, giving the world to him in reward for faithful service to Darkseid.[34]

Throughout early November a number of Lex-Bots were boom tubed between the LexCorp Robotics factory in Madinat Altharwati and Krastmala, Star City and Markovburg as part of an operation to steal Kryptonite discovered in Krastmala while creating a distraction by abducting Perdita Vladek. Cyborg later detected these boom tubes.[35]

 
Madinat Altharwati
November 11, 22:33 UTC+2

The Outsiders' Gorilla Squad arrived at the factory from the Premiere Building by a boom tube created by Cyborg. They were later reinforced by Mongoose Sqaud, who also arrived by boom tube.[35]

 
Madinat Altharwati
November 11, post-22:44 UTC+2

The Team's Alpha Squad entered Perdita Vladek's cell at LexCorp Robotics via a boom tube created by Halo.[36]

 
Madinat Altharwati
November 11, 22:48 UTC+2
Team Year Ten

Halo used boom tubes to evacuate the Team and Outsiders to Baby, along with Perdita and Match.[37]

Sightings[]

Background information[]

In the comics, boom tubes are used by the inhabitants of the worlds New Genesis and Apokolips as created in Jack Kirby's Forth World series of comic books and used extensively in other DC properties.

A boom tube is summoned into being by Apokolips/New Genesis technology, usually in the form of a "Motherbox" or hand-held "living computer" capable of determining the destination. The tube appears with a blast of energy and resounding "BOOM" and connects unlimited distances in Space/Time through a short corridor. The Tube disappears quickly and without a trace if it is not actively kept open.

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