Danny the Street
| Danny the Street | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Doom Patrol vol. 2, #35 (August 1990) |
| Created by | Grant Morrison |
| In-story information | |
| Team affiliations |
Doom Patrol Teen Titans |
| Notable aliases | Danny the World, Danny the Brick, Danny the Island, "Danny the Alley" |
| Abilities | Teleportation |
Danny the Street is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He was created by Grant Morrison and Brendan McCarthy and first appeared in Doom Patrol. His name is a pun on female impersonator Danny La Rue, as "La Rue" is French for "The Street".
Brendan McCarthy was involved in the creation of Danny the Street (hence his credit in Doom Patrol) and he planned to bring Danny back in Solo #12 where he would have become a member of the Green Lantern Corps - Street Lantern. The idea never came to fruition.
Danny is an actual street. A sentient and sapient stretch of roadway, he has long served as a home and haven for the strange and dispossessed. A super hero of sorts, Danny does possess several super powers, the most notable being teleportation. He is also able to integrate himself into a city's geography without causing any damage or disturbance; roads and buildings simply make room for him. He does this mostly at night, when no one is looking. Danny travels the globe, and sometimes beyond, happily looking for folks in need of shelter and friendship. Thus, it is possible to turn a corner on the way to work, and find oneself walking down Danny's pleasantly unfamiliar roadway.
Danny is an unusually flamboyant personality. In spite of the fact that most streets are genderless, Danny is male. Danny cross-dresses, his sidewalks are lined with various hyper-masculine stores (gun shops and sporting goods, mostly) which are decorated with frilly pink curtains and lace. While Danny cannot speak in any normal sense of the term, he communicates with his residents via such means as signs in windows, type-written messages and letters formed out of manhole vapors or broken glass shards. He speaks English, heavily flavored with Polari, a largely antiquated form of slang spoken among British subcultures including some homosexuals. "Bona to vada," ("Good to see you.") is his favorite way of greeting friends. His personality is based, at least partially, on British drag performer Danny La Rue.
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